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- [Narrator] The Last of Us,

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HBO's. adaptation of the popular
video game is finally here,

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and the first episode is a stunner.

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Spread across multiple time periods,

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the episode beautifully gives context

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for the deadly virus to come,

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explores the sickening
hardships of one main character

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and begins to tease the
story of the second.

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The Mandalorian's Pedro
Pascal stars is Joel,

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a father who, on the day the virus begins,

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loses his daughter in the
most horrific of circumstance.

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The sequence leading up to
it, plays out with intensity

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and visuals, similar to the
video game the show is based on,

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with third-person-point-of-view
camera angles

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and huge visual effects.

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It's a lot.

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Flash forward 20 years
later, and Joel is in Boston.

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He's scraping together a living

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and hoping to find his brother Tommy,

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who has stopped communicating
with him for some reason.

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Joel and his partner, Tess,
hatch a plan to go find him.

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Meanwhile, a young girl named Ellie,

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played by Game of Thrones'
Bella Ramsey has been captured

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by a resistance group
called the Fireflies.

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Apparently, she's very
important for some reason.

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Why exactly?

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If you've played the
game, you already know,

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but the first episode of
the show merely hints at it,

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which only adds to the tension.

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Director and Co-showrunner
Craig Mazin does

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a fantastic job showcasing
the massive world

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the series will explore while also making

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the characters feel
realistic and vulnerable.

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Their performance has definitely
helped drive that too.

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There's action, intrigue
and lots of smart,

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subtle world-building.

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Just look at the way the first few scenes

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in Boston play out, with posters

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offering crucial information

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and a shocking reveal
involving a small child.

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From the first moment of
the episode all the way

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to the last, you can simply tell

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The Last of Us is being
adapted with a level

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of care video games are
rarely, if ever, afforded.

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We're extremely excited
to see where things go

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from here because the first episode

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of The Last of Us really
got our attention.

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To read more about this episode,

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check out gizmoto.com/io9.