This is a real weird take. Star Wars has always been heavily self-referential, and it’s absolutely an IP ouroboros. The movies will have a one-line reference or a background character, the EU will give that character background and character, then the next movie or show will put them in it because fans loved it. It’s…

Hooooooly shiteballs. What an episode. I was not prepared for about ¾ of that.

“For the first time in over a century...”

This is referencing the closure of the Academy after the Burn.

That episode was fun as hell! It really didn’t seem as short as it was, which is a fun bonus.

What a slick episode!

Holy cow, that episode was long as hell. About time.

Perfect finale. Really loved it. They nailed all the beats.

• Fairly slow start, but also intense. Watching Ellie take care of Joel, spoon water into his mouth, leave him food… ugh, it was so heartbreaking. Her sleeping next to him while he moved his head against hers gave me a lump.

• Has that slow clicker noise always been at the end of the recaps? So eerie.

• The elderly couple were fantastic. Hilarious, tough, nice…I’m glad there was no unpleasantness besides Joel briefly holding them hostage. "You made them soup?" 

I’m not sure if you’ve played the games or not, but the character work they’re doing is essential, not ‘padding’. TLOU was never a Walking Dead-style hordes of zombies game (or show), the heroes’ relationship is the reason it exists, and it’s also as much about evil humans as it is about the infected. I’m really…

- You thought Tess and Joel’s relationship was vague? They were absolutely lovers. I felt more like they were lovers in the show than in the game. Her line before she died, “never even asked you to feel the same” (or something close) made it clear they were physically intimate, and she wanted to be emotionally…

- I’m glad they moved on from showing Sarah’s death in the “previously on”. I was worried they’d show Sarah’s AND Tess’, and then we’d just have a progressively more morbid recap every week.

I had a friend telling me that seeing it in 4DX would change my life. It did not (though a few of the systems were broken).

I know it’s incredibly cliche to say “I don’t get it.” but...I don’t get it. The first one was fun, and insanely gorgeous. It made 3D movies worth seeing suddenly. I enjoyed it for what it was, and promptly forget about it in all but pop culture references.

This one was pretty much the same; somehow MORE beautiful, but…

As pointed out in your article, this is not only nothing new, it’s happening every single day in every form of reviewed media. If it wasn’t, we wouldn’t get those Morbius commercials saying “...the greatest Marvel movie since Spider-Man” when Spider-Man was the last movie before it.

Insanely good show. They’re totally knocking it out of the park.

- Even as someone who’s intimately familiar with the games, my heart was racing during the clicker fight. The tension is incredible. I was crying out every time they didn’t try for a head shot though, ugh. I think if pop culture stopped for me in 2003 I’d…

I can’t tell if this article is being intentionally disingenuous or not. TV Tess was a huge badass; the way she talked to Robert, the way she just walked into a warzone, going on her own to open a path in the hotel, stoicly accepting her bite...I could go on for a while.

I feel like if you’re a clever enough viewer, me telling you “it’s not going the way you think” is itself a spoiler which will let you figure out the way it’s going to go, but truly, it’s not a cliche story and the ending will move you. The clickers are just set dressing for the actual story.

Insanely good show. They’re totally knocking it out of the park.

- Even as someone who’s intimately familiar with the games, my heart was racing during the clicker fight. The tension is incredible. I was crying out every time they didn’t try for a head shot though, ugh. I think if pop culture stopped for me in 2003 I’d…