Also this shit

Mate wtf? This was by far the best episode of the show. C+ get the fuck out of here with your ittty bitty baby bullshit.

Filming in the actual quantum realm is expensive.

Yeah the idea that America as a whole is so upset with police procedurals that the genre is dying isn’t really born out by the ratings. If someone thinks that’s true, they might need to leave their corner of the internet for a bit and take a wider look.

I don’t think “America” is wrestling with how to avoid making the protagonists of cop shows into heroes. Audiences have no problem watching that, so those shows still have high ratings (relative to the rest of the TV landscape).

He was deaf BECAUSE of the lukeamia

“One morning Henry wakes Sam and signs that Edelstein isn’t coming back (somehow he found out the rebels got him)“

“But I hope in the future, Mazin and Druckmann resist the urge to make every installment a mini-movie and just drive the story forward.”

That’s not what a “bottle” episode is.

Excellent episode. It was very exciting and very moving. When Ellie cut her hand to give blood to Sam, my heart broke, and I said out loud, “That’s not going to work, Ellie.” Before that, a knockout action set piece. Never played the game but I could imagine you’re Joel trying to shoot these fuckers before they get…

This is the kind of thoughtful inquiry I miss from AV club recaps now. 

“Padding”. It’s basically 40 minutes of well-written, well-acted and important character stuff followed by the biggest action scene the show has had so far. If this is “padding” I don’t want the show you’re looking for. 

There are nine episodes in this season.

AV Club doesn’t pay for the sort of writers who can pull off analysis.

I know it’s just based on a video game or whatever, but I think this show deserves more than a speed-written 10th grade essay level of analysis.

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…

Seriously, where was the padding? The author complains nothing happened in the tunnels but that’s where the characters bonded. It was absolutely essential to the story. Without it there was no point whatsoever. And it was a subversion of expectations after the scene of the bulging floor last week, you definitely…

Does anyone have a recommendation for a site with better reviews and critical analysis of new episodes of The Last of Us? These recaps are awful and add nothing to the experience of what we all just watched.

I would say there’s a payoff. This might be subjective, but for me the Last of Us has managed to do what Game of Thrones never quite did. It manages to make the human drama feel real and important and dangerous, and then reminds you how meaningless it is in the face of something bigger.

I had to stop reading at “episode three was a relatively emotional scenario.”