ep 3	+
Very good episode. Straight for the gut bunch. Ellie reading the letter and getting to Tess was brutal. Honestly the Ellie part of the episode was great, she’s really growing on me. Her seeing the car was a lot of fun. I kind of forgot the actual story and I like the change. If they make everyone sad portion of the game a “happy” spin it could get old but this one was great.

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Gat damn, great one

Worthy of the praise and worthy of using on the nature of daylight, but time to start capping its usage

Nature of daylight?

Yup!

next ep coming out early (Fri) apparently so they won't have to compete with the Super Bowl. yay

Boc @ 5/2/2023 20:11

ep 4 + eh! Solid ep though probably the weakest yet. Joel and Ellie relationship building was pretty good, every scene with the Kansas City crew was kinda whatever. I feel like they were trying to flesh them out into more than "bad guys shooting at the protagonists" but can't say I care about any of them. It was cool seeing Tommy's VA show up though, he was the long-haired bearded guy. Sure looked the part! You can definitely tell they had fun writing up that truck fight scene lol, some ambient lines ripped straight from the game and ofc all the popping up from cover. Joel killing that kid at the end was suitably brutal What do we think that lil earthquake was all about? I assume it's gonna be a bloater, but I could also see it being some new weird monstrosity they're introducing. Like the nexus of the local tendril network or something

Spoiler

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agreed with basically all of this. loved how similar the ambush scene was tho i was REALLY hoping Joel would say "oh he aint even hurt" i didn't think it was a quake i just thought it was infected pushing their way up but that is unlikely now that i think abt it. the sequence with "henry" and "sam" was great from what i recall, HUGE action sequence upcoming which im excited for ellie's "diarrheic is hereditary" joke cracked me up. great scene

Episodes1-4

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okay… I’m not going to be as great as describing because I haven’t played the video game.. but anyway. My daughter told me I would like this and after episode 1 I was like… why do you think I would like this? Episode 2 was a little better… but then episode 3.. amazing!! Omg Bill <3 I loved him! Great episode and should be watched with a really good glass of wine. Episode 4 was good, it’s obvious the relationship between Joel and Ellie was going to progress… but also the added bonus of Melanie Lynskey, who I love. I reminded my daughter that she loved the Massachusetts State House when we visited in 2019 and that was the place where Ellie Tess blew herself and the infected up so that was nostalgic lol… I keep seeing “clicker” mentioned.. is that what they call the infected ? I do like the fact that the infected can’t see. Good concept. Anyway good series so far.

JJ @ 7/2/2023 2:23

Episodes1-4 + okay… I’m not going to be as great as describing because I haven’t played the video game.. but anyway. My daughter told me I would like this and after episode 1 I was like… why do you think I would like this? Episode 2 was a little better… but then episode 3.. amazing!! Omg Bill <3 I loved him! Great episode and should be watched with a really good glass of wine. Episode 4 was good, it’s obvious the relationship between Joel and Ellie was going to progress… but also the added bonus of Melanie Lynskey, who I love. I reminded my daughter that she loved the Massachusetts State House when we visited in 2019 and that was the place where Ellie blew herself and the infected up so that was nostalgic lol… I keep seeing “clicker” mentioned.. is that what they call the infected ? I do like the fact that the infected can’t see. Good concept. Anyway good series so far.

Spoiler

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the clicker is basically a stage 2 zombie in this universe, they were the ones in episode 2 that couldn't see and had to "click" (use echolocation) to find people. They're much harder to kill than regular zombies since all the fungus growing on them acts like armor stage 1 zombies are like the grandma in episode 1, they look more like regular people and still have use of their eyes then there's stage 3 zombies which...you might be seeing real soon

Boc @ 7/2/2023 14:44

JJ @ 7/2/2023 2:23 Episodes1-4 + okay… I’m not going to be as great as describing because I haven’t played the video game.. but anyway. My daughter told me I would like this and after episode 1 I was like… why do you think I would like this? Episode 2 was a little better… but then episode 3.. amazing!! Omg Bill <3 I loved him! Great episode and should be watched with a really good glass of wine. Episode 4 was good, it’s obvious the relationship between Joel and Ellie was going to progress… but also the added bonus of Melanie Lynskey, who I love. I reminded my daughter that she loved the Massachusetts State House when we visited in 2019 and that was the place where Ellie Tess blew herself and the infected up so that was nostalgic lol… I keep seeing “clicker” mentioned.. is that what they call the infected ? I do like the fact that the infected can’t see. Good concept. Anyway good series so far. Spoiler + the clicker is basically a stage 2 zombie in this universe, they were the ones in episode 2 that couldn't see and had to "click" (use echolocation) to find people. They're much harder to kill than regular zombies since all the fungus growing on them acts like armor stage 1 zombies are like the grandma in episode 1, they look more like regular people and still have use of their eyes then there's stage 3 zombies which...you might be seeing real soon

Spoiler	+
Oooh thank you! I had no idea. I remember wondering if the grandma couldn't see because I thought she could. I'll fill in my daughter, too lol.

I just finished the game.

Time to watch the series.

I haven't played the game, but I'm loving this show. I want to play the game, but I'm actually glad I'm seeing the show first


Episode 5 has been my favorite so far. Lamar Johnson and Keivonn Montreal Woodard were incredible.

p good ep, think I'd slot it just below ep 2 & 3

ep 5

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I'm mostly in the same boat as you Dyl, everything from the first game was so long ago that I only have STRONG memories of the beginning and the ending with just a few moments scattered in-between. I knew there was something sad with Henry & Sam but honestly didn't remember what it was til just before it went down Definitely the strongest part of the ep. Lamar Johnson's line reading of "What did I do?!" was heartbreaking. They both did a great job, lot of impact in little time on the flip side, now that it's over I think the "villain" side of the KC plot was a flop. I didn't care for Melanie Lynskey's character at all, and it was even worse in this ep when they pulled out one of the lamest tropes of the "ruthless killer" suddenly being trigger-shy when she has her Moby Dick in her sights. She did it TWICE! The first time was especially egregious, she fully turned her head away from her target and stopped to stare at the truck for like a full 10 seconds. Good thing he didn't have a hidden weapon on him!