Lol I hadn't read the thread but jeez... What a train wreck. Episode 3 was a masterpiece and fleshing out the bill storyline was one of the things I was MOST looking forward to when I heard it was going into the mini series format. The left behind dlc episode was faithfully done. Not great acting, but good enough. The fact that people got all pissy about these episodes because of "teh gays" and too much storytelling is sad. Yall need Jesus. And pro tip if representation bothers you stay far away from season 2.
This might have been explained but why did Marlene just reveal their plans with Ellie to Joel casually like that? It's one thing to want to kill a child to experiment on her, it's another to let a killing machine like Joel know with enough time for him to stop it. Marlene was a dumbass and caused a bunch of her men to get killed.
Might have to refresh my memory with a rewatch (of the game and show), but I'm not sure Marlene necessarily thought Joel would be as attached as he was. Might have assumed Joel still thought of Ellie as "cargo," though as their talks went on, it should have been pretty obvious. I guess that's why she then decided to have him leave via armed guard vs allowing him to stick around or leave on his own. But still kinda dumb (also kinda dumb how she handled the later confrontation). Marlene probably expected everyone to see things the way she sees them. Could possibly argue that she might have initially thought she could recruit Joel to help out with some tasks too, though again, that idea would go out the window fairly quickly.
How was the season finale for the gamers? As a non gamer I felt something was amiss.... Casting Ashley Johnson was the best thing.
These fungi drug cicadas with psilocybin or amphetamine to make them mate nonstop The insects keep at it even if chunks of their abdomens fall off SAN FRANCISCO — A cicada-infecting fungus produces drugs that make the insects literally mate their butts off. The fungi may use psilocybin, which causes people to hallucinate, or the amphetamine cathinone to suppress cicadas’ appetites and keep the insects moving and mating even after they lose big chunks of their bodies. The finding marks the first time that researchers have discovered a fungus, other than mushrooms, producing psilocybin, and the first organism outside of plants to make an amphetamine.
Nick Offerman Wins the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in Drama Series for The Last of Us https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-guest-actor-in-a-drama-series
THE LAST OF US PART II Will Be Adapted Over Multiple Seasons; Showrunner Reveals Season 2 Episode Count It's been confirmed that The Last of Us Part II will likely be adapted across as many as three seasons, while we also have comments from showrunner Craig Mazin about season 2's shorter episode count... News By JoshWilding - Jun 06, 2024 10:06 AM EST Filed Under: Last of Us Source: Deadline (via GameFragger.com) It's already been over a year for since The Last of Us wrapped up its first season and, thanks to last year's Hollywood strikes, the series now won't return until 2025. Today, it's been confirmed it will be back with fewer episodes than season 1. In an interview with Deadline (via SFFGazette.com), co-creators, executive producers, showrunners and directors Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann confirmed season 2 will consist of seven episodes. On the plus side, they'll boast longer runtimes. The story, which adapts The Last of Us Part II video game, is also expected to continue into a third and possibly fourth season! "The story material that we got from Part II of the game is way more than the story material that was in the first game, so part of what we had to do from the start was figure out how to tell that story across seasons," Mazin tells the trade. "When you do that, you look for natural breakpoints, and as we laid it out, this season, the national breakpoint felt like it came after seven episodes." "We don’t think that we’re going to be able to tell the story even within two seasons [2 and 3] because we’re taking our time," he continued, "and go down interesting pathways which we did a little bit in Season 1 too." "We feel like it’s almost assuredly going to be the case that - as long as people keep watching and we can keep making more television - Season 3 will be significantly larger." "And indeed, the story may require Season 4. One thing is absolutely for sure, I don’t see how we could tell the story that remains after Season 2 is complete in one more season," Mazin concluded. These comments will likely only fuel concerns among fans of The Last of Us games that HBO will stretch this story out a little too much due to the first season's success. Telling the second game's ambitious story over seven episodes would be impossible but three seasons suggest a lot of original content will be added. On the plus side, this may mean Pedro Pascal's Joel gets a bigger role in the story. The Last of Us season 2's returning cast includes Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy, and Rutina Wesley as Maria. Previously announced new cast members include Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Barer as Mel, Tati Gabrielle as Nora, Spencer Lord as Owen, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and Jeffrey Wright as Isaac. Catherine O’Hara also guest stars. The show is written by showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. The series is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television and is also executive-produced by Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan, and Evan Wells. The Last of Us season 2 will premiere on HBO in 2025.
Multiple seasons is the right call. I hope they're more aggressive with their narrative changes for Part 2.
