Month: March 2023

The Last of Us: season 1, episode 9 – Look for the Light

“You can’t keep her safe forever. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many people you kill, she’s gonna grow up, Joel.”

(SPOILER WARNING!)

Season finales, especially in big budget genre shows, tend to be things of spectacle, with all the budget thrown at the screen to keep the audience on tenterhooks for the next year. In a Walking Dead season finale, you could pretty much guarantee hordes of zombies invading the heroes’ sanctuary, with action, explosions and headshots aplenty.

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The Last of Us: season 1, episode 8 – When We Are in Need

“I’m a shepherd surrounded by sheep – and all I want is an equal.”

(SPOILER WARNING!)

It was back to the main plot for this week’s penultimate ep of The Last of Us, and back to another one of those well-worn post-apocalyptic tropes – the seemingly nice community with a Dark Secret. And it was a Dark Secret that we’ve seen many, many times before.

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