The last of us reproduced one of my favorite video game sequences, and I swear that it changes the way I see this show

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I won't lie, I think The last of us Season 2 was a DUD and far from the incredible TV show that we have a few years ago, or the outstanding video game on which it is based. I discussed My problems with the show pretty much since it was premiere on the 2025 TV time planBut The latest episode, “day one”, Changes the way I see the adaptation of the video game. Especially in the way the series of one of my favorite levels of handled The last of us part II

I still have some big problems with the series, and a great sequence in a good episode of television is not fixed overnight, but I thought I might have to be more open The changes and pure tractions of the starting material of co-creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. We can all change, right? Let me explain anyway …

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I was not with many changes that made the last of us season 2

While some of my colleagues have dropped with all changes The last of us Season 2 made in the first half of the second episode, I was not so forgiving or open to these changes in the first few weeks of return. While I understand why Jackson, Wyoming, was such an important focus Of the first three episodes, a large part of it felt like fillers in my eyes and felt like a way to expand a game in two seasons of television. The City council voting scenesThe unnecessary combat sequence with the infected and other moments that have been taken away Joel's tragic death and Ellies (Bella Ramsey) revenge plan instead of building the tension for her later encounter with Abby (Kaitlyn Dever).

Do not understand me wrong, Neil Druckmann can change the scope of the story that he first told in the form of an incredible but split video game half a decades. At the same time, I have the feeling that I don't like these changes or do not agree with them. And I wasn't with many of them below, at least until “Day one”.

The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 4.

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But the way the show repeated the Seattle -u -Bahn -Sequence let me sing another melody

There was So much to love “day one”. From the long-awaited introduction of WLF leader Isaac Dixon (Jeffrey Wright) in two annoying scenes that Ellie finds out in a music shop in Seattle in Dina (Isabella Merced) that she is pregnant, many of the big moments of The last of us part II made his way to the show. The sequence that blew me the most was the chase through the Seattle -U -Bahn -Tunnel, when Ellie and Dina tried to escape WLF soldiers and a massive group of infected people.

I know I know I was a purist when it comes to the show and the most important events of the game deal, but the way this slow but tense level from the game became an intensive chase was astonishing. I thought about how to look at the show and even began to change my perception of the characters and everything that was adapted from the source material. I'm not with everything again, but that's progress.

Ellie and Dina in the Flare-Lit-U-Bahn station in the last US season 2

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Ellie and Dina who escape the WLF

Although I don't like The last of us part II As much as the first game in the franchise (I don't think I'm here), the continuation of 2020 gave the players some of the most ambitious and atmospheric levels of the eighth generation. The extensive and almost open world sections of Seattle, free of charge for explorations, the early chapters in Jackson and the stuff in Santa Barbara In the end were incredibly thought -out and designed levels with all types of twists, twists and areas that they should explore. And The Seattle U -Bahn tunnel section Was at the top of my list.

With the red shine of the torches of the WLF, the cramped U -Bahn cars and various obstacles that Ellie and Dina stood in the way (not to mention the pubic blinds), this whole scene was a master class in tension and one of the greatest moments in the entire game: Elie when she told Dina that she told Dina that she Dina that she was immune.

Dina (Isabela Merced) attracts Ellie after biting the last of US season 2 Episode 4, Episode 4.

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Ellie's big revelation for Dina is different in the show, but I'm not angry about it

One of the big changes in “Day one” was about how Ellie's immunity was unveiled against the Codryeps mushroom Dina. In the game, Ellies gas mask was smashed during the tunnel sequence, and she had no choice but to say her love interest that she lifts her own mask. Since the Spores still have to be introduced In the show at this point, this version of Ellie had to reveal it in other ways: a bite in the arm. And you know what, I'm not angry with this decision.

It still led to Ellie unveiled her secret, but it also gave us this incredible act of self -sacrifice, which increased a lot to the character and its dynamics with Dina. In addition, we received a very realistic reaction from Dina, who thought she had to kill her best friend and Complete your mission alone.

Ellie in the U -Bahn car holds a flashlight and weapon, while the runners hit windows in the last of US relay 2

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However, I still have problems with the show

Despite my changing melody The last of us Season 2, you do not have the impression that all my problems with the series have been resolved. I still have problems with the pace, the characters are not as strong as in the video game and where are all these great flashbacks that give the original history so much wealth and depth? I am sure that a large part of it will work in the last three episodes of the season, but I have the feeling that we have wasted a lot of time to come here.

Hopefully “Day one” is a sign of the upcoming things, both for the rest of the second season and when the show returns its later return at some point in the future. I mean, I'll be here anyway, but I would like to see how this swing continues …

I was not with many changes that made the last of us season 2

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