Not just for those 2 characters. It gave you a reason to give a shit about the letter. Yeah the comparison of Tess to Bills partner make us and Joel emotional. But it also helps us relate to Joel realizing he needs to protect Ellie.

They could have just had Joel find Bills letter and just move on. Instead they added emotional "filler" that shows us that even though they weren't exactly friends, Joel respected Bill so much that his (and his partner's) death still upset him.

not every scene without joel and ellie is filler lmao

I'm a heterosexual married man and I love Bill and Frank.

There hasn't really been a show like this in a long time and Columbo isn't on a major streaming service I don't think, so I don't blame anyone for thinking it's different.

Missed the point and will continue missing the point when we continue to meet people only tangentially associated with Joel and Ellie and see their stories told in greater depth than what the game(s) could do.

I was aged 7 or 8 when it first aired in the U.K. in 1974 and I was always deeply confused by Happy Days. I didn't understand that it was a current series, it was so un-funny that I assumed it had to be a re-run of a show from the 50s. I didn't understand why the audience acknowledged Fonz when he walked into a scene. I didn't understand how all these actors, who were clearly adults, could still be in high school. I just didn't get any of it. Clearly, it was an issue of culture shock, because the series is much-beloved in the U.S.

Just curious, what would you say is a better episode of tv in the last month? I'm always wanting new shows with great writing.

I'm there for the story of Ellie.

It's on CityTV+ (there's a month trial through Prime Video).

Sometimes people have different emotional reactions to things than other people. It’s pretty crazy.

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"clever" doesn't necessarily need to mean that the show has twists. Also that sounds like a weird way to watch a show, twists often don't make for a good story. Quite frankly rejecting that very notion is what makes the show clever to me

I'm not talking about this show. I'm talking about the other they do, like Wednesday and Tiger King. Never would have zoomed up to the top had they not put those shows on a pedestal already.

And then the article campaigns that kept getting posted on Reddit. You could throw a stick and hit some article gushing about Andor or Wednesday.

Should've been on Netflix like Russian Doll. 😡

Yeah they're doing a lot of specials lately, probably because they need subscriber numbers. Might be tempted to pick it up.

Best episode of all time? Lol no, of 2023 so far ? Yeah I can see that.

Agree, a lot of the more extreme love seemed to come from people who know the game and appreciated that extra level of nuance lost on those fresh to the story.

Things can’t just be “very good” or “bad” on the internet. I really enjoyed this episode but I saw a headline calling it the best episode of television in a decade and personally it’s not even the best episode of television in the last month. Doesn’t detract from the fact that it was an excellent episode of TV.

Because the acting and writing and cinematography was exquisite

You can't call every second of television that doesn't advance the plot forward in time "filler"

I'm so mad at you for even making this post. 😒

Probably the gay romance, which i thought was done well. But I wasnt looking for any romance in this show especially not this early.

The outbreak is my favourite part of every pandemic show/movie, especially zombie ones. It’s actually why I’ve been enjoying The Last of Us so much, every episode has had an outbreak flashback.

28 Days Later is the only film I think skipping most of the outbreak made better. The Walking Dead is extra bad because it skipped the outbreak and it copied 28 Days Later’s start exactly

I feel like anyone that considers it filler really missed the point.

Honestly. Well different perspectives I guess. This post should also be on unpopularopinion