My problem with the episode was that it was both slow yet not. It introduced and told a 20 year story in 45 minutes in slowly paced snippets. I could never get into it because of how much it jumps (by necessity). For me it took away from the momentum of the main story with Joel as I am totally new to this world and am still getting into it. But the acting was top notch and I liked the relationship as well as its development and arch. But for a series that was just two episodes in and someone not familiar with the game it was way too soon to take a detour like that for me.

You mean the montage that completely ignores how gasoline and electricity actually work?

I mean, I'd sure love a natural gas stove that magically works off of electricity and raw crude oil! Or three cans of processed gasoline that can power a mansion-sized generator and a town-sized electric fence for 10+ years constantly when gas goes bad after about 6 months of sitting...

I wonder who kept filling that generator after the both died until Joel and Ellie showed up to find them? I mean, all the lights were still on but they've obviously decomposed and the leftover food on the table had gone rotten.

And remember when the crafty survivalist and skilled hunter stood out in the middle of the road shooting at people his traps were going to kill anyway until he conveniently got gut shot?

It's easy to pop off about how legitimate criticism is "lame" on the internet even when it's not. Conserving an entire liquor store of wine is really the only thing that would have feasibly worked in that whole episode.

Severance (Season 2)

I worked on this show. It was a complete cluster fuck.

No, Andy was just No. 1 once, and I think it was the very last season long after Barney was gone.

I also thought the first two were better so you're not the only one.

This is basically the premise of an existing episode

We should stop telling stories because we already told all the stories.

Well there are a ton of people that "missed the point".

Season 2 would see a name change to "Fleishman is in BIG Trouble!"

Not directly relevant but the main thing I remember about Third Watch was the episode where one of the doctors from E.R. went there to look for her sister & niece & was riding around with Bosco for a bit, I think.

I remember going back & trying to watch it but being early naughts that was rather more difficult & I never really got into it… Seemed like there was just a bit too much to really handle though & maybe that as well is ultimately why they went more police-focused later on.

Because its badly written, that shit is like a C- college essay.

God, this take sucks so fucking hard. “Look, I know people THINK they had a profoundly emotional reaction to a piece of media, but what if I told you you could be a pedantic cynic instead?”

"The Gang Throws Frank In the Trash"

Never heard of it on whatever side of the internet I’m on. The 3 shows I keep coming across are lots of praise for The Last of Us (rightfully so) and The Sandman and lots of negative takes on Velma.

I always wanted to be clan,Venture.

Just finished binge watching. I wish the series at least got a second season.

I’m happy too

That’s exactly me. The reunion didn’t do anything for me, whereas the scenes in the apartment were extraordinary.

I agree with some of this. It did feel a bit overly familiar and that Max Richter music is a bit of a cliché at this point. I still think it was a good episode though.

I live in the US and have never been able to get the ad-free version to work. Peacock is the only service I outright refuse to use at this point.

I liked it but no way does it beat GoT’s Red Wedding or really come that close… but anything entertainment related is definitely subjective

I would have loved to see Ford in the lead role rather than "lovable grump".

This episode also shows how the loss of Tess, Bill, and Frank is the loss of everything for Joel's current or now former life, he has no more connections to Boston and his world as it was. That end makes room for a new beginning with Ellie, now he can choose to become vulnerable and open up to her the same way Bill did with Frank, and that's the real power of the letter.

We still see the wounds on Joel's knuckles because he fractured his hand remembering Sarah and not being able to save her, he winced when Ellie took his hand as he helped her up the next episode in the flooded hotel because he's still burning with pain over his loss. Next episode I imagine we'll see this wound healing better.

The adaptation to TV from the game is impeccably done and how adaptations should be. The emotional aspects also resonated with my personal life, it's a message about the hope that real love can bring, rather than the grim despair of the game's version of these characters' story for this chapter. It's just good television and some article titles making claims aren't indicative of how I or anyone else feels, I feel the way I feel because I see what they're doing and enjoy it.

Frank dying, and the Gang then having to deal with that, planning his funeral and the typical things that TV episodes of this nature have, except subverted as is tradition with the show. Dee and Dennis trying to get his DNA because the Jew Lawyer, obviously the executor of Frank's estate, tells them that since they're not his real kids they're not going to inherit everything. Charlie likewise trying to do the same to prove that he is Frank's son to get his hands on the money. Throw Franquito into the mix as well.