Sadly I'm a bit behind on posting the series and movies I have been watching due to an elbow injury but today I'm finally feeling better than two days ago and can sit down to get up to date, because of the injury I have been spending quite the time watching series like The Last of Us, Andor and a couple of movies besides my regular YouTube consumption.
The Last of Us is that series that never disappoints, at least not me; I mention this on my previous post, either its a full drama episode or full non stop action its always a great watch, I know the series might not be 100% down to the game but its also been mention through a couple of articles from the creators how its an adaptation for TV so there are things that are either not allow to show on TV or adapted for audience retention, different than gamers, content viewers have a less time for retention so it has to be a different formula to keep the audience interested.
Episode 2 has not trouble on doing that, the series keeps giving us context since its been a very long time after season 1, it stays focus on showing the evolution of Ellie as a fighter mostly because emotionally its obvious that she still not mature, still not an adult but I wouldn't blame her after everything she has gone through and knowing she is the only one who can actually survive a bite from an infected, the episode also focus on how important is to keep that a secret because its all unicorns and rainbows at Jackson as long as nobody knows her secret, once that secret comes out she probably wont be consider the same sweet rebel girl, rather be a solution for everyone biggest problem even if that means she has to be sacrifice.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/
- Platform: Prime Video
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Joel currently is carrying some heat without even knowing it, Abby who has sworn to kill Joel for all the Fireflies that he killed back in Salt Lake City hospital including her father, all this memories keep haunting her and keeps her fully motivated to the point that it don't matter if she has to go to the end of the world to find Joel, without knowing it she is closer. By now or for anyone born mid 80s I think the Apocalypses standard TV series is The Walking Dead and I cant denied how the first scenes when Abby shows up with her friends remind me so much of it, during this type of series many times those who are alive are the bigger threat than the rest, in this case the infected, there is also a scene where Abby and her friends go out to scout and all of the sudden she finds tons of dead bodies that were been use as insulation for the hundred of Infected who where trying to weather out the cold of the mountains.
At Jackson they are getting prepare for a potential Infected attack but they were not so sure about it since Infected never show some sort of strategy or intelligence, they just attach what ever moves when ever they can but this time it was different, as I mention all the Infected using dead bodies as insulation and with the roots infiltrating the pipelines they knew where the target was so it was a matter of just going for it. Jackson is a very fortified town with high walls made out of thick wood, lots of guns an ammo but its evident that during this type of Apocalypses Zombie series, humans are usually out number.
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The episode feels very strategic as how it can handle all the story lines and still feels its not skipping or jumping from one to another, instead it does feel they are all connected with each other, I only wonder how a series like The Wheel of Time would be if it follow the same type of smooth transitions. We have Abby hunting for Joel who got out of Jackson because there is the chance Ellie is in trouble due to a heavy storm and at the same time their town is on high alert after they have discovered the roots on the pipelines are in fact cordisepts roots. This combination of events leads to one, if not the best; of the most intense episodes ever so far of the series, on season 1 we did have an episode where a good amount of Infected chase Joel and Ellie on top of a hidden shooter who wanted to kill them, similar story with Infected on one side, Abby on the back and Jackson that turn as the main target for the infected towards the end of the episode, its that chain of events that works so well for the series.
Things wouldn't work out so perfect for Abby even if she plan it, the series of events that unfold all favor her, the moment she decided to go down the mountain and then stumble into the pile of dead bodies that awake the Infected, it was like she was the bait to have Joel safe her so then she lure him into the place she was staying just to kill him. In a short description that's how things went down and I really cant believe and still do not accept that Joel is dead, he went through a lot of pain as Abby plan was to kill him slowly and having Ellie discovering everything went down makes things more interesting since I'm 110% sure she is going to do the same damn thing for Abby. It will be miracle if when they get to Jackson for some reason Joel is still alive although I doubt it since Abby beat him down so bad and then put a golf club through his neck, then there is that scene where Ellie, Dina and Jesse and dragging down Joel's body back to Jackson that is now on fire.
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As you can tell there are two main questions after Episode 3, is Joel still alive? what is Ellie going to do about it?. The battle that went down at Jackson was epic, did felt like a LOR battle although this time it was on an Apocalypse type of TV series, something I dont remember seen. The details about how prepare and organize the town was is amazing, from their line of defense, the gas tanks to lit up the Infected, how they have a plan if the Infected went through the wall and invade the town, the trained dogs was massive in my opinion too, besides the battle taking quite some time and not just a couple of split scenes from it.
Tommy, Joel's brother; has such an intense fight with the leader infected at battle, I'm glad Gabriel Luna, actor who plays Tommy; is having so much screen time during the series and it does feel like he is going to be the one now looking after Ellie once Joel goes out, it really impress me Joel dies so early into the season considering its Pedro Pascal playing the role.
In my opinion it has been a great start for the series, even if episode one felt a bit slow or drama only it still felt it was a smooth episode considering to what was prepared for the second episode, it wouldn't be strange if the third one would be a banger too with all the questions and doors that are left open after Jackson attack and Joel's death.
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