It's not amazing but it's not bad. It's heartfelt, at least. I do enjoy lots of little details in it. For instance, someone on Twitter pointed out that the old native couple in episode 6 reminded them of their own native grandparents, with the kind of matter-of-fact way they address each other, and I loved the fact that
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the old lady made soup for the two people holding her hostage because it was cold out and she wanted them to be warm.
Like commiewithoutorgans said, the Dunkey sum-up is best. Nothing super complicated going on here, but that gives the characters room to grow and show off their texture and emotional depth.
It does do a much better job of getting across that, objectively, Joel is a fucking psycho at this point. Ice fucking cold sometimes. Pedro Pascal's pretty damn good.
It's not amazing but it's not bad. It's heartfelt, at least. I do enjoy lots of little details in it. For instance, someone on Twitter pointed out that the old native couple in episode 6 reminded them of their own native grandparents, with the kind of matter-of-fact way they address each other, and I loved the fact that
spoiler
the old lady made soup for the two people holding her hostage because it was cold out and she wanted them to be warm.
Like commiewithoutorgans said, the Dunkey sum-up is best. Nothing super complicated going on here, but that gives the characters room to grow and show off their texture and emotional depth.
It does do a much better job of getting across that, objectively, Joel is a fucking psycho at this point. Ice fucking cold sometimes. Pedro Pascal's pretty damn good.