So unlike a lot of people I wanted to get a few episodes in, before making any reckless and inaccurate evaluation of this show. And it's a good thing that I always follow that rule when it comes to shows.

The Last of Us tricks you in the first episode as something that will have story quality, consistency, and smarts. But as you move from one episode to the other, you start to realize what kind of a show you really have on your hands.

The Last of Us is failing on several fronts and it's only four episodes in.

Joel although played by Pedro Pascal who I don't like at all as an actor, he's been doing the best of what he's allowed to do. You won't get the Joel of the first TLOU game, but the one from the second game. This Joel although a former soldier, he handles guns with the skill of someone that just watched people using guns on TV.

This Joel lets Ellie boss him around and even control how every conversation goes. First game Joel was a hardened man that had closed his heart to feelings, and wasn't about doing reckless dumb things. Although flawed Ellie needed him, and eventually she learns from him and he learns from her. Joel even opens up and gradually lets Ellie fill that hole left by the death of his daughter.

That's what made The Last of Us special, despite the game not having anything really groundbreaking. It was the story that made the first game special.

And this TV show is already failing on almost every front. Ellie is just insufferable. Who thought that Bella Ramsey had the acting skills to be Ellie, really missed the mark by miles. Ellie is arrogant, emotionless (maybe because Bella Ramsey can't express any more than two emotions), reckless to the point she completely ignores Joel solid and wise advices, and she acts as if she doesn't really needs Joel.

If there was a time for a race swap it should've been in this show. Bella Ramsey should've been Sarah and Nico Parker should've been Ellie. Seeing Parker at least showed great father daughter chemistry with Pascal, and they seemed to click better in the kind of relationship that Joel and Ellie need to develop.

Visually its clear that The Last of Us spared no expenses to show that world as it should he showed. But that's about the only good thing the show really has.

Joel is almost devoid of an actual personality. While Ellie is so irritating in contrast to game Ellie, that just hearing what she says and seeing what she does, is enough to wear down the patience of any reasonable person.

In an actual post apocalyptic world this Ellie would've been killed by now, while Joel would've just moved on to do something with someone else bossing him around.

The second game was a disaster of a story and character development, and this show is obviously following that path.

This show will never be what The Walking Dead was. So if you're wanting for that to happen, save yourself a lot of time and move on to another show.

The Last of Us is a sinking ship, and with each episode it just sinks deeper and deeper.