I had a great expectations for TLoU. Episode 1 was a great pilot and offered a new twist in the saturated zombie genre. I was highly anticipating Episode 2 as both the monster and dystopia stories continue.

Episode 2 was pretty good, but forgettable. I was a little disappointed as the story didn't progress much. But now we're starting to explore life beyond the quarantine zone. There's hope.

Not sure where Episode 3 came from. Talk about left field. Pretty much a waste of time spent on this romance drama. But I noticed something, the zombies disappeared. With enough hurricane fence, barbed wire, and homemade land mines, you can indefinitely hold off raiders and monsters. Who knew. OK, a dud. Nothing to see here. Moving on.

By Episode 4, we learn that 20 year old gas still works, though a little thin, 20 year old canned goods are perfectly fine to eat, zombie don't live in rural areas anymore and zombie don't occupy the same urban zones that pirates do. Where do they live, apparently just around quarantine zones? They're not in Episode 4 either. E4 is just Water World on land. On boy. Nothing new here, just urban Pirates vs Elliot and a 14 year old. But in E4, Elliot laughs. Only took 4 hours for this tiny bit of character development. The pirates are really menacing though and well fed. But no match for Elliot's deer rifle. Why did Elliot drop the M4 and keep the hunting rifle? A mystery.

The show I learned is based off of a video game. Now it makes perfect sense. Just a two-for-one corporate money making scheme - new video game sales plus TV show revenue. I get it now. Now just get Mt. Dew onboard and it's a no-brainer.

Finally just gave up halfway through E5. Just a soap opera.