The script is competent enough, but, and especially with Ellie, the character models and voice over in the video game are far better than the performance than the actors, somehow. It shouldn't be too high a bar to clear, but here we are.

I could not stand it after 4 episodes, I called it. No more mopey, lame Ellie and no more same face Joel, please! No more! I've played the game, I know this story already. There's much more connective tissue, like the camping scene, which acts like an insert for dialogue from the game, anyway.

I truly do not understand the love for this. Maybe if people are completely unfamiliar with the story, but even then.