I will be purposefully vague.

The game, first did NOT play the second, was ok. Joel had a soothing voice and everything else was simple grind.

I originally intended to NOT watch the series.

But I have grown somewhat fond of Pascal. He is very similar to Nathan Fillion in LOU. Sounds like, looks like. And even moves like him.

Actually if they make a new version of Firefly he could play his son. Thus allowing two generations on screen at once, if Fillion chose to guest star.

Ellie really grew on me. Dry Brit wit, slightly Asperger look and seemingly fine acting ability. Then again what else would be expected of a Brit actress?

And she swears like a sailor.

Obviously the writers did not think through the noise factor. Everyone seems to have attached junk that would clink making sounds which the beasts may hear.

Everything was tooling along smoothly though a bit slowly until episode 3.

Sadly the game character arc of the two characters in that episode was way more involving than in the series. I know they were tossed in to placate the audience,In the game the reveal was at the END of the activities reading a note. That minuscule aspect won the game an award and accolades.

Ep3 was a waste of characters. Taking a fully fleshed out game character, having Joel warn Ellie about him, then NEVER meeting him. Simple throw aways.

And dumb at that.

One scene where the well seasoned character stands in the middle of the road, everything blazing with fire, and using his scoped hunting riffle fires out into the attackers.

Duh, well lit, scoped rifle, hide behind something and zero in then move to the next cover.

Every ten year old who has played a first person shooter understands that.

Even the worst episodes of walking Dead were better planned and executed than this. Truly this could have been slipped into TWD reruns and no one would be able to tell the difference. You know the early weepy seasons, maybe after meeting Herschel.

If the creators intent is to simply copy instead of ADAPT the game then we get a single season.

Ellie gets two stars, pascal gets two stars, Torv gets honorable mention.

This is not the show I eagerly await all week long.

That would be Doom patrol. Or maybe even Fringe reruns.

See how I worked Torv in there.