If there was no ep 8, I would not hesitate to rate this season 1/10. Too boring. I have never played the game TLOU, my reviews are the same as someone who has never heard of Cordyceps mushrooms, Ellie or Joel in the game. I feel like too many people flatter this show because they used to play the game. Especially many people are fans of shows about Zombies or Walkers, this show is overrated i'm saying. With the beautifully designed backgrounds, ruined buildings, the streets of the apocalypse... I was quite impressed with the behind-the-scenes production design team, hairdressing makeup... With all these, the characters are boring and wasteful. Some characters are described quite interestingly but in the end they die too quickly and unimpressively. Joel's plot armor is way too strong and makes the show unreal, sometimes I feel like they're introducing the game rather than telling the story in depth. Everything is too predictable, the dialogue is boring, the story line drags on. They should refer to some novel to make Season 2, otherwise this show will become a Clicker, boring, and blind.