The latest HBO phenomenon is undoubtedly the adaptation of the popular video game The Last of Us. The series had the great backpack of being able to be the exception to a trend that does not accompany much of the adaptations of games to the big screen or television.

Being in the right hands already invited us to feel some peace of mind when waiting for something quite good. Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann carry out a really studied and forceful job to perfectly adapt a game that already had a lot of cinematography, but whose creators are capable of transporting that beauty to the screen with total poise.

Another great success for the adaptation to work is the good casting they do. Having Pedro Pascal, perhaps the most popular actor at the moment and although resisted, but intelligently chosen, Bella Ramsey allows us to enjoy a spectacular on-screen chemistry between them and also the abilities of the two when it comes to interpreting their characters and giving them a own stamp, but without forgetting the deep blood of two characters who are perfect in the video game.

The Chilean actor knows how to differentiate himself from his already iconic The Mandalorian, to give his own life to a Joel Miller that catches you as we watch the entire season of the series. For her part, Bella Ramsey gives her best to give us a forceful Ellie Williams without objections, giving personality and charisma to a character that takes the series one step further.

A series that maintains its forcefulness from episode 1 to the end of the season, with wonderful episodes and other more leisurely ones that complement a series that dares to have internationally varied directors and who are delivering that talent in the service of telling us a story that will It captivates as it goes by with total forcefulness.

An adaptation with personality that has a clear seal of complexing us as viewers, making us debate decisions and also giving us what we like so much about one of the best video games the industry has delivered.

On this occasion we can say that the mixture of games and television has its reward thanks to an adaptation that was never limited to losing personality and giving us all the good things of a game with all the codes of television fiction.

One of the best series so far this year and a promising second season that prepares us as a challenge to maintain all the good and excellent that was achieved in its first season and try to raise the status a bit to turn The Last of Us into an essential part of our lives.

HBO knows how to make series and that security will always be at their hand to give us that necessary forcefulness for a viewer who is demanding when we talk about successful adaptations, they more than achieve that first challenge by giving an almost perfect series that manages to captivate fans and not fans of a Sunday to Sunday game.

The Last of Us is a series that needs to be watched, loved, and enjoyed with absolute pleasure.