‘The plot twist tears the heart out of the series’

The video game adaptation won many praise in its apparently tough Human first season. Among civilization’s appearances, the second series is an uneven Odyssey.

Despite all the mashbraind infected creatures roaming around, our end was never about the zombies. The first season of the series worked very well, as the bond between the main characters Joel and Ellie is growing.

Zombies added danger, suspense and action, but the show’s strength was its deep-feeling portrayal of how love survives in the zombie apocalypse.

Season 2 takes a dramatic plot turn with the most amazing turn of the hit series I remember. Calm down hits, it can work well when Bear The first season of sandwich shops have been replaced with fine dining in the second series. But our last big change is a catastrophic creative choice.

There are still high points and emotional moments. Pedro Pascal still offers charismatic, wrenchy performances as Joel, allowing you to see both the hardened survivors and the lasting kindness. And Bella Ramsey sharply defines Ellie, who is still strong-willed. However, the twist in the plot ripped a heart out of the series, leaving behind a reduced version of the once-in-a-lifetime Great Show.

However, the new season begins strongly, picking up the story five years after it’s suspended. Joel and Ellie are now settled in Jackson, Wyoming, and early episodes smoothly evoke the old western feel. The town is surrounded by reinforced walls, with horse-drawn carts walking down Main Street. Riding citizens, including Joel and Ellie, patrol the area outside the gate looking for cases.

Ellie lives in Joel’s garage, but she is furious at him, and Shaw takes time to tease her for the reason. You may be think You know. Once last season was over, he raided her from the operating table, where the surgeon may have used her immunity to cure the plague, but certainly caused her death. (It’s not science, it’s a TV drama.) He kills people and runs away, lying about it. It turns out that it is not the whole cause of her rage.

Around them, some of the seductive actors bring Jackson back to life. Joel’s loyal brother, Tommy (Gabriel Luna), is more central this season. As Gale, the town’s indecent therapist, Katherine O’Hara subtly balances Gale’s sadness over the loss of her husband with some mordant someone. Isabella Merced is especially lively like the energetic Dina who just broke up with her boyfriend Jesse (young Magino). You can’t blame Merced because the writer telegraphs the romance that could be Dina’s potential romance from the start too badly.

The most thrilling and action-filled set pieces are also faster as infected storm hordes of Jackson barricades are filmed from the roof. But the danger comes from other places too. Caitlyn Dever plays Abby, a merciless new character who is looking for Joel, vows to revenge against the hospital attack. Like in the first season, this person is working with a society in which murders take on different moral meanings and even infected loved ones must shoot.

Abby is just one of the characters who struggle with these questions. When is murder accepted in this post-apocalyptic world? How do people separate vengeance and justice? It’s still a brave subject.

However, the story quickly fails when he sends Ellie and Dina out of Jackson on a dangerous road trip. Scenes for the scene, zombie attacks can be miserable. The creature looks disgusting, and its brain spills out of its head as it pops out of the shadows of the dark basement. However, the attacks are far too regular and predictable.

And while you may be rooting for Ellie and Dina to acknowledge their charm, they spend a lot of time dodging infected people. The five-year flashback episode of Joel and Ellie’s season speaks eloquently among the best of new crops. But it also reveals how much the series relies on the dynamics between them.

Our last audience is always divided among the audience I know the video game it is based on (groups that are unlikely to be shocked by twists) and those who don’t know or care about it. However, when acting as a television, the game cannot be treated as sacred text, and the first season beautifully transformed it into a character-driven series.

There’s emotional drama in scatter plots, and this season too often I feel it The other show, in general, comes from a game that can make the majority of the audience cold.

Our final season 2 will be available on HBO starting April 13th.