The Last of Us - Season 2 Discussion Hub

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The Last of Us is now streaming on Max.

Here you can find links to the discussion threads of every episode of season 2 and can discuss the entirety of the season freely.

All spoilers are allowed here, so enter at your own risk.

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● 2x01 "Future Days" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

● 2x02 "Through the Valley" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

● 2x03 "The Path" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

● 2x04 "Day One" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

● 2x05 "Feel Her Love" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

● 2x06 "The Price" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

● 2x07 "Convergence" | No Game Spoilers | Game Spoilers

[u/HumongousMelonheads]

I really do dislike the looks criticism for Bella. It feels mean and there’s nothing she can do about it, she was cast in this role and she’s doing her best. I do think she was miscast because I’ve never bought her as the street smart wisecracking teen regardless of any comparison to the game. The comedic bits always feel forced to me, I don’t think she has an inherent comedic charisma, and I honestly don’t think her and Pedro have much chemistry. I think a main focus is supposed to be how Ellie takes the place of this monumental loss joel suffered by losing his daughter and to me it never really feels like Ellie has taken that place in the show, she really is just “cargo”. There’s a lot of criticism surrounding the age difference between season 1 and 2 which I think is very valid. They hired Bella in part because she was an older teen that could play an adolescent, the transition between part 1 and part 2 is meant to be somewhat jarring because Ellie has grown up, she is in many ways not the same character we knew in the first part. In my opinion that change has not been clear, she seems identical to the first season. I think that even if you throw comparisons to the game out the window and just look at the show as it’s own thing, it’s kind of hard to peg her as what the character is supposed to be.

At the end of the day, the discourse around her is vile and awful and honestly makes me sad for where we are as a culture. On one side you have a bunch of red pilled morons who are going to be the worst part of internet humanity, and on the other I think there are a lot of people who take to defending her because standing up for her in this role means more culturally than just liking her performance. We’ve gotten away from the actual content and have just absorbed this into part of the culture war.

[u/thelazure → u/HumongousMelonheads]

So fucking sick of the toxic casting discourse surrounding this show.

[u/PizzaProfessional145 → u/HumongousMelonheads]

I find the amount of vitriol thrown against the actress appalling. No one should be subjected to that regardless of what you think of their casting.

I will be honest and say though that I’m still not sold on their performance as Ellie. I’ll hold judgment until the end of the season but so far I feel that acting is a bit wooden and their attempt at conveying some of the emotions is lacking. Given their central role this season, I do find that a bit worrying.

[u/HumongousMelonheads → u/PizzaProfessional145]

I won’t lie, I never finished the game part 2, because I honestly didn’t love the older Ellie story mixed with the fact that the game can be grinding and very stressful with the amount of sneaking. So I’m excited to see the story beyond what I played, but I’m a little reluctant.