I do like Last Of Us, but having played the game (not the sequel though, never got around to it), the sometimes 1:1 adaptation of a scene and dialogue kinda makes me feel like I’m a little punished for having already played the game, story wise; but Bella Ramsay and Pedro Pascal are killing it in their roles.
I do feel weird they took the time to devote an entire episode to a side character from the game, only because I feel like - risk of some spoilers here if you’re not caught up to episode 5 -
they made it to Wyoming and then the university really fast after that. If you’re going to pad it out, pad it out. Give us more Ellie and Joel moments not from the game or give us more of Melanie Lynskeys characters backstory and I dunno, maybe keep her alive to some capacity?
That’s extremely nitpicky though, ultimately I’ve been enjoying it.