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The Last of Us: Season 1 <\/strong><\/em>(2023)<\/p>\n Teleplay by: Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann\u00a0<\/strong>(episodes 1 & 9); Craig Mazin<\/strong> (episodes 2 – 6, 8); Neil Druckmann<\/strong> (episode 7)<\/p>\n Directed by: Craig Mazin <\/strong>(episode 1); Neil Druckmann<\/strong> (episode 2); Peter Hoar<\/strong> (episode 3); Jeremy Webb\u00a0<\/strong>(episodes 4 & 5); Jasmila \u017dbani\u0107\u00a0<\/strong>(episode 6); Liza Johnson\u00a0<\/strong>(episode 7); Ali Abbasi<\/strong> (episodes 8 & 9)<\/p>\n Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Merle Dandridge, Keivonn Woodard, Jeffrey Pierce, John Getz, Scott Shepherd, Storm Reid, Ashley Johnson, Nick Offerman, John Hannah, Terry Chen, Ian Rozylo, Graham Greene, Sonia Maria Chirila, Andy McDermott,\u00a0 Christopher Heyerdahl, Nelson Leis, Elaine Miles, Marcus Aurelio <\/strong>and Adrian Hein<\/strong> Tagline: Save who you can save.<\/em><\/p>\n The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n 2023.\u00a0 Twenty years ago a pandemic caused by a bizarre easily transmitted fungal infection turned most of the world’s population into mindless mutant killing machines. Society collapsed.<\/p>\n Joel (Pascal) currently lives in a city under military rule.\u00a0 Joel and his partner Tess (Torv) plan to escape the quarantine zone and head into the wilderness.\u00a0 Joel’s brother is there somewhere with a group of freedom fighters.\u00a0 As Joel and Tess make plans for their escape they encounter Marlene (Dandridge).\u00a0 She can provide them with needed equipment if they will take Ellie (Ramsey) with them.\u00a0 Ellie is an orphaned fourteen year old with a lot of attitude… and she just may be the key to a cure.<\/p>\n Joel, Tess and Ellie head out.\u00a0 They will quickly discover the infected aren’t the worst thing they will have to deal with.<\/p>\n Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n The Last of Us\u00a0<\/em>is based on the popular video game of the same name.\u00a0 I’ve never played it and didn’t know the story ahead of seeing the show.<\/p>\n Every episode contains twists, but none as brutal as in the first episode.\u00a0 It should have been obvious looking at the posters, but I had avoided everything I could in regard to press for the show.\u00a0 I was gobsmacked by how much I came to care for a character I had never seen before.<\/p>\n It’s interesting how time is played with throughout the series.\u00a0 The first episode features a scene on a talk show that takes places 30 to 40 years before the start of the pandemic.\u00a0 A scientist is talking about the dangers to humans that fungi could present with minor changes to the environment.\u00a0 That was clever.\u00a0 Each episode features flashbacks to strengthen the present story.<\/p>\n The characters are well cast, well written and well played. Of course not enough can be said about Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.\u00a0 They are supported by an amazing supporting cast. Standouts include Anna Torv, Nico Parker, Merle Dandridge, Jeffrey Pierce, Storm Reid, Nick Offerman, Graham Greene and\u00a0 Elaine Miles.\u00a0 Some of these characters appear in just one episode or a few scenes in one episode.\u00a0 The attention to detail in getting the right person in each role, no matter how small pays off.<\/p>\n Joel (Pascal) and Ellie (Ramsey) are the heart and soul of the series.\u00a0 Yet sometimes the people they meet take center stage. In episode three, titled Long, Long Time,<\/em> Joel and Ellie become supporting characters, but this chapter remains essential viewing to The Last Of Us<\/em> story.\u00a0 Long, Long Time<\/em> ranks with the best single episode of any continuing drama ever.\u00a0 With each new outing we learn more about Joel, Ellie and the world they live in.\u00a0 I wouldn’t want that reality, but I sure love visiting it.<\/p>\n The Last of Us<\/em> is making the right choices in every department.\u00a0 I look forward to season two.<\/p>\n The Last of Us: Season 1 <\/strong><\/em>(2023) earns 5 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n The Last of Us: Season 1 (2023) Teleplay by: Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann\u00a0(episodes 1 & 9); Craig Mazin (episodes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,53,50,74,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-horror","category-tv","category-z-view","category-zombies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32370,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32347\/revisions\/32370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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