Season 2 killed off Joel,<\/a> and also killed off a reason to watch the show.\u00a0<\/p>\nUnlike \u201cGame of Thrones,\u201d this show wasn\u2019t a true ensemble. Although it had other characters, there weren\u2019t enough dynamic personalities to make it worthwhile, after it axed (or golf clubbed) the main guy. Without Joel, Ellie became a brat who was tedious to watch. Yes, Joel\u2019s death happened in the video game it\u2019s based on, too. But two superior dystopian HBO shows \u2013 \u201cThe Leftovers\u201d and \u201cStation Eleven\u201d \u2013 were smart enough to know that TV is a different medium. Sometimes it\u2019s necessary to depart from the source material. \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d paid too much fealty to the game\u2019s plot, and it simply didn\u2019t work onscreen.\u00a0Rather than invigorating the plot, Joel\u2019s death hollowed it out. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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