Known Stranger

I usually don’t write reviews but after seeing so many people sharing negative feedback I decided to support this in a positive direction. Wow what a wild ride. This is what you get when a story is loved and cherished by it’s makers. Beautiful artistic choices even though all of the game couldn’t have been put into 9 episodes as we all know. I mean it is not for everyone ofc and if you want to see a full on action packed full of zombie filled world this is NOT FOR YOU! Subtle moments and teased action sequences all to focus more on the humanity aspect of things after the apocalypse. TLOU has always been about that and the adaptation embraced it well. People who are complaining about ‘we saw zero zombies’ go watch TWD where the dead appear out of thin air in every other episode just to kill someone off. From not exposing us to a lot of corticeps head on, focusing more on human violence towards one another, hard and emotional choices made the timings when they actually appear so effective and that made it feel like a breath of fresh air in all the ’zombie’ related shows I have seen till now and ofc all the game references made me go all giggly. Episode 8 has to be the best episode with 9 and 2 close second. Props to all the actors but papa Pedro and our swearing Bella flawlessly embodied their roles and the people who say otherwise should try acting themselves. All cameos of the voice actors of the game, side stories they shed light on made it very enjoyable and crying in the dark at other times. Looking forward to season 2 and how they manage to maybe change the events of the story to maybe make it align better to the audience although I liked the second game (please don’t attack me). Overall great job Neil, Craig and all of HBO for creating something so close to our hearts.

Spoilers ahead maybe(?) Yes the second part of season 4 topped everything yet, the realisation of when Joe finds out he’s having a major personality issue, the cameo of Beck and THE Love Quinn such a fun ride. A not so predictable twist i have to say and yes i know some of you did may have called it but it was a great watch nevertheless. This series really got me rooting for a impulsive murderer but well he is a gentleman sometimes. Nadia was the overly eager to finding everything out character this time around, and i liked Phoebe, was kinda fun idk about Kate yet thou we’ll see in the next season and overall all the cast did pretty well as they were successful in making me hate them a bit. Well i hope they tie it all up in the next season as we get to see the wrath of justice get Joe has been avoiding or not (i love Joe sorry) and i really missed Jenna hope she appears soon again. Well done Joe now you can kill freely with your billionaire wife Kate (Love screaming)