Look for the Light

This finale was rushed, they skipped so many parts which made Ellie and Joel's relationship like- and believeable. All the struggles they went through were just skipped. We literally only had chatting - giraffe - chatting - hospital - epilogue

They went through the entire country and only had four encounters with infected, they walked through the woods and streets while making noises without any sense of danger.

Ellie's immunity is so important in the game since infected are everywhere and a threat to all humans. However, in the show it seems like humanities biggest struggles are starvation and cold.

Any fanboys here who give every episode a 10/10 should rewatch the first episodes that actually deserve such a high rating. I hope the second season will have more episodes and infected to build the world and create a constant sense of danger.

It's a great show and I loved it but the ending was way too short, I paused 15min before the end and said « no way they are going to end is in 15 minutes ! »...well, they did...all in all it's great but it lacks a lot of infected and clickers ! I mean we've seen only 2 clickers in the whole season...

Of course it makes me wanna buy the remaster for ps5 and do the game again but I'm afraid I will consider this 9 episodes show even shorter than I feel it is now.

Season 2, if it's based only on the second game got to be at least 18 episodes, there is so much to show I cannot believe they'll make it so short again, would be very disappointing.

This is my only big gripe with the show. Why was this episode the shortest out of all of them if I recall correctly?

It felt like they just wanted to get to the point quickly and be done with it. There's only one other major scene that happens in this episode other than the big finale thing that happens. I actually thought I missed an episode while watching it.

Rushing also hurts the storytelling and characterization which this show overall is rushed heavily.

Nevertheless, this finale was great and everything worked out really well to deliver a really well-made episode.

The thing that happens in this finale changes Joel as a character (to an extent since we already know what he's capable of), and it definitely changes the dynamic of his relationship with Ellie, and there will be consequences. I just hope it's not really the same as what they did in the second game. Or at least change the way they're gonna tell that story.

The music and the decisions of the showrunners and the director on how to shoot some scenes, especially the most important one, and how to use music and editing is really great and makes this finale a lot better.

Overall it was a really good finale and I enjoyed it for what it was, but unfortunately, the rushed storytelling hurts this show and especially this finale and it's way better to binge the whole show than to have watched it weekly.

I wish we were allowed to write one word reviews because for this episode it would be that it's PERFECT.

I mean this sincerely! Just amazing!

I was not a believer before this series aired. I thought to myself "why"? Why would they try and make this into a TV show. It's perfect as is. Well I was wrong and I was wrong about how I felt about Bella playing Ellie. She is Ellie... This entire show has been outstanding from beginning to end.

It was great to see Ashley Johnson in this episode and especially hear her voice. For those who may not k ow Ashley played Ellie in the Last of Us part 1 and 2 video games.

I'm sure we will see plenty of negative reviews but for me this episode is the same for the entire season 10/10.

An incredible ending to a fantastic series, but why is it so short? In the very basics of Filmmaking, we're taught to have a rising action, climax, and falling action. But as a result of the tiny 43 minute runtime, this very basic framework feels rushed over. The climax of the episode isn't fully developed. And what should have been the payoff for the full series felt insignificant to what the previous episode did better. The choice to gloss over the action sequence was a poor choice as it would've shown the passion, significance, and tension. The dialogues are never given full time to marinate and we never see the emotions that the actors seemingly gave during production. Overall, the writing and acting are still incredible and what you expect. But it seems like a lot of the episode's problems stem from the editing and their decision to make this episode, the FINALE, to be the shortest episode of the series.