Look for the Light

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.

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.

They really needed just a couple more episodes to flesh things out a bit more for this series before the finale.

I feel as if some further time spent with Joel and Ellie's relationship could have been very beneficial. The opportunity was right there after episode 8 but instead the finale is set after a timeskip! With two of the nine episodes this series essentially being filler, I don't really feel as if Joel and Ellie have really spent that much time together. In retrospect there is also a severe lack of infected in this series; episode 2 is the obligatory Clicker episode, and they never really come back afterwards save for one more scene, and the Bloater shows up for one measly scene.

I think 12 episodes would have been perfect, heck, 10 even just to make that finale really hit hard. I was shocked at how short the finale episode was, and it felt kind of rushed as a whole. Still a good series, overall, but why so short? We get about 6 episodes to develop our main character's relationship, and a lot of the dialogue is just from the game, but less of it. Personally, I don't think that's enough.

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.

Sigh, what am I gonna say? I really wanted to like the show, mostly because of the amazing chemistry between the two main actors and the great atmosphere it often manages to create. However I feel like the show had several issues and those caused massive - and predictable - problems in the end. Even though you've probably already seen it I'll try to keep it spoiler-free.

My main problem with the finale is that it felt extremely rushed and hollow. Watching the show I was always worried that all the time spent on fan service and long flashbacks would cause problems in the end - and it did. Climax and ending of the entire show are basically crammed into 15 minutes and felt highly compressed.

The last episode rushes through several important plot points and a lot of character development was communicated through a few unsubtle lines of dialogue. Quite a shame considering that I loved how the show was developing the relationship between Joel and Ellie up to this point.

This doesnt ruin the show but I cant help but wonder why the creators paced things the way they did.