The Path

To be honest, this was better than I expected it to be. I heard many people say that this is the worst episode of the season so far, which is probably true, but still, it's not horrible. There's a decent amount of things that happened this episode, even if the pacing is a little slow it was still enjoyable enough. I'm not really sure what I think about the changes they did with Tommy's character. In the games he wanted revenge even more than Ellie, but he's not really like that in this series. Overall, I think this episode was decent enough, so far this season hasn't really been that consistent, but I hope the next episode is better!

I don't envy the writers of The Last of Us, having to come up with something to follow S2 Episode 2. Episode 2 was brilliant, a perfect whirlwind of action, drama and emotion. It was so climactic it felt like a season finale. A very tough episode to top.

This tragedy and finality left a lot of intrigue for Episode 3. Where to from here? Would Ellie now be the central character or would someone else emerge to at least share the spotlight? Ellie / Bella Ramsey is not capable of carrying the show, a fact which made Joel's death so much more intriguing from a plot perspective.

I was not expecting quick or elaborate answers to these questions as Episode 3, I felt, was always going to be one for regrouping rather than moving forward. And so it is, mostly, though we have some idea of where the next few episodes are taking us.

So, not the most exciting episode but that was to be expected.

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Third episode of TLOU season 2 was a slow build of a story. Knowing the story very well due multiple playthroughs of Part 2 I can't say that i was disappointed. It's more or less faithful adaptation of VG - wether you like it or not. What makes this episode just an OK watch is just that the story itself isn't particularly engaging, and acting by two young woman is just an OK.

Overall, "The Path" was a descent episode, but not particularly memorable one. That is a build up episode, but on a bright side it wasn't a filler or anything - its just a mostly faithful adaptation of the material.

Solid aftermath episode.

Ellie is here for the first time in this second season more likeable and human than the episodes before.

Scene stealer is Isabela Merced. Every scene she's in, she's great.

Some changes compared to the game: the game was fast paced and continued directly after the shocking event. Here, the episode continues three months later.

The relationship between Ellie and Dina was more bold in the game than here.

The episode takes its time, is beautifully shot, has some nice landscapes and road trip vibes, teases us a new group of religious survivors, but uses their scenes to show us that the mission of Ellie and Dina won't be easy against the powerful and relentless W. L. F.

Good episode that takes its time and seperates itself from the source material and tries to stand on its own feet. Apprecheated and recommended.

This was a pretty bold direction to take the third episode of the show, because even though I expected a natural comedown after all that transpired in episode 2, I didn't think it would get quite this much slower.

The Path mostly works, but having such a direct focus on Ellie might've been a little detrimental? I don't know, I guess I was personally just really interested to see Abby after what happened in the last episode. She had a huge episode 2, sure, but she wasn't seen much in episode 1, and then wasn't seen at all in episode 3, and season 2 is only seven episodes, so skipping over her entirely felt weird. But, if the structure now is to kind of focus on either Ellie or Abby, alternating each episode, before they clash by the end, I could see that potentially working, too.

That's all to say that on its own, The Path was solid but a little underwhelming, though I think if this season ends well, we'll be able to look back on it as an essential part of the overall thing.