The Last of Us Episode 6 Makes One Smart Change From The Game
With just three more episodes to go, it seems safe to say that HBO's The Last of Us may just be one of the greatest video game adaptations of all time, paving the way for future live-action game conversions. But while one of the best elements of HBO's The Last of Us is its close commitment to the source material, it isn't afraid of making changes that better suit the medium it's in and better suit the story it's trying to tell.
The Last of Us is widely considered to have one of the best narratives in all of gaming, but it certainly isn't perfect, and there's plenty of room for improvement. HBO's The Last of Us knows this all too well, and through some subtle changes and additions, it's building a more realistic and larger-scale version of the game's iconic story. The latest episode, titled «Kin,» made one such small tweak to the source material, and it's definitely to the show's benefit.
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The latest episode of HBO's The Last of Us picks up three months after the Henry and Sam incident, and opens with Joel and Ellie being told not to cross a river of death. Of course, Joel and Ellie do so anyway, and thankfully the group that finds them belongs to the new-world settlement of Jackson, where Joel's brother Tommy lives. After a heartfelt reunion, Joel asks Tommy to take Ellie to the Fireflies, and after a few arguments where Joel finally expresses his vulnerable side, Joel gives Ellie the choice of who she'd rather go with. Unsurprisingly, it takes her just a millisecond to decide.
Joel and Ellie then head to Colorado University, where the Fireflies were last spotted. Upon arriving at the university, they find it abandoned, with only a pack of monkeys hanging
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