# The Last of Us - tv show discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, hbomax-wb-dc\ **Created:** [January 16, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314 "2023-01-16T16:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/262 "2023-02-23T17:28:59Z")
In the Mexican-dubbed Simpsons, do they dub Bumblebee Man into English? Because that would be funny. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/263 "2023-02-23T17:30:49Z")
Hahaha, sadly no, he just speaks (what sounds to me, from far away to the south of mexico) a more traditional Mexican spanish instead of the more “neuter” spanish of the rest of the characters. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/264 "2023-02-24T16:04:21Z")
I’m surprised at how fast paced the show is. I feel like any other show would’ve spent a few days in KC, a couple days in Wyoming, and then another episode just on the journey to Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/265 "2023-02-24T17:04:18Z")
I was so relieved when Joel and Ellie left the fort. I was afraid it would be like Alexandria in _The Walking Dead_ and they’d be stuck there for six or seven seasons. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/266 "2023-02-24T17:58:55Z")
Well I think they are gonna be headed right back there now, no way Ellie tries to continue the trip with a hurt Joel. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/267 "2023-02-24T18:00:31Z")
It was a five day trip. I don’t think she’s going to get back in time without getting help somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/268 "2023-02-24T18:05:38Z")
So, how smart was it to pull that knife out before getting to safety? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/269 "2023-02-24T21:25:05Z")
The broken bat handle should have remained in place and been secured until the wound could be cleaned and stitched. Joel of course should be well aware of that. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/270 "2023-02-24T21:38:41Z")
Next time I’m stabbed with something in a brutal fight, my adrenalin’s pumping, and the nearest hospital is 20 years away, I like to think I’ll do the logical, rational thing. But I’m not sure I actually would. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/271 "2023-02-25T02:29:12Z")
It’s the first thing they teach you in Red Cross Wilderness First Aid. Did anyone here catch the blooper where the film crew can be seen in the background as they main characters cross the bridge? > **[How Does The Last of Us' Editing Blooper Compare to Game of Thrones and The...](https://tvline.com/2023/02/22/the-last-of-us-editing-mistake-visible-crew-members-episode-6/)** > > HBO’s The Last of Us failed to make sure that the last of every crew member was out of frame when filming a sequence for its latest episode. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/272 "2023-02-25T02:34:50Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > It’s the first thing they teach you in Red Cross Wilderness First Aid. Seriously, I’ve taken so many first aid classes over the years, and it was in every one of them. Especially the military ones. He was a combat vet, so would’ve had the training and possibly some practical experience either in service or extremely likely, post apocalypse. As a contractor he may or may not have had more training. Though Texas might be very slack about it. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/273 "2023-02-25T03:37:04Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > He was a combat vet, so would’ve had the training and possibly some practical experience either in service or extremely likely, post apocalypse. Nah, it was Tommy that was the combat vet. Not Joel. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/274 "2023-02-25T03:43:18Z")
Are you sure? I thought both were? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/275 "2023-02-25T03:51:20Z")
90%? They call out in the show specifically that Tommy was a vet, I don’t recall hearing anything in the show saying Joel was. In the game, Joel says that he didn’t go to college because he had Sarah very young and hand to pickup carpenter work instead to afford to raise her. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/276 "2023-02-25T04:18:34Z")
I thought Joel was too, but IIRC the only indication we get about either is the bumper sticker on Tommy’s truck? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/277 "2023-02-25T17:37:40Z")
Didn’t Joel tell Ellie in a previous episode his brother fought in Desert Storm? I could have sworn I heard that. He even said something like “well that’s what they called it.”. Maybe I am thinking of a different show? ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/278 "2023-02-25T18:08:45Z")
Oh yeah. You’re right, that was this show. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/279 "2023-02-25T19:13:32Z")
Tommy was the one who needed a “cause”, he was the vet. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/280 "2023-02-27T03:15:02Z")
I don’t know if this show is better acted or more technically competent than other prestige stuff, but it really presses my emotional buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/281 "2023-02-27T11:27:01Z")
I am glad we got some of Ellie’s backstory but the Mall exploration was maybe 10% too long. It went from tense and interesting to, “Okay, please let’s just get to fte fireworks factory.” But still a good episode. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314.md?page=15)