# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/343 "2023-03-09T19:09:21Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > It wasn’t really a lack of skill, they said there just wasn’t any game in the area. The line was “We didn’t expect this winter to be so cruel. Nothing’ll grow. Game’s been hard to find.” Meanwhile Ellie found a bunny and a deer? moose? in her 15 minutes of searching. Not to mention the place they were at last time, that those people knew about, was FULL of monkeys. I don’t know how edible monkeys are, but it’s better than human. ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/344 "2023-03-09T22:07:40Z")
But eating game gets boring after a while. They mixed it up by having Mexican night on Tuesdays, Chinese night on Thursdays etc. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/345 "2023-03-09T22:52:52Z")
Was it ever explained if the fungal infestation was edible by humans? I know it’s dangerous but what if it tastes like portobello? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/346 "2023-03-09T22:56:36Z")
Well, eating infected wheat is what got them infected in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/347 "2023-03-09T23:53:56Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Or, forget hunting, how about just growing things? Potatoes aren’t that hard! > > But they’re still scrounging the last of the canned tomatoes from 20 years ago… Yes, this. Rigging up some kind of greenhouse arrangement doesn’t require overly-specialized knowledge. And as several have pointed out, Ellie found game after a very short search. I was left with the impression that these people–leader-man and his lieutenants–were, to some ugly extent, getting off on eating their companions. Which would entirely fit with the character traits of Mr. ‘Force Myself On a 14-Year-Old.’ ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/348 "2023-03-10T02:04:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yes, this. Rigging up some kind of greenhouse arrangement doesn’t require overly-specialized knowledge. Especially if you know where there’s a college full of helpful books. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/349 "2023-03-10T02:28:27Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Especially if you know where there’s a college full of helpful books. But there’s monkeys in the college, and all we have are armed hillbilly christians and a terrible secret. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/350 "2023-03-10T22:21:08Z")
I’ve been watching this series and it’s not bad. I’ve never played the game, so there’s not that mental interference going on. As an undead vehicle, it’s not bad. At least they’re not terminally stupid, like in TWD. The acting is solid, and the tension is good. A couple of eps were dark to the point of not being able to see anything at all; hate that. The only bothersome thing for me is a nitpick: they never seem to run out of ammo. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/351 "2023-03-11T01:23:24Z")
The preacher was also using the lack of food as a way of control. It was basically a cult. Notice how everyone got a couple spoonfuls of food and he got a full plate? ---
**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:** [March 11, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/352 "2023-03-11T03:53:52Z")
David ran out of ammo shooting at Ellie. That’s why he resorted to the cleaver. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/353 "2023-03-11T04:24:48Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > I think historians have pegged the native population before the European invasion at less than 10 million. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51587564479_e84bdb7363.jpg "Columbian pandemic 1") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/68782016@N08/51587564479/) I guess “native of where”, but there were far more than 10 million natives in the N and S American landmasses. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/354 "2023-03-12T00:15:32Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > The preacher was also using the lack of food as a way of control. It was basically a cult. Notice how everyone got a couple spoonfuls of food and he got a full plate? I did. Interestingly, HBO chose to run episode 1 of their 2018 miniseries “Waco” (about the David Koresh cult) _right_ after this episode. Of course the 30th anniversary of the real-life events is coming up soon, but even so: a bit on-the-nose! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/355 "2023-03-12T00:53:17Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > on-the-nose! Noses are considered a delicacy. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/356 "2023-03-13T02:56:00Z")
Yep, that was indeed the entire first game compressed into one season. Excellent. So they think they need two seasons for the second game? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/357 "2023-03-13T03:03:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > So they think they need two seasons for the second game? Either that or much longer episodes. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/358 "2023-03-13T03:21:27Z")
So not the ending I expected. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/359 "2023-03-13T03:53:32Z")
Excellent season. I do think the pacing as a bit off for a season of television, but they either needed odd pacing, to invent plotlines, or have combat filler or something. Super happy with both leads. Some people were shitting on Bella Ramsey because she doesn’t look like game Ellie (who is also conventionally attractive) but she killed it. Has a season 2 been confirmed? I’m looking forward to it, but I imagine it’ll be a 2-3 years out. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/360 "2023-03-13T05:50:19Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Some people were shitting on Bella Ramsey because she doesn’t look like game Ellie (who is also conventionally attractive) but she killed it. The actress playing Ellie’s mother Anna on the show is the actress who did the voice of Ellie in the game, and she actually looks like she could be Ellie’s mother in “real” life. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/361 "2023-03-13T11:48:20Z")
She also had a bit part in _The Avengers_, and was on _Growing Pains_ as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-of-us-tv-show-discussion/978314/362 "2023-03-13T12:58:35Z")
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