First, I don’t play games. Second, zombie apocalypse films and shows are my faves. Third, this episode was an extreme example of lazy writing. We weren’t watching Joel in the episode but a writers construct of Joel to make him such an easy patsy and target. Proof:

1. Joel had just finished talking about how the community couldn’t afford to take people in, yet he’s now fighting for another newcomer and friends.

2. Even more unbelievably, he ignores the obvious distress of his community to go get a few more adolescents to add pressure to their modest supplies.

3. His focus would have been on finding Ellie, the town and we all know that. Bringing the new girl home was an obvious writer’s lazy ploy. (whether parroting the game or not)

4. All of a sudden, he’s turned in to a trusting old fool. Again, crappy and unbelievable writing.

5. Fallout changed the game to the betterment of the show. TWD ignored many comic book issues. Last of Us chose to make the worse element of the game tv canon. Again, I’m not even sure if I’ll even watch another episode!!!

Such a great show! I refuse to speculate, too much fun to just watch and enjoy it. I only wish to remind everyone that is is just that-a show with great entertainment value.

The show is great. The most recent episode is great. Just enjoy the product and stop trying to project your imagination onto someone else’s story or stop watching. The rest of us won’t care one bit and will continue to appreciate the wonderful fantasy it actually is! Thank you ROP!!!