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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 6
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Joel has always been a uniquely fascinating character to me. In the realm of mentor figures, he’s always been one of the few that the writers are not afraid to critique and deconstruct; his imperfections are brought forth as part of the main core thesis of his character. And yet,…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 5
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Where do we start here? Do we start with Henry and Sam’s tragic story – a story that, as Kathleen says in the episode, is arguably fate? Do we start with Kathleen’s own motivations, which have become twisted and warped in by trauma, survivor’s guilt, and fear of that which…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 4
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation About partway through this episode of The Last of Us, Joel and Ellie are attacked by a group of what they assume to be raiders. Joel tries to fend them off while Ellie goes into hiding, but Joel is cornered and nearly chocked to death. Ellie comes to his rescue…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Oh wow. The praise going into this episode of The Last of Us was near overwhelming to the point where I was worried it wasn’t going to live up to it. It’s easy to get swept up in hype and lose the bigger picture, and I like to keep a…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 2
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation “Bomb the whole city.” Those are the chilling words delivered at the cold open of this episode, and it’s fitting then that, in the same episode, it ends in a massive explosion to wipe out a horde of infected that is coming towards Joel and Ellie. It’s also fitting then…
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TV Review: The Last of Us, Episode 1
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation The discourse surrounding so called “cinematic video games” is so pervasive nowadays that it’s genuinely hard to remember a time where The Last of Us, originally released in 2013, was seen as revolutionary achievement. And while many games have tried to replicate it’s cinematic, one-take approach to storytelling to varying…
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