dex14

Season finale next week.

Why So Blu?

Awesome episode!

Goddamn, just 1 episode left!!!!!1!

csant

Yup, this has been a great series.

MrX

I was hoping James was going to be in the chair during during the interrogation scene for some Joel on Joel violence (Troy Baker, who played James, is the voice actor who plays Joel in the games)

Mike86

Good episode. Super dark in tone and some brutal kills by Joel and Ellie but very effective. Can’t believe the season is already almost over.

Troy Stiffler

Does the season match the first game? Or is it getting stretched out? I never played it but understand quite a bit. Seems like a lot is going to happen I’m final episode.

MrX

Yes, there's only 2 chapters of the game left that they haven't covered.

Mike86

Still haven’t played the games. Might play the first one after the season wraps up. I feel like we’ll be left on a cliffhanger though.

GoldenJCJ

Good, action packed episode. Joel and Ellie both showed some bad-assness throughout. Joel’s “I believe him” was probably my favorite line of the series so far.

dom56

Ellie violent rage is so scary.

nickdawgy

One isn’t even really a chapter. Just some walking. You don’t do anything.

Deftones

I almost wishes they fleshed this part out more than they did with the KC stuff. This was some crazy shit in the game. Video game Joel got wrecked good!

kefrank

Most intense episode yet. The acting by the leads in this show continues to be outstanding. There better be some Emmy nominations next year.

Finisher

Joel pretty much wiped out that community, as they've now lost their manpower. Liked the desperation in this episode.

devilshalo

Not played the game, but that town did have a Terminus feel to it until the reveal. Brutal episode.

Bill Needle

I know no details about the games, but if this season basically covers the first game and there are only two games, does this mean there will likely be only two seasons? Has that been discussed by HBO/producers? I'd rather not Google for fear of spoilers.

devilshalo

RichC2

Depends if Season 2 jumps straight into game 2 or if it fills in some space between the two.

cultshock

I have zero knowledge of the games, but damn this is a great show. I'm sorry to see there's only one more episode.

bunkaroo

I feel like the second game was a lot longer. The storylines involved can probably support 2 8-9 episode seasons.

mickey65

"It's venison"

maxfisher

The showrunners said in an interview that their plan is one season for the first game and two seasons for the second game.

dstrauss

Yeah, Part 2 is a MUCH longer game that covers a lot more storytelling. At one point, you are playing as a character that is neither Joel or Ellie for a long time. It will take at least 2 seasons.

Abob Teff

I started replaying the game over the weekend ... there is a lot that is cut out or condensed (which doesn't affect the story) and a lot that is fleshed out or added that does add a lot to the story. The overall premise is following the chapters and the basic storyline pretty closely.

One thing I did find in the game that I didn't recall finding the first time (or I just forgot) ... no spoilers, but something we discussed in the first couple of episodes ... early in the game there is a newspaper with a story about the FDA identifying "more contaminated crops." If you read it, it talks about "mold" in grains. I guess that was the answer!

General comment: this does feel like the first season of The Walking Dead in the fact that just about any episode could have been expanded into 2-3 episodes. As it is, it feels as if it went by too quickly, but they have done a great job telling the story.

This week's episode:

Where the hell was the entire town during that final fight?

I really like that they chose not to make the community a pack of cannibals ... only a few people knew the truth. That is even more warped.

So ... she had no idea how to dose Joel and kept jabbing him with the same re-used needle ... and it heeled him? Nit-pick.

Ironically, he is saved by fungus.

Decker

I was wondering about the town folks as well. They had totally disappeared.