Again an enjoyable episode and it's a good adaptation but for me the show doesn't make me feel the same way the game does which is a shame.
Henry and Sam felt really rushed to me and as a result their story didn't hit as hard as I hoped it would, we wasted too much screen time on Kathleen and it all led to nothing, well I did find her death scene to be hilariously satisfying but that's about it, I would've rather had her character and this little revenge subplot cut out so we can focus more on Henry and Sam trying to get by like Joel and Ellie instead of being on the run, also losing the sewers and material with Henry and Joel for Kathleen and her group was not a good tradeoff.
I did really like Sam I was iffy on them making him deaf but it worked, his interactions with Ellie were sweet, in the game they're a bit more awkward since they're the same age which is endearing in it's own way but it's cool seeing Ellie try to take on a big sister role, Henry however wasn't as good of a character like he was in the game he felt wasted and weaker in the show, Kathleen had way more screen time than him.
I really like the final action piece but the bloater was a letdown for me, it showed up for 10 seconds and killed Perry in the background and that was it, I was looking forward to seeing it really go to town on all the redshirts but it's almost like he disappeared for the rest of the scene, but everything else was very enjoyable it reminded me of World War Z when all the infected and clickers came out of the ground and the clicker child was a neat addition.
Surprisingly enough and much to my shock I'm actually warming up to Bella I think she's done a great job these last two episodes but Pedro has lost me, it's like the balance between them keeps shifting each episode I'm starting to think I'll reach the end of the season being more of a fan of Bella's performance than Pedro's.
My biggest complaint this episode has to be the lack of gore and violence, the bloater was wasted and all the kills kind of happen off screen or it cuts away which is just distracting, when they cut away from Joel shooting the old sniper to the characters outside and then back to him it was just weird and completely took me out of it.
To close my thoughts I definitely think I would probably be enjoying the show more if I didn't already expirience the absolute perfection that is the game and it's a shame tons of cool stuff is getting cut for lesser material, I'm sure most of you hate my drawn out comments criticizing this massive hit and probably think video games are silly but I really think people who will never play or watch the game have missed out on a lot of amazing stuff which is a shame.
