Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Episode 1 of The Last of Us and the full spoilers for the Video Game The Last of Us Part 1.
The critical consensus is that HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us is “everything a great adaptation should be.” It makes a lot of sense that The Last of Us would make for a good television show.
The original game is incredibly cinematic, with the most important narrative beats taking place in cutscenes and exquisitely defined characters that really suck the player into the story.
But while it feels like an obvious choice to adapt into a big-budget television series, there’s one piece that will prove to be drastically more difficult to adapt than the bulk of the game.
That is, of course, the iconic ending.
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