Summary
A lot of action was crammed into a single episode ofThe Last Of Usthis week. We were introduced to Isaac and Lev, Ellie and Dina were nearly caught by the WLF (and then nearly caught by a horde of zombies), and the two of them finally revealed they have feelings for each other. Unfortunately, all of that action doesn’t appear to have been enough for some people.
The latest episode, which is called Day One,currently has a 7.1 on iMDb. That might not seem like too bad a score for most shows, but since The Last Of Us has been so well received, and is adapted from a game many consider to be one of the best of all time, that score is so low that it’s the worst-rated episode of the show to date.
Over 14,000 people have gone to IMDb to rate the most recent episode, and while more than 3,000 have given it a perfect score,2,600 have awarded the episode a one out of ten, hence its average being dragged down. If you haven’t already guessed why exactly a significant chunk of those who have seen the episode don’t like it, it’s because there’s a scene between Ellie and Dina in which they passionately kiss, the scene ending before anything more than that is shown.
The Last Of Us Day One Has A Lower Than Usual User Review Score
History Repeating Itself
Unfortunately, this isn’t an assumption based on this happening before on my part - more on that in a second. Some of those who have given Day One a low score have left a review explaining why, and as expected, the aforementioned scene is one of the leading reasons why some think the episode wasn’t that great.
One user review claims the show’s “throw-away LGB” episodes have no bearing on the overall story. People thinking everything that happens in a TV show needs to be directly connected to the main plot have been a big problem for The Last Of Us and people’s reactions to it. I’m assuming this person hasn’t played the games either, although you’d think by now everyone who’s caught up with season two would realize how pivotal Ellie and Dina’s relationship is to the ongoing story.
Various other low-scoring reviews label the episode, and in some cases the show as a whole, “agenda-driven”, and as noted above, it comes as no surprise.So-called fans have been making these comments since the show’s third episode, arguably its best yet and one which gave Bill and Frank a proper, incredibly touching story. The running theme seems to be that if an episode includes a same sex kiss, it gets review-bombed. Thankfully, that doesn’t appear to be stopping the adaptation from becoming a huge success.
