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Two thoughts. One, I think the show runners were fucking with us with the acoustic guitar. Like, let’s make a crazy set that would not have survived and start an even more over-the-top musical number…and then just kidding. Two, flat, potato face with dead eyes works well at the end. 

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34 minutes ago, Apep said:

Two thoughts. One, I think the show runners were fucking with us with the acoustic guitar. Like, let’s make a crazy set that would not have survived and start an even more over-the-top musical number…and then just kidding. Two, flat, potato face with dead eyes works well at the end. 

The guitar aspect makes more sense in the game as it was a big bond between Ellie and Joel, so by extension expanding it to her new relationship is logical, from a purely plot/character/relationship growth aspect. 

But even in the game I was... this doesn't seem like a great time or place for this.. but.. 

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I took it as she let a bit of the great memories back in that she had with Joel and learning to play but then remember his murder is why she's there so all that good stuff needs to get pushed back down. Next week appears to have flashbacks. I was wondering if we were going to get those every time she killed a member of Abby's team based on seeing one after she pipes the bald chick. 

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Do we know definitely if this season will wrap up the 2nd game or if that's pushed to season 3? If it's the former, maybe that's not a bad thing given how Game of Thrones went after the book material ran out. I'm not sure where we are in the 2nd game and how much is left having not been a game fheg. 

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One gripe that I had with the episode was the scout team to the hospital basement realizing they're fucked, having the wherewithal to order that they be sealed in, but not painting the walls with each other's brain stems, thus dooming themselves to a horrible existence. I understand breaking some in show rules in order to create a visually cool or disturbing scene, but offing yourself and/or others when you realize that you're infected is THE rule of zombie movies/shows/games.

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8 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Do we know definitely if this season will wrap up the 2nd game or if that's pushed to season 3? If it's the former, maybe that's not a bad thing given how Game of Thrones went after the book material ran out. I'm not sure where we are in the 2nd game and how much is left having not been a game fheg. 

This season is only the first half of the second game. It will not "wrap up" this season. 

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One gripe that I had with the episode was the scout team to the hospital basement realizing they're fucked, having the wherewithal to order that they be sealed in, but not painting the walls with each other's brain stems, thus dooming themselves to a horrible existence. I understand breaking some in show rules in order to create a visually cool or disturbing scene, but offing yourself and/or others when you realize that you're infected is THE rule of zombie movies/shows/games.

Well the bald chick became incapacitated fairly quickly, so maybe the scout team started to transform before they understood what was happening and had any ability to kill themselves.

My only gripe is the scenes when Ellie and Dina are walking down the middle of the street in broad daylight having a conversation at normal volume. At least stick to the sides of the buildings and speak a little more quietly. In fairness though, this happened a little bit with Joel in season one as well.
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1 hour ago, Ted Lange said:

If you were hoping we were going to start moving past lengthy gaps between seasons of high profile shows, think again.

 

Why would people think or hope this? Especially for a show like this?  

There was a 28 month gap from S1 to S2 and it looks like it'll be the same for S3. Entirely expected.

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2 hours ago, wild_turkey said:


Well the bald chick became incapacitated fairly quickly, so maybe the scout team started to transform before they understood what was happening and had any ability to kill themselves.

My only gripe is the scenes when Ellie and Dina are walking down the middle of the street in broad daylight having a conversation at normal volume. At least stick to the sides of the buildings and speak a little more quietly. In fairness though, this happened a little bit with Joel in season one as well.

In the post-episode discussion with the filmmakers, one mentioned that those people spore factories had been stuck down there in limbo for several years, which was surprising because, like you, I had initially assumed they were the team that had been mentioned earlier.

I very much agree with your second point. When Ellie and Dina were shown wandering around the city yammering out loud, I wanted to tell them to STFU already. They clearly understand the need for relative quiet because of their reaction to the clanging tank hatch. With them not using their inside voices in a potentially hostile place, I got fairly annoyed by the casual disregard of stealth.

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