Terrified of You - The Last of Us Season 2 (2023) Ep1-2

Bitter snow crashes against the window of your small room in Jackson. You shiver as you try not to think of the cordyceps that ravaged your patrol. Thank goodness you made it away in time before the creatures could pursue you. This week David, Alex and  @DarthdYT  are joined by returning guest Danielle from  @levelstoryplays  to talk about The Last of Us Season 2's opening salvo. Massive spoilers for this one folks. Follow Danielle on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/levelstory.bsky.social Support Us Merch & Books: underink.press The Publication: zeroindent.com Bonus episodes: patreon.com/zeroindent   Disclaimer I believe all copyrighted content used falls under Fair use as it is used for the purposes of commentary and criticism, and does not represent a market substitute for any of the original works as no original audio is used, and all footage is used with transformative commentary. Timestamps 00:00:00 - opening bit: out running zombies 00:02:40 - patreron update 00:03:50 - Anatomy of a sequel 00:21:20 - Last of Us S2E01 Summary 00:24:00 - Game Abby vs. Show Abby 00:35:57 - Ellie Five Years Later 00:48:35 - Abby's motivation 00:56:32 - Joel's cursed psyche 01:02:20 - Dina 01:11:50 - Genre and zombies 01:16:10 - Last of Us vs. Station Eleven 01:23:10 - NYE party and kiss 01:33:00 - The fungus evolves 01:37:26 - Eric's guest spot 01:40:30 - Last of Us S2E02 Summary 01:43:50 - Episode structure (tragedy, not-working) 01:53:00 - Logistically, thematically confused murder 02:13:48 - Gameplay mediation vs. TV 02:19:50 - Violence and complicity 02:29:30 - What *is* the show 02:34:25 - Resolution of narrative 02:37:00 - Outro - support us at patreon.com/zeroindent