The Drinker is losing his edge, I'm afraid. And no he doesn't get to justify what they did to the TV show by calling it an adaptation. Too many important beats from the game were changed and the show is not the same except for the broadest strokes. Joel was not a gruff, hurting, bad ass except for a few times when the show remembered it from the game and shoehorned it into a scene where, frankly, it felt out of place. Ellie constantly upstaged him and was an insufferable twat besides. And girl bosses... so. many. girl. bosses.

The nuanced, tightly written, emotionally weighty plot from the game was replaced by mostly boiler plate "the world is ending" drama that we've all seen a million times before. With the occasional zombie. Very occasional.

I signed out after the 3rd episode because a "Fagotry is great" episode was the last thing a show that was already teetering needed. But after watching Drinker's review I went back see the remaining episodes. Nope they did not redeem the show.