It was a good episode. But I agree with OP. It’s blown way out of proportion. The reason it’s getting so much love is that it is a love story of non-stereotypical gay men. Which is great, but if these relationships were more normalized, it would be considered a nice palette cleanser filler episode after a the episode 2 shock of >!Tess’s death and narrow escape of Joel and Ellie!< . So, it is being praise for the groundbreaking portrayal of non-troped LGBT relationship with a bonus of it being very well written and acted. Is it the best episode of TV in the last decade? Up for debate. The good news is all the buzz is great for the show.