This episode also shows how the loss of Tess, Bill, and Frank is the loss of everything for Joel's current or now former life, he has no more connections to Boston and his world as it was. That end makes room for a new beginning with Ellie, now he can choose to become vulnerable and open up to her the same way Bill did with Frank, and that's the real power of the letter.
We still see the wounds on Joel's knuckles because he fractured his hand remembering Sarah and not being able to save her, he winced when Ellie took his hand as he helped her up the next episode in the flooded hotel because he's still burning with pain over his loss. Next episode I imagine we'll see this wound healing better.
The adaptation to TV from the game is impeccably done and how adaptations should be. The emotional aspects also resonated with my personal life, it's a message about the hope that real love can bring, rather than the grim despair of the game's version of these characters' story for this chapter. It's just good television and some article titles making claims aren't indicative of how I or anyone else feels, I feel the way I feel because I see what they're doing and enjoy it.
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This episode also shows how the loss of Tess, Bill, and Frank is the loss of everything for Joel's current or now former life, he has no more connections to Boston and his world as it was. That end makes room for a new beginning with Ellie, now he can choose to become vulnerable and open up to her the same way Bill did with Frank, and that's the real power of the letter.
We still see the wounds on Joel's knuckles because he fractured his hand remembering Sarah and not being able to save her, he winced when Ellie took his hand as he helped her up the next episode in the flooded hotel because he's still burning with pain over his loss. Next episode I imagine we'll see this wound healing better.
The adaptation to TV from the game is impeccably done and how adaptations should be. The emotional aspects also resonated with my personal life, it's a message about the hope that real love can bring, rather than the grim despair of the game's version of these characters' story for this chapter. It's just good television and some article titles making claims aren't indicative of how I or anyone else feels, I feel the way I feel because I see what they're doing and enjoy it.