The Last of Us gay storyline praised as one of the best-ever television episodes
The Last of Us have been commending the show’s latest episode for maintaining an accurate adaptation of the zombie apocalypse video game while giving audiences new insight into an incredibly meaningful and memorable gay love story.When the video game was released in 2013, Bill and Frank’s story was simple.
They were lovers, but Frank grew unhappy with their relationship and left after a fight. Later, gamers learn that he died by suicide after being attacked by clickers, leaving fans heartbroken because their short time together ended in conflict.While the television series has largely followed the narrative of the video game so far, a few adjustments to the plot in episode three have fans praising the adaptation for being “spiritually true to the game” while taking the storyline in an intentionally different direction.Compared to the video game’s short-lived relationship, in the adaptation, we get to see Frank and Bill’s friendship evolve into an all-encompassing romance.The episode follows their love story through a series of beautiful scenes where they build a connection over decades based on mutual care and affection, and audiences see them spend many happy years together as a couple.Y’all this was an incredible episode and anyone who is legitimately mad at this don’t understand what a good adaptation is SUPPOSED to do, it’s not supposed to be a carbon copy of the game.
