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Brewe t1_jccijmb wrote

IMDB doesn't really like flashback stand-alone episodes, huh?

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TheReverend5 t1_jccqjbs wrote

Specifically, people who hate gay folks are very active when it comes to poorly rating episodes that heavily feature gay folks being gay

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ERSTF t1_jccwyqd wrote

I don't think it's that. I liked episode 3 but hated 7. On a season with 9 episodes, 2 were spent on side quests. To me it was an issue with pacing more than anything. I kind of enjoyed the show but I am not head over hills about it

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po-laris t1_jce78ok wrote

It definitely is that, at least for episode 3. Coordinated review bombs are a pretty common occurrence these days.

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TheReverend5 t1_jceft07 wrote

you'd have to be willfully blind not to be able to see that obvious review bombing. the mental gymnastics some people on this sub do are quite remarkable.

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RZAxlash t1_jcdnou6 wrote

Yup, episode 3 was excellent, everybody agrees. 7 came off 2 very intense forward moving episodes and added very little in terms of character growth, the expository stuff was already mostly assumed and by that point, we knew Ellie had grown a strong bond with Joel, regardless of whatever interpersonal traumas she had before.

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ERSTF t1_jce0wkx wrote

Yeap. They show has had odd choices. Pacing is a huge problem. B plots that add nothing to the overall character arcs or plot. The almost non existant infected is a third huge problem

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BillyShears2015 t1_jccz6bh wrote

It was 40 minutes of good content stretched into an hour. Needed a B plot to break it up.

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kirito49 t1_jcesnok wrote

I don’t necessarily think it’s that. 90% of people that watched the show played the game, and bill was gay in the game as well. Therefore, I don’t think bill being gay was the problem. I think people probably didn’t like it as much because it took away from Joel and Ellie’s story. Regardless of the reasons, 3 was a great episode.

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