How did Sunday's major moment compare to the video game version? Did [redacted] hit as hard the second time around? And what might some significant changes from ‘The Last of Us Part II’ portend for the rest of the season? Ben and Daniel break down the big twist and the consequential second episode’s other developments from a ‘TLOU’ player’s perspective. Hosts: Ben Lindbergh and Daniel Chin Producer: Devon Renaldo Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hello and welcome into The Ringerverse, your Nexus feed for all things fandom. I am Ben Lindberg, senior editor for The Ringer, and with me is my co-host for these Button Mash Last of Us Season 2 episodes. I made him a part of this. Ringer staff writer Daniel Chin. Daniel, why don't you say whatever speech you've got rehearsed and get this over with.
Hey, Ben. It's good to be back here. Just a normal episode we're here to talk about. Nothing big happened.
Nope. Nothing special. Just a routine episode of television that we will be talking about today. We are here to discuss The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2, Through the Valley, written by Craig Mazin, directed by Game of Thrones and Succession legend Mark Mylod. If you were with us last week... You know the drill.
Here on Button Mash, we're giving you the gamer's guide to this season as we analyze the latest HBO episode from the perspective of two people who've played the Last of Us series for years. And this week's episode, well, this was the one we've been expecting, the one we've been dreading. You know, it's funny.
I've waited so... Oh, just shut the fuck up and do it already.
You don't get to rush this. Don't make me get my golf club, Daniel. Let's start with our spoiler warning. It's a little less pressing than it was last week because we got one major spoiler out of the way, but still pretty important. We will be discussing everything on the show through season two, episode two. We will not be discussing future episodes of the second season.
In fact, we haven't seen them, but everything else from the Last of Us universe is fair game, so to speak, including the entirety of The Last of Us Part Two. That said, do you feel as relieved as I do that the responsibility, the burden has been lifted from us now? We no longer have to keep the massive secret about what happened to Joe Miller.
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