There’s more conflict in the landscape of The Last of Us right now than there’s ever been. But Craig Mazin’s show has this curious way of not making you pick a side in any of the ongoing wars. But that’s a complicated thing when it comes to the protagonists of season 2, Ellie and Dina. You root for them, get frustrated seeing just how reckless they are with their lives, and hope that whatever danger comes their way doesn’t kill them, but makes them wiser. But even then, you aren’t necessarily unsympathetic to the people they’re about to go up against. If there’s one thing that the concept of revenge can’t avoid, it’s the justification one has for putting everything they have on the line to scratch that itch.

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Let’s go be reckless

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