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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was talking to friends about this show last night. They had all watched a couple episodes before determining it was too sad and/or scary to keep watching. I'm fairly sensitive so I'm actually surprised I'm the only one still watching. And it really is horribly sad. Episodes 3 and 4 were not very scary but the latest episode was extremely stressful and of course very tragic.

I think what is maintaining my interest is Pedro Pascal. It's really exciting to see him get this chance to play such a complex central character. I have been a fan of his for a while but I feel like before The Last of Us and Mandalorian, the biggest showcase he had was that short stint on Game of Thrones. Which was great, but only a handful of episodes. And while his character was really fun, he was written in such a shallow way, so there was less for him to do. And of course on the Mandalorian, he's in a helmet the entire time.

He's just crazy talented and it's actually bizarre to me that after working for decades and having bit parts in a bunch of TV shows and movies, he's only now getting something this meaty. But he's really good in it and I feel like he's getting a chance to really unfold this character over time, too. Bella Ramsey (who I also loved in GoT, again in a small but extremely memorable role) I was unsure about at first because of some of the choices she was making, but I've come around and like her portrayal as well -- I think it's more that it's unclear if I like Ellie or not, but I have come to believe that's the point.

But Pedro Pascal is really the selling point for me. He's just so good. I have to see it through to the end for that alone. Even though it's kind of hard to watch at times.[/quote]

ITA that Pascal should be a much bigger star than he is. I think the cast thus far has been uniformly good. I am coming around to the idea that this isn't really a zombie show. It's more a show about the interpersonal journeys of the characters and the world that now exists around them.

It reminds me a lot of both The Road and Children of Men in that respect.[/quote]

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Pedro Pascal is excellent and I had never really been aware of him before.  I love that he’s also comedically gifted, as seen on SNL.  And he is a beautiful man!!

The Walking Dead was never a show about zombies either - it was about the relationships of the humans living in that world.  My husband had to convince me to watch that and that’s what he said that finally sold it.  The zombies, in both TWD and The Last of Us, are just the backdrop to demonstrate human nature in the face of horror/trauma/apocalypse.

Huge fan of both The Road (utterly horrifying) and Children of Men.[/quote]

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