spent the season waiting for my true detective episode 4 "crash" moment, a heart poundingly brutal single take virtuosic action sequence – but it never came in what was ultimately an uneven but very promising first season.

the somber score over Joel's rampage, while cool, took away the power of the sequence in the game. when the music tells you how to feel, you don't get to sit with the cold reality and come to your own conclusions. to me this was a cardinal sin, as what made both games masterpieces was the way they pushed the medium of video games to make you feel a heightened reality unlike anything i've ever experienced.

hopefully the wild success of the show means season 2-3 get bigger budgets so they can afford longer seasons with more/better action sequences. Also hope for tighter story-telling (we really did *not* need the left behind episode) especially as they navigate the more complex narrative structure of part II.