After three fan-praised episodes, The Last of Us is running into early reviews from viewers. Some were disappointed with the fourth episode and frustrated by its “short” length.
Warning, spoilers. It is advisable to have seen episode 4 of The Last of Us before continuing to read this article.
Phenomenon series of the moment, The Last of Us never ceases to conquer a large audience. Audiences are growing with each episode, and the fourth drew 7.5 million viewers on HBO in the United States.
This fourth chapter, titled “Please Hold to My Hand”, comes after a very emotionally powerful third episode, and it convinced fans a little less. In this episode, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) take a detour through Kansas City and are attacked by bandits, led by Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey).
Fans disappointed with episode 4
Despite intense new action scenes that punctuate this fourth episode, the public was disappointed and even frustrated by this chapter, which lasts “only” 46 minutes while the first three episodes had respective durations of 85 minutes, 53 minutes and 76 minutes.
If we are to believe the reactions on social networks, viewers felt that the series was treading water and that they were somewhat bored, and above all that they thought there was less violence. shown only in the video game. But the cliffhanger at the end of episode 4 keeps them in suspense enough to want to discover episode 5, which will be available from Saturday on Prime Video!
The first four episodes of The Last of Us are available on Prime Video.