HBO's The Last of Us proved that video games work best when the show spent the better part of an hour going into a deep dive of something that was only hinted at or glossed over by the source material. Case in point, the latest episode of the live-action adaptation of the award-winning narrative-driven video game franchise, Long Long Time, drew the most viewers for the show and HBO yet.
Episode 3 gave audiences a better look at Bill's backstory and his relationship with Frank that all started when Frank literally fell into Bill's life. But, while the episode drew mostly positive reviews, there's plenty of people on the internet expressing their dissatisfaction over seeing two men having a loving relationship on a popular show.
As of the time of writing, more than a quarter of the ratings for Episode 3 on IMDb are listed as one star. Granted, some of the reviews raise valid points, with one saying that the show changed the sequence of events from the game "in favor of an irrelevant (albeit pretty) love story."
Another explained that the "whole episode is about characters that have no impact later in the series." But, while we're all entitled to our own opinion, some reviewers didn't even bother mincing words, with one saying, "Again just another instance of the small minority of gay people exerting their influence in Hollywood to push their agenda on the world."
