As someone who came into this totally virgin, never having played the games at all in spite of being a gamer during this time frame, I thought the series was great. I definitely understood Joel's motivations immediately, and I did think they did a good job building up his comparison of Ellie to his daughter through the season. I also watched in 2 big chunks rather than weekly, so that may have profoundly helped my commiseration with Joel. Was it the right decision? No. But as a parent with two children, it's the same choice I would make in that scenario. Every. Time.
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