One of the most striking things about the first episode of The Last of Us is how faithful it is to the game it’s based on. The series, which is set primarily 20 years after a human-borne fungal infection has decimated the human population, follows the plot of the game with the kind of faith typically reserved for the deeply religious. Although the show starts with a wholly invented scene, it then shifts very quickly into a prologue ripped right from the start of the game. And, perhaps more to the point, the prologue is dramatically compelling in a way that most video game adaptations are not.
