My daughter has a thing for Pedro Pascal, and having heard that I was watching "Temptation Island" - (appalling, but I can see the appeal. Something about a group of idiot couples that want to 'test' the boundaries of their relationships by writhing naked in a hot-tub or pit with 12 hot members of the opposite gender seems appropriately absurd) has recommended I watch "The Last of Us".
Which I did, mostly so you don't have to.
If you're as clueless as I was, it's about a Cordyceps pandemic that turns humankind into flesh-eating zombies. So we go from there, the episodes follow, mostly drivel - a better and more entertaining quality of drivel than "Temptation Island", for sure, but drivel nonetheless. On the plus side it was largely filmed in Calgary and the surrounding areas, if you pay close attention you'll recognize the city, and - I noticed, Calgary looks a lot better when you add 20 years of post-apocalyptic decay. Certainly it's improved the population.
On the bad side (and here I took great delight in confronting the daughter), well, too many bits of silliness to forgive. Like that the cities are all in complete and utter post-apocalyptic decay and ruin, yet the countryside remains largely pristine. That the gas in 20 years works fine. That power lines and many other bits of infrastructure will remain upstanding. I could go on, and if you were my daughter and I was drunk and raving I'm pretty sure I did.
But - what really annoyed me were the "flashback" episodes, where they attempt to provide emotional depth and backstory to the characters. Like the much-talked about gay relationship between Bill and Frank, well done, for sure, but in no ways relevant to the story at hand, merely a "Woke" interlude to embitter conservatives and pander to a liberal fanbase. The same with Ellie's "Best friend/got bitten" episode. Irrelevant, Woke, and just plain bad storytelling.
So, overall, 1/10, lightly entertaining, but if you don't have a crush on Pedro Pascal probably not what you're looking for.