Sacred Symbols+, Episode 266 | The Last of Us (HBO) Review Discussion and Spoilercast (Season 1, Episode 4) (Patreon)

The fourth episode of HBO's rendition of The Last of Us is a little slower and frankly less notable than what preceded it. But that doesn't mean it isn't great television in its own right. By leaving a coastal, occupied city and entering the barren interior of the United States, Joel and Ellie open themselves up to an entirely new brand of fundamental danger: Other survivors. The so-called Infected are the least of their worries. This episode also allows the pair to explore their increasingly fond friendship, and introduces a couple of vital characters from the game as well. Dagan and Micah join me (Colin) to chat in great detail about Please Hold to My Hand, which brings our protagonists to western Missouri, where things are both entirely different and very much the same as in dystopian Boston.