<p>&#8220;The Last of Us&#8221; director Peter Hoar said he wanted to &#8220;trick&#8221; his audience into watching a gay love story in an episode of HBO Max&#8217;s new apocalyptic drama.</p>
<p>Hoar, who is gay and is known for his work on the British LGBT+ miniseries, &#8220;It’s a Sin,&#8221; said that he wanted the viewers to see that it was the &#8220;same love&#8221; as straight people, but just between two guys, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/last-of-us-episode-3-nick-offerman-b2272921.html?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR28zmmQXFCVmR3iW8Jlsehtrraob9rQPbKO_PG55PYGqCR7uc1niSZOLX4#Echobox=1675222615">Independent UK</a> reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sometimes you have to sort of trick the rest of the world into watching these things before they&#8217;re like, &#8216;Oh, my God, it was two guys. I just realized,'&#8221; Hoar told <a href="https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-last-of-us-episode-3-director-peter-hoar-interview">Inverse</a> magazine ahead the release of the zombie series&#8217; third episode.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think then they might understand that it&#8217;s all real,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s just the same love.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The journey continues.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLastofUs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheLastofUs</a> will return for another season on HBO Max. <a href="https://t.co/GdcL4Uhkfv">pic.twitter.com/GdcL4Uhkfv</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Max (@StreamOnMax) <a href="https://twitter.com/StreamOnMax/status/1619017944263958529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 27, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>In the first two episodes of the series adapted from the popular video game, the show focused on fighting zombies. However, the third one veered off course with a self-contained romance between two surviving men Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) who hadn&#8217;t been infected with the virus.</p>
<p>Reading through reviews on&#8221;<a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_last_of_us/s01/reviews?type=user">Rotten Tomatoes,</a>&#8221; the third episode didn&#8217;t sit well with many who suggested skipping it, as most of the episode consisted of the romance between the two men.</p>
<p>&#8220;If episode 3 was about a heterosexual couple, fans would still be bored and disappointed,&#8221; one person wrote. &#8220;Most fans are watching for the adaptation of a video game about fighting zombies, not a full episode about romance. We all know why the episode is receiving high praise, let&#8217;s calm down.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;They didn&#8217;t respect the existing story in the game with this episode 3, terrible!&#8221; another wrote.</p>
<p>One shared, &#8220;Episode 3 was an hour of my life I will never get back. Just watch episodes 1 &amp; 2 and wait until episode 4 comes out.&#8221;</p>
<p>And on &#8220;<a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-last-of-us/user-reviews/adult">Common Sense Media</a>&#8221; a reviewer slammed the site for only showing &#8220;reviews based on first/early episodes.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;There is a sex scene between two men in episode 3 not mentioned anywhere,&#8221; the person wrote. &#8220;For new/current series, there should be a weekly update from the review team. I wrote a similar review to the Terminal List series and as of today, it is still not updated. Very irresponsible to parents/guradians who use this site. Especially those who subscribe monthly. Please fix!!!&#8221;</p>

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