And that also allows you to feel like you're stepping into something new every week. You know, from one episode to the next, you might see the same incident portrayed from different vantage points, different perspectives, different characters' points of view. And, you know, to me, the thing about 'The Last Of Us' is that every episode gives you new storytelling and almost kind of resets the storytelling in some ways. People start to talk about it, and it gets other people's attention, and it becomes a snowball that kind of rolls its way through the pop culture landscape.

But when you have them strung out weekly, it spreads the impact of a show on the zeitgeist. I think it's probable that it would have been a hit if all the episodes had been delivered at once. RASCOE: Would it have worked if it were delivered all at once? Like, a lot of the Netflix shows are delivered all at once, and that's how we got used to doing it that way.ĭEGGANS: Sure. But with a show like 'The Last Of Us,' going online, you can kind of pretend it's still around. The monoculture is gone, and it's not coming back. You check your socials to see what people are saying, what Easter eggs you might have missed. So it's one of those shows that people used to gather around the watercooler in the office to discuss on Monday morning. I mean, but it's also rich enough that it benefits from unpacking it with other people. So it just helps to decompress afterwards, you know, get up off the couch, take a breath, walk your dog, look at a freaking sunset. RASCOE: So what about 'The Last Of Us?' What has made it so effective as a weekly show? And it's made us wonder about a debate that's front and center in streaming - is it better to deliver a show all at once so consumers can binge it or make them wait week by week? Who better to ask than our in-house experts, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans and Glen Weldon, host of Pop Culture Happy Hour? Hello to both of you. It's the finale of the first season of HBO's pandemic drama, 'The Last Of Us.' The show airing one episode per week has had almost everybody talking, tweeting, anticipating.

You keep her alive, and you set everything right. There's some must-see TV on tonight, and it's not the Oscars.ĪNNA TORV: (As Tess) This is your chance.

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