People are review-bombing The Last of Us for homophobic reasons—again!

   

Isabela Merced Bella Ramsey HBO Max show The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3

Once again, hateful viewers are angry that there are gay people in their video game adaptation.

With season 2 of The Last of Us focusing on Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and her girlfriend Dina (Isabela Merced) instead of Ellie and Joel (Pedro Pascal), many viewers are angry that their video game show is no longer focusing on a man, but instead on two queer girls.

Even though this second season of The Last of Us has been getting great reviews overall, viewers at home feel differently—or at least the ones who are most vocal online do. Negative reviews have begun flooding IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, and Metacritic, mostly focusing on the show pushing a so-called "woke agenda."

On Metacritic, season 2 holds a "Metacritic Must-Watch" Universal Acclaim score of 81. However, the User score is a "Generally Unfavorable" 3.9 out of 10.

If you read the negative reviews, a pattern emerges.

"It's the usual bait and switch. Season 1 was fantastic. Season 2 was all over within the first 10mins. Woke bs from the start with Pascal going to therapy, females being more male than any of the men and the push for refugee rights. When are they going to stop pushing political agendas and write decent stories again?" user MmmmMovies wrote.

"The first season was good, and I can't say the same for this season. This is all teen drama with revenge plot, it's so boring that I can't turn off my brain to try to watch another episode. Killing off a beloved character for cheap reason is the final nail. This could be a good series but they clearly ruined it with bad writing. And don't get me start on the agenda they try so hard to push but fail miserably," baelfire181 says in a zero rating review. Other zero ratings say similar things.

"Just more of the same preaching and agenda pushing that we are all so tired of being fed. I'm not wasting my time with this any longer," redwolf95 said.

"This is the same agenda filled, incoherent story neil druckman already told in tlou part 2, except now its in a format of a visualy unapealing tv show with actors who cant act and look nothing like the characters theyre playing. Anyone who pretends to enjoy this mindnumbingly boring propaganda slop does it just to show everyone around how progresive they are," siur00 added.

The same story is happening on Rotten Tomatoes. There, the second season is 95 percent Certified Fresh, and nearly every critic review is positive. However, the Popcornmeter (fan ratings) is sitting at a dismal 47 percent.

 

Again, many of the reviews have similar talking points about "political agendas" and the show focusing on a lesbian relationship.

"The Last of us season 1, like the first game, was awesome and got me so excited for season 2. I never played part 2 of TLOU, and after watching the first 4 episodes, I never want to. Political agendas are being pushed and me no likey." Johsua D wrote, giving the season half a star.

"This show has devolved into complete garbage. episodes 3, 4 sealed it for me I'm done with this show. It's high time for Hollywood to start making good movies, and TV that tell a good story, instead of advancing the typical tired political narratives that has destroyed their overall viewership." James F said in a one-star review.

"First season was ok, I had high hopes for the second season, but it just drags along as the show now is centered on the lesbian relationship, which not necessary for the story line and completely ruins the show." Tom M added in another half-star review.

Scrolling through r/TheLastOfUs2, a Reddit community about the second video game nearly every post that one sees is either mocking Ramsey for their acting (they were nominated for an Emmy for season 1), or belittling them for their looks.

This kind of review bombing is hardly new, even for The Last of Us. In season one, the two episodes that focused on gay relationships, "Long, Long Time" and "Left Behind," have the lowest ratings of all season one episodes on IMDb. Over 20 percent of users gave "Long, Long Time" a one-star review.

The episode "Long, Long Time" accounted for seven of the show's Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Directing and Outstanding Writing, and Nick Offerman won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor for the episode, which was considered by many critics to be the best of the season.