Shows switch up routines, starting with HBO's 'The Last of Us'

NBC, Peacock features three new shows

February 9, 2023

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Frank (Murray Bartlett) and Bill (Nick Offerman) celebrate their emotionally affecting love story in "The Last of Us" Season 1, Episode 3, "Long, Long Time" on HBO.

The last week of January and first week of February saw intriguing variations in the formulae of some weekly TV shows I've recommended in this space before, so I thought I'd touch upon each of them briefly.

'The Last of Us,' Sundays on HBO

Season 1, Episode 3, "Long, Long Time" on Jan. 29 began with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) making their way west from Boston, before it detoured into a 20-year-long, nearly episode-length flashback, fully encompassing the relationship of paranoid bunker survivalist Bill (Nick Offerman) and the man who becomes th...

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