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The Last of Us is arguably the best TV or film adaptation of a video game since … ever? It accomplishes this not by over-adapting its source material or molding it into something it’s not but by letting the game narrative breathe. The show’s co-creator Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) is joined on the showrunning team by the game’s creator Neil Druckmann. Together, Mazin and Druckmann don’t redefine post-apocalyptic storytelling but fine tune and perfect it. Fans of the zombie or post–apocalyptic wasteland will find this all quite familiar but also compelling and well-executed. 

Everyone’s Talking About: Happy Valley 

Stream on: BBC One, BBC iPlayer, AMC+, Fubo 

You might have seen a promo image of a woman in a hi-vis police uniform for this British series and scrolled by, thinking that it looks like just another detective show. It’s anything but. Happy Valley is up there with the very best TV dramas. The writing, characters and performances are all first class, and the plot is masterfully told. It’s no wonder that the third and final series, currently airing in the UK and coming to the US in May 2023, is all anybody’s talking about.

Its story might be familiar to fans of Mare of Easttown, whose creators cited it as ‘inspiration’ (read: copied). A female police sergeant in a drug-addled town is single-handedly raising her grandson after her child committed suicide, while having a difficult time with her remaining child, ex-husband and sister (her mother in the HBO rip-off). It’s funny and brutal and led by a titanic performance from Sarah Lancashire. Grantchester’s James Norton plays a very nasty bastard, and there are no weak links in the cast. Don’t miss out.

If You Liked White Lotus, try…

Stream on: Sky Atlantic, NOW (UK), HBO and Peacock (US)

The Resort (on Peacock in the US). It’s a fancy holiday murder mystery that gets seriously weird, starring Cristin Milioti, William Jackson Harper, Nick Offerman and more.

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