Episode 3 of HBO’s The Final of Us has been praised by many around the globe as among the best episodes of TV in a while. Nevertheless, there are a number of followers, together with Stephen King, who’ve made enjoyable of its wild “10 miles west of Boston” setting that was clearly not 10 miles west of Boston.
As reported by Selection, there’s a scene within the newest episode, which we gave a ten/10 and stated was a “masterful hour of tv,” that featured the textual content “10 miles west of Boston.” Whereas this clearly does not take away from the transferring story instructed on-screen, the scene accompanying the textual content featured mountainous terrain that appears to be from the northwestern components of North America and never close to the much-flatter Boston.
You possibly can see the picture beneath, or test it out in episode 3 across the 4:31 mark.
It was beforehand reported that The Final of Us is being filmed in Alberta, Canada, which might characteristic some lovely mountain ranges, so this may seem like why the scene appeared off. Plenty of instances film/TV magic removes gadgets or surroundings that may break the immersion, however this seems to have been missed or not deemed essential sufficient to handle.
Many on-line had been fast to level out the error, including Stephen King, who stated “THE LAST OF US. Episode 3: Do you actually wish to inform me that is 10 miles west of Boston?”
Allie Mac Key on Twitter responded to the legendary horror creator, saying, “That is what you exit of some of the lovely episodes of tv?” King responded with, “Oh, I appreciated it wonderful. Simply sayin’.”
Others identified the scene in query as nicely, together with Pete Blackburn, who truly lives 10 miles west of Boston.
I stay 10 miles west of Boston. These mountains are ruining my life pic.twitter.com/hqh1aBF5qa
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) January 30, 2023
Riverboat Chris additionally acquired in on the enjoyable, saying “The Final of Us is like ’10 Miles West of Boston’ and present [sic] this.” The picture he shared is of Moraine Lake in Banff Nationwide Park, which is roughly 2,700 miles west of Boston.
The Final of Us is like “10 Miles West of Boston” and present this. pic.twitter.com/dHJrEiBADZ
— 🛶Riverboat Chris🛶 (@FakieMcFakeface) January 30, 2023
As soon as once more, that is however a small, humorous discrepancy to an in any other case spectacular hour of tv. It is going to simply inevitably be part of the likes of different popular culture gaffes just like the Starbucks cup and water bottle noticed in Sport of Thrones.
For extra, try why we thought this newest episode of The Final of Us is adaptation at its most interesting, why the creators of the sequence made huge modifications to Invoice and Frank’s story, and our comparability of episode 3 to the sport.
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Adam Bankhurst is a information author for IGN. You possibly can comply with him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.
