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Stephen King Called Out "The Last Of Us" Scene For Being Set "10 Miles West Of Boston"

By Alex Gurley,

2023-01-31

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🚨 WARNING — spoilers ahead for The Last of Us Episode 3 🚨

Stephen King has a big question about Episode 3 of The Last of Us .

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Over the weekend, the latest episode of the series debuted — titled "Long, Long Time" — and honestly, it was a perfect episode of TV .

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The third episode featured the show's first departure from the video games as Bill ( Nick Offerman ) and Frank's ( Murray Bartlett ) incredible love story play out over the years.

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And while it was a beautiful episode, there was one moment that left fans scratching their heads — especially if they have ever lived in New England.

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While setting the scene, an establishing shot shows what is meant to be "10 miles west of Boston"...and it's most definitely not 10 miles outside of Boston.

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Given there are no mountainous backdrops so close to Boston, Stephen, a New England native, had to share his thoughts online.

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"THE LAST OF US. Episode 3: Do you really want to tell me that’s 10 miles west of Boston?" Stephen wrote on Twitter.

THE LAST OF US. Episode 3: Do you really want to tell me that’s 10 miles west of Boston?

@StephenKing 12:43 AM - 31 Jan 2023

It turns out Stephen wasn't alone in his thoughts because the whole thing actually caused quite the commotion on social media:

I live 10 miles west of Boston. These mountains are ruining my life

@PeteBlackburn 04:59 AM - 30 Jan 2023

Every time they show the geography of the Greater Boston area on The Last of Us

@Cherbal_essence 12:00 PM - 30 Jan 2023

I do expect to love this episode of The Last of Us, but um... this is could not look less like 10 miles west of Boston

@CarolineWazer 02:59 AM - 31 Jan 2023

[mountains as far as the eye can see]the last of us: there she is. boston, massachusetts

@_adamlondon 11:24 PM - 30 Jan 2023

getting belligerently angry when “the last of us” tries to claim that a mountainous terrain that’s clearly northwestern is “10 miles west of boston”

@hannahgais 04:45 AM - 30 Jan 2023

And while the moment was confusing for some New Englanders, the episode still got praise from Stephen.

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"That’s what you got out of one of the most beautiful episodes of television?" one fan wrote, to which the iconic author responded, "Oh, I liked it fine. Just sayin'."

Oh, I liked it fine.Just sayin’. https://t.co/qvzfaQ7JFB

@StephenKing 02:44 AM - 31 Jan 2023

You can watch The Last of Us , Episodes 1–3, on HBO now.

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