For the Love of Us

The Dangers of Love in HBO's “The Last of Us”

“This is a love story and that’s not good.” Craig Mazin, the writer and creator of HBO’s The Last of Us, wrote those words on the cover of the television series’ show bible.

Initially, we may recoil at that sentiment. How can a love story not be good? Our culture and most of our stories have trained us to assume that “love is all we need” or that “love a…