US Edition‘The Last of Us’ Proved Once Again It Doesn’t Need Nonstop Action to Be Awesome – and Heartbreaking
- HBO's The Last of Us aired a penultimate Season 2 episode on May 18, 2025, featuring emotional flashbacks of Joel and Ellie from ages 15 to 19.
- The episode's focus on flashbacks and a pivotal conversation was an intentional choice by creator Neil Druckmann to give space after Joel's death in episode two.
- The episode included a heartbreaking sequence where Joel fulfilled Eugene's request to say goodbye to his wife Gale by shooting the infected Eugene.
- Druckmann stated, "That whole thing is what the show is about," referring to Joel's wrongdoing toward Ellie and the tension built by dark acts like Eugene's death.
- With the season finale airing on May 25, 2025, Druckmann teased "things are coming to a head," indicating that the series will explore if characters can recover from their actions.
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‘The Last of Us’ proved once again it doesn’t need nonstop action to be awesome – and heartbreaking | News Channel 3-12
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It has been exactly four weeks since HBO drama “The Last of Us” stunned viewers with a major cast shakeup. Luckily, we learned in Sunday’s sixth episode, we wouldn’t have to wait long to see Pedro Pascal’s Joel again. Joel, who died in the second episode of the season at the hands of season villain Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), was heavily featured in an emotional flashback episode that took place on Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey…
‘The Last of Us’ proved once again it doesn’t need nonstop action to be awesome – and heartbreaking
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — It has been exactly four weeks since HBO drama “The Last of Us” stunned viewers with a major cast shakeup. Luckily, we learned in Sunday’s sixth episode, we wouldn’t have to wait long to see Pedro Pascal’s Joel again. Joel, who died in the second episode of the season at the hands of season villain Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), was heavily featured in an emotional flashback episode that took place on Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey…
Apparently, Zombies Wear Low-Rise Jeans
The show's costume designer shares the unexpected reason the undead favor throwback denim.HBOThere’s a zombie on top of Ellie Williams, the 19-year-old heroine of HBO Max's The Last of Us. The monster swipes furiously at Ellie’s face and snarls for her brains, doing the usual monster moves that drip along a spectrum from goofy to gross to “this shouldn’t be scary, but I will not actually sleep tonight.”The attack happens in an abandoned warehous…
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