The Last Of Us

WARNING : Contains SPOILERS for The Last of Us time of year 2 , episode 2 and The Last of Us Part II.The Last of Usseason 2 , episode 2 brought the game ’s most controversial write up to the covert while bring to life a major engagement successiveness unique to the HBO series . Season 2 is accommodate the critically - acclaimed 2d chapter in Ellie ( Bella Ramsay ) and Joel ’s ( Pedro Pascal ) post - revelatory saga and , while many wonder whether Joel would really die as ahead of time as he does in the plot , installment 2 confirm that these new episodes really belong to Ellie after all .

Episode 2 nibble up instantly after the events of installment 1 , with the reaction toDina and Ellie ’s kissstill brisk on the mind of some of Jackson ’s citizen . Such lowly subject become irrelevant , though , as a major storm cask toward Jackson and Ellie , Jesse , Joel , and Dina receive themselves catch outside the walls of this secure haven while Abby ’s group lurks somewhere in the mountains . When all is said and done , Joel is deadand Jackson is leave in ruins after an plan of attack by a horde of infected , changing the form of the series entirely .

Why Abby Kills Joel In The Last Of Us Season 2

Anger Fuels Kaitlyn Dever’s Character

Kaitlyn Dever ’s Abby made her desire for revenge very clear inThe Last of Usseason 2 ’s first episodes . After Joel murder her Father-God and the rest of the Fireflies in Salt Lake City , Abby was dead - set on making sure Joel sustain , and she waited five long age to do it .

The Last of Us time of year 2 has reach out our screens . Here is the tilt of rejoin graphic symbol and new faces appearing on the HBO show .

In that time , Abby and her booster have found new allies and join the mysterious WLF organization . Though they have the opportunity to down Dina and even Ellie , which would hurt Joel even more , it ’s unclouded thatAbby wants to obliterate Joelto revenge her father . Dina and Ellie are left alive by the end of the episode , reeling from the tragedy that take on place in the mountains above Jackson .

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How Different Joel’s Death Scene In The Last Of Us Season 2 Is From The Game

Accuracy To The Game Is Key Here

The biggest interrogation surroundingThe Last of Usseason 2 was how exact Joel ’s destruction would be to the game . Talk of the timeline being spread out and rearrange made many assume that the demise of Pascal ’s character would come up after in the 2d season , with some even thinking that it could be pushed to a third season .

With episode 2 , though , that ’s clearly not the case . Joel is all in , and the vista is highly close to what happens in the secret plan . One major difference is who Joel is with when he dies . In the game , Tommy and Joel are on patrol together when they rescue Abby , but in the series , Joel is with Dina .

Otherwise , Joel ’s death scene is quite accurate , down to some of the dialogue Dever and Ramsay say and the weapon Abby uses to excruciate Joel . Despite the major addition of the Jackson attack , Joel dying in the same manner he does in the biz hints that the rest ofThe Last of Usseason 2 will stay fair accurate to the storey already tell .

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What Joel’s Death Means For Ellie’s Future

Ellie Will Be Forever Changed

Ellie ’s aliveness will be irrevocably changed by her witnessing Joel ’s brutal death . DespiteEllie being angry with Joelwhen Abby kills him , her love for him is apparent when she screams at Joel to get up before crawling over and rest atop his exanimate consistence .

In a fashion , Ellie fall back her primary connecter to the community of Jackson - though she has forged her own connections , it ’s sure to destabilise her in many way . The family she has found - of Jesse , Dina , Tommy , and Maria - will still be there for her , but the emotional ramification may stimulate her to push everyone away when she needs their funding the most .

Where Abby & Her Group Are Going After Killing Joel

After the Firefly massacre in Salt Lake City , Abby and her friends ' future seemed uncertain . Though Abby wished to go after Joel immediately , Owen implore her to see reason and give them time to regroup before they cash in one’s chips after him . If the series continues to follow the game , then it will be reveal that Abby and her protagonist went to Seattle .

There , they joined the Washington Liberation Front , sharpened their skills , and prepared to journey to Jackson five years later and obliterate Joel . After Joel ’s death in the biz , Abby and her friend return to Seattle , where the WLF is rich in a warfare with the Seraphites , a spiritual cult that has overtaken parts of the metropolis .

The Last of Us season 2 has with child action , high-pitched stakes , and more emotion than time of year 1 , making for an impactful if flimsy mint of raw episodes .

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Will Ellie Go After Abby?

Ellie Must Choose Revenge Or Forgiveness

The Last of Us Part IIis largely about cycles of force and revenge and , to see those themes through , Ellie follows Abby and her friendsto enact her own . In time of year 2 ’s second trailer , we see a abbreviated clip of two masses on horseback approaching the city of Seattle , so it seems that Ellie will indeed be heading west .

It ’s undecipherable , though , who will be heading there first . In the biz , Tommy decides to postdate Abby and her friend first , succumbing to his desire for revenge and bequeath Jackson on his own . How and when Tommy will get to Seattle in the series , if he does at all , remains unclear .

Why The Infected Attack Jackson

The Answer Lies Underground

The attack on Jackson isThe Last of Usseason 2 ’s biggest diversion from the game so far . steer that something like this could be coming were teased throughout episode 1 , with the biggest clue about the attack give at the veryend ofThe Last of Usseason 2 , instalment 1 .

The exertion to thrive Jackson have continued over thefive - year metre disruption between seasons 1 and 2and that includes digging up the previously built infrastructure . One queer pipeline , though , revealed that a cordyceps web had been growing underneath the city .

These networks allow the infect to communicate with each other and when that web is attacked as edifice remain , the septic are called to Jackson , prompt the horde to find the walled - off metropolis , leaving devastation in their wake .

Bella Ramsey as Ellie and Pedro Pascal as Joel in the Last of Us Season 2

Creator Neil Druckmann previously mouth about these cordyceps networks withPolygon , revealing how they work:“[We wanted ] to feel like these things are interconnected . They can amount out against us as a mass . ”

How Tommy Survives The Bloater Attack

Fire Is Your Friend

One of the most nail - mordacious moments from the attempt on Jackson is Tommy ’s fight withThe Last of Us ' infamous Bloater , a massive mutation of the infected . The Bloater is how the infected break of serve into Jackson and , though the others wreak havoc , the Bloater has the potential to cause the most chaos thanks to its brute strength .

When the Bloater has its sights set on Maria , Tommy distracts it , drawing it away from his married woman before finding himself cornered . Luckily , Tommy is arm with a flamethrower and is capable to let loose everything he ’s got at the Bloater . Though it looks like the Bloater may get the best of him , the fire eventually wear out the infected variation out , and it falls just before it gets its men on Joel ’s brother .

What’s Next For Jackson After The Infected Attack?

The Community Will Need To Rebuild Without Joel

The community of Jackson did n’t just fall back Joel - they ’ve lost countless civilian and key part of their infrastructure , mean their primary focus will be rebuild after these withering losses . As leaders of the community , Tommy and Maria will in all likelihood be torn between what ’s best for Jackson and their own desire for requital .

sacrifice the complex scheme they have plant up , recovery seems possible for Jackson . The attempt , while devastating , was not well-nigh as high-risk as it could ’ve been . Jackson may be licking its wound for quite some sentence , but considering the refutation they already had in place , they were able to withstand the attack and will only add up out of this stronger inThe Last of Us .

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