The Last of Us ended on a powerful be aware, rounding off the story of the sport properly and setting the stage for the seasons to return. It was nice to see Ashley Johnson, the voice actor for Ellie in the video games, visitor star as Ellie’s mom. It’s an effective way to honour the unique Ellie and it supplied the fascinating divulge to Ellie’s immunity that we by no means acquired in the video games.
Joel and Ellie’s character arcs spherical out fantastically and we additionally acquired extra emotional depth to Marlene with some hints as to the nature of her shut friendship with Ellie’s mom, making her determination to finally put humanity over Ellie that rather more fascinating. She and Joel aren’t actually all that totally different in the case of the lengths they will go to as a way to save what they worth most.
It was good to see the episode’s moments of calm like Ellie genuinely guffawing with delight at seeing a giraffe and Joel asking for some jokes from her pun ebook. These moments have been grounded with the lingering traces of trauma which have constructed up over the course of the present. Ellie is quieter and extra subdued and it is easy to know that the solely factor retaining her going is attending to the Fireflies and making a remedy in order that she is aware of that she hasn’t misplaced virtually every thing for nothing.
It’s half of what makes Joel’s lighthearted dialog makes an attempt at the finish of the episode so strained and tragic. He’s committing to the lie that there isn’t any remedy and the Fireflies have given up although I think he is aware of she does not consider actually consider him. And with the trauma Ellie’s sustained, she’s not able to confront Joel with any conviction as a result of she is aware of if she does she could need to lose the solely factor she has left at the second.
The bloodbath scene at Saint Mary’s Hospital was maybe the simplest scene of the episode, if not the whole present. It’s a brutal half of the sport however the chilly ruthlessness of the scene performs out higher for me in the present as a result of Joel is a way more efficient killer when he does not have to cover behind partitions for stealth takedowns, heal himself or craft gear.
It leaves us in a really fascinating place for the second season as sport followers will know the penalties that come up from Joel’s actions and secrets and techniques from the finish of the first half. The present creators have already stated they’re planning for a number of extra seasons so whereas we could not get to the bulk of The Last of Us Part II in the second season, it’s going to give us extra room to dive into Joel and Ellie’s time at Jackson, permitting us to see extra of the background of the relationships cast there.
It will even give us extra time to spend with different characters from the second sport, particularly Abby, Owen and the relaxation of the Salt Lake Crew. It needs to be fascinating to see what they will do with build up their motivations and relationships and deepening some characters who do not get a lot – if any – screentime in the second sport.
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