The final episode of The Last of Us season 2 follows on from where episode 5 left off. While spending extended time with Ellie (Bella Ramsay) and Joel was nice, making their flashback the penultimate episode meant that any momentum built by Ellie's risky journey...
The penultimate episode of the season begins with a flashback to Austin, Texas, in 1983, in which a young Joel (Andrew Diaz / Pedro Pascal) covers for Tommy (David Miranda / Gabriel Luna) by lying to their father, Javier (Tony Dalton). The episode's throughline is...
Episode 4 opens with the introduction of Isaac Dixon (the ever-incredible Jeffrey Wright) as we see his backstory unfold with him joining the WLF 11 years prior. In the source material, little is known about Isaac’s backstory, so getting to see how he joined the WLF...
After last week's brutally chaotic episode, episode 3 of The Last of Us is more interested in the quiet moments of grief and the long road ahead for Jackson’s survivors. Beginning with the aftermath of the infected onslaught that brought death and destruction and a...
Interestingly, both episodes of The Last of Us season 2 have opened with Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), much like I mentioned during my review of episode 1; we see the fallout of Joel’s actions and how they affect others. This time, we open with Abby’s nightmare: her younger...
The first fifteen minutes or so of The Last of Us season 2 are quite discombobulating, even for someone who enjoyed the first. The long gaps between seasons of television is making it increasingly harder to remember where you left things with these characters. It soon...