Well, we are here. The last of us has wrapped up its first season, leaving us nothing less than emotional husks, nothing more than hungry for deeper, character-based trauma in season 2. We’ve endured and survived it, little one. But after that cold, hard ending, I’m sure you have as many questions as we do.
Unless you’ve played the game, that is.
For those who haven’t played the highly praised sequel to Naughty Dog the last of us part ii the future is uncertain for Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal). The series, like the game, ended with Joel’s polarizing decision to save Ellie, sacrificing a potential cure for the Cordyceps infection and executing the entire Fireflies medical team, including their leader, Marlene (Merle Dandridge). And now? Ellie and Joel have returned to Jackson, where it is ambiguous whether or not they will enjoy a warm welcome.
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If you’re dying to know what’s in store for season 2, we’re about to get spoilers and point out some of the major plot points you can expect director Craig Mazin and creator Neil Druckmann to get caught up on. However, if you haven’t played the game, you might want to regroup, go back, and consider our burning questions article, which is free of gameplay spoilers (although it doesn’t show).
For everyone else, let’s delve into the biggest story moments we can expect to see in Season 2, including the one HBO should expect to make a fuss about.
The last of us Season 2 will take you back to Jackson
They will all come back.
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The last of us Season 1, episode 6 led us to the Jackson settlement, a key location in the second game. We didn’t actually visit Jackson’s settlement in the first game; we only see it in the distance, when Joel and Ellie find Tommy and Maria at the hydroelectric plant that is feeding it nearby. Jackson is also where the end of the show takes Joel and Ellie, as they go on a tense hike through the desert after everything that happened in Salt Lake City and reach a ridge above the city.
Logic predicts that season 2 will pick up where The Last of Us Part II he does, with Joel and Ellie living in Jackson at their own places. We’ll likely get a short scene immediately after the events of season 1 before jumping four years into the future, with the couple still living in Jackson, with new friends and as-yet-unexplained strain on their relationship. By now, Ellie is 19 years old and patrolling with her horse Shimmer, who made a sweet cameo in episode 6 when she was a pony. And most importantly, Ellie is ready for her second great love.
The last of us will introduce Ellie’s next great love
Dyne!
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It’s the Easter egg players were excited about in Season 1, the fleeting appearance of a character who may or may not have been an integral part of Ellie’s life in The Last of Us Part II. Ellie’s tragically short-lived romance with her best friend Riley (Storm Reid) was her first love, but it certainly won’t be her last.
In Episode 6, when Joel and Ellie are in the diner eating what might be the only good meal they’ve had in years, there’s a moment when Ellie’s manners fail and she snaps at a girl lurking nearby. Fans of the game have surmised that it is possibly Dina, Ellie’s future love interest and one of the key characters we will see in season 2. On the HBO podcast for the show.(Opens in a new tab)Neither Mazin nor Druckmann confirmed or denied that it was Dina, but the tone they used suggested that yes, it is Dina.
Dina is a complex and great character who will play a huge role in Season 2, and we can’t wait to see who plays the part. In The Last of Us Part II, the story basically begins with one of the best scenes in the franchise: as sparks fly between Dina and Ellie at a dance in Jackson’s barn, they share their first kiss together. Ellie and Dina’s relationship grows with each patrol, each tragedy, each secret they share together, including Dina’s big reveal. Dina’s deep love for Ellie means she doesn’t even hesitate to join Ellie in her quest for revenge on Seattle: “You go, I go. End of story.”
The last of us Season 2 Will: Joel’s Death
It’s happening, people. I know that I know.
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For fans of the game, we know what is coming in Season 2. And we also know that this break fans of the show who don’t know it’s coming, like it did to us while we were playing The last of us Part II.
I’m talking about Joel’s death. It’s one of the most shocking, unexpected, and traumatic events I’ve ever encountered in a video game: the brutal murder of a protagonist you’ve spent literally hundreds of hours playing, understanding, and attached to. You’ve survived a lot with Joel, just like Ellie and Naughty Dog. made us look while his beloved father figure is literally beaten to death in front of his face.
It will be worse than this, Ellie.
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Yes, Joel’s death allowed Naughty Dog to differentiate the games and introduce new character dynamics, namely bringing Ellie into adulthood. But I have a feeling this episode is going to be one of the most talked about, most hands-on, Red Wedding level, how could they do this to us? episode of season 2. Considering the dizzying fame and internet love of Pedro Pascal after season 1, this devastating moment in the narrative willpower be all over your feed.
This absolutely brutal scene will probably be in the first episode of the second season, and it will shake viewers to their core. Instead of a harrowing rescue by our teen hero, the game mechanics literally pin Ellie to the ground as Abby murders Joel (more on her below), with Ellie unable to stop it. Joel won’t be okay, and neither will Ellie or the HBO audience after this. Prepare for several full weeks of people grieving online. I guess episode 2 will start with Joel and Ellie’s burial going by Joel’s house in Jackson. If she smells Joel’s trademark brown jacket in the closet before she takes his broken watch, I’ll do it. lose it people.
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But don’t worry, Pascal fans. The game features some flashbacks with the couple, including a very important dinosaur-related memory and a big reveal as to why exactly there is tension between Joel and Ellie at the start of the sequel, so it’s fair to assume season 2 won. . t be completely free of Pascal, even after the character’s death from him.
We will meet two new factions and a new “villain”.
With the death of Marlene and a batch of Fireflies at the end of season 1 at the hands of Joel, season two will see the repercussions of our main man’s decisions when he saves the life of the wrong person.
The first episode will likely introduce the new character of Abby Anderson, who we mentioned earlier as Joel’s killer. Fair warning to whoever plays this role: This isn’t going to be a popular screen moment for you, at least until your backstory episode. Abby’s character also plays an important role in the game beyond Joel’s murder, expanding the world of The last of us beyond Ellie’s experience. The word “villain” is subjective as always to the humans in this franchise, depending on your perspective. (Except David. David is a villain.)
Ultimately saving Abby’s life from the Infected beyond the safety of the Jackson settlement will be Joel’s fatal mistake, as she is part of a militia group known as the Washington Liberation Front (WLF), also known as the Wolves. The Wolves are based in Seattle and are made up of former Fireflies. And we all remember what happened to the fireflies.
In Season 2, we’ll probably also meet the faction behind some of the preacher graffiti, the Seraphites, aka the Scars, who are a form of cult and direct rivals to the Wolves.
The last of us will introduce another solid young lead
Another season 2 rookie will be Ellie’s friend Jesse, who is Dina de Jackson’s ex-boyfriend. Jesse tracks down Ellie and Dina on their trips to Seattle to help them on their quest to find Tommy (more on that below). He is a level-headed and responsible friend to Ellie and Dina, and every young actor will strive for this role.
Bella Ramsey will have plenty of room to shine next season.
It’s only going to get harder, Ellie.
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Season 2 is all about Ellie. The pain and rage of our protagonist in The Last of Us Part II it will give Bella Ramsey the challenge they deserve to take an already incredible performance even further. Pascal and Ramsey have built the same level of chemistry and bond as Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson’s Joel and Ellie, and it will break our hearts to see Bellie and Pedge destroyed like this. But Ramsey will also have plenty of action scenes ahead of her, as Ellie will be doing most of the fighting next season.
The last of us Season 2 will focus on a shaken Ellie who only wants revenge, with her sights set on Seattle, where the WLF is supposedly located, and a list of wolves to torture and kill. Tommy (Gabriel Luna) does right by his fallen brother Joel by trying to keep Ellie safe and going after the WLF himself. So the events of The last of us Season 2 will mirror those of the first season, but in reverse.
This season 2 road trip, from Wyoming to Washington this time, will focus on Ellie’s journey as she tracks down the WLF group, namely the assassin Abby. As Ellie becomes increasingly brutal in her hunting tactics, fueled by grief and anger, Ramsey has quite the journey on his hands. That scene in episode 8 where Joel gets cold and tortures himself with the map trick? It got infected, people.
Will we hear Pedro Pascal sing Pearl Jam in episode 1?
at the beginning of The Last of Us Part IIJoel gifts Ellie with a guitar and the promise of lessons, but not before playing something on it. He chooses Pearl Jam’s “Future Days,” a somber ballad that begins with the appropriate lyric “If I ever lost you / I’d surely lose myself.” This begs the question: Will we hear Pedro Pascal himself sing some Pearl Jam in season 2 episode 1?
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