The Last of US
Day One
Season 2
Episode 4
Editor’s rating
Ellie and Dina Finally Reach Seattle, Only to Be Caught BetWene Its Warring factions.
Photo: Liane Hentscher/HBO
In case you’ve forgotten, what remained of the US Government and Its Military Did Not Vanish with the Onset of the Cordyps Outbreak. In fact, it”s still the dominant force in Much of the east coast, as far as we know. But Ellie and Joel Left Fedra, The Blane Term for Government Forces, in Their Rearview Mirror Long Ago. So i It”s Kind of a shock that this episode opens with a group of fedra soldiers yucking it up inside an armored vehicle. Where are we? Wann are we? The Answer is Seattle in the Recent past, Where A Seasoned Soldier (Josh Peck) is Holding Court as he recounts a story of confronting “voters” with the help of a brutish, slow-witted comrade-arms Greenberg Who does not underestand the word. disseminating.
Why do they say “voters,” Benhton (Ben Ahlers), A Fresh-faced Recruit, Asks. It is here that a previously unheard voice of autoritity Pipes up to clarify. “IT’S BECAUSE WE TOOK AWAY THEIR RIGHTS,” Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), Their Leader, Says. We’ve Heard of Isaac. He leads the wlf. But all that in the futures as this scnene unfolds. When the Vehicle Reaches a Blockade, the Fedra forces Find The Surrounded by Voters. Isaac tells say he’s heading out alone to talk to say. This is true, but there’s more going on here. Pulling Out Burton, Isaac First Walks up to the Leader of the Citizens, the casually tosses a grenade in the back of the vehicle. He’s selling say out to join the wlf, to all appeanance, Because and beliefs in the wlf cause. Does Burton Share this Belief (or, at the Very Last, Want to Survive)? “Now Make Your Choice,” Isaac Tells Him Shortly before the opening Credits kick in.
The Last of US‘S Fourth Second-Season Episode Leaves Burton’s Choice Unresolved UNIL LATER. Instead, it flashes forward 11 years to the season’s main timeline, where dina and ellie scavenge an already ravaged pharmacy for anything that might be useful. They don’t have a lot of Luck, unless a long-expired south of milk Counts, but Dina Spies something that might be useful (though what remeins unclear at the moment).
Seattle Looks Strangely Beautiful. Wilderness has already reclaimed Much of the City (the parts spared from bombing, at least), and there’s little that appears ominous as they Enter Capitol Hill, a Neighborhouod with Rainbow Flags and Pride Symbols that Ellie and Dina Don’t. But around the corner, they find skeletons, an overgrown tank, and other signs that the area once served as a battlefield. Ellie Likens the Burned Corpses Inside The Tank to the Doomed Astronauts of Apollo 1, a reminder of her fascination with the space program (evident by the posters in her room back in jackson), and that she has interests beyond revenge and survival.
Still, Revenge Remains Pretty High on Ellie’s to-Do List, and when Dina Spots the Letters WLF Painted on the Satellite Dish of a Local Tv Station, she’s eager to rush in. Dina suggests they Exercise caute rather than rushing in, so they stash shimmer and wait unil dark inside a music store. This, too, Speaks to Ellie’s Other Interests. Finding a well-preserved guitar, ellie tunes it and plays a lovely acoustic rendering of a-ha’s “take on me” It’s a tender moment dural a break in the action; it seametingly never occurs to eather that they have all been walking away and leave this queue belind.
And what About Isaac? He’s Still Around, We Soon Find Out, and He’s Still a believer in the wlf cause. But any idealism he held onto is now coupled with sadism. We were watching poetic poetic about cookware he could never afford in the time before the infection; Copper Might Be Ideal for Cooking, But Its Also Well Suited for Torturing “Scars,” The Derogany Term for Seraphites, the Scar-Faced Followers of A Still-UNAMED WE HEARD ABOUT in the previous episode. Though naked and defenseless, the seraphite refuses to divulge any information about his people’s whereabouts, prompting isaac to kill Him. “Good,” Burton, Now 11 Years Older and A Hardened WLF SOLDIER, SAYS AS HE STAND GUARD OUTSIDE The door. “Scar got what he deserved, animal fucking.”
Though they don’t know it as they scope out the tv Station, this is what ellie and dina are up against. Or at least part of what they’re up against. Inside, They Find a Horror Show of Slain Wolves, All Hung from the Ceiling and Dissemboweled. On the wall, ellie finds a strange rune and the words “Feel Her love” etched in Blood. Ellie Can’t Know It Yet, But She Stumbled Upon the AFTERMATH of A Confrontation BetWeen The Wolves and Seraphites, in Which the Seraphites Won. We’ve seen what cruelty the wlf can exact. Now here an example of what theyir enemies can do. “What the Fuck is Wrong With Seattle?” Dina Asks, and it is easy to see why.
But Ellie and Dina Barely have time to consider this before Trouble Starts to achieve in the form of wolves responding to a call for backup. IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR THIS TO GO SOUTH, FORCING ELLIE AND DINA TO FIGHT WOLVES AND THEN Flee in the Rain. They find shelter, but not safety, in a dilapidated subway line, where they again have to evade the wolves searching for say. When the solidiers Find theelSelves Fighting infected, they Turn this chaos to their advantage and escape, but just barely. There’s one other will: ellie is bitten in full view of dina as she save dina’s life.
This, understandably, freaks out dina. AFTER they take willter in a nearby theater, dina pulls a gun on her best friend with putting her down. Its confession. “I’m Immune,” Ellie Talls HER, THEN PROMISES WILL WAKE UP UNCHANGED AND THAT DINA HOLD A GUN ON HER FOR AS LONG AS SHEES IS NECESSARY. Dina Goes along with this, and when it becomes clear that ellie is teling the Truth, two dramatic Events Happy Back to Back: Dina Reveals Pregnant, and the Two Begin Out. When they wake up, each eats some jerky to counteract morning Breath before Kissing Again. Postapocalyptic life clearly has its downsides.
As the sun comes up, ellie tells dina the which story, About how she’d been bitten before and why she covered the bite with tattoos. THEN DINA MAKES HERN CONFESTION: She has wanted to be with ellie for a long time. In fact, she’s imagined a future in which the two make a life together, with kids and everything. Dina has hated this for a while, Despite the complicated Relationship with jesse that led to her pregnancy. “We’re All Having a Baby,” Ellie Concludes. THEN A MESSAGE ON THE WLF WALKIE-TALKIE THEY’VE STOPS PROMPTS BOTH DINE AND ELLIE TO ALL THOUGHTS ASIDE. They know where to find wlf headquarters and abby. Ellie Suggests Dina Stay Behind, Things Being Different Now. But dina won’t be left beebind. The episode ends with her saying a single word to definer Situation: “Together.”
• The conflict between the heavily armed wlf and the less resourced but Still Dangerous serpahites, A deeply Religiious Group Not Ampic, Doesn’t Map Directly on Any Real-WORLD Situation, Buttit Paralles Paralles Between Current Global Global. Specific, Neil Druckmann Has spoken About How and Drew Inspiration from Growing Up in Israel and Witnesssing the Cycle of Violence of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. That’s a Heavy Topic for a Zombie Show to take on, of Course, but the series so far seams to follow the example of the game, which Attempts to Immerse Players in the Middle of Morally Knoty Situations. We have that both the wolves and the seraphite are Capable of atrocities. We Also See that Each Side has Its Own Reasons for What it DOES. In some ways, it’s an an expansion of themes that the series has already introduced. We love Joel, but it is just as ease to see Why abby Woul Think Him a Monster. And Why Ellie Wold Think Abby a Monster. And on and on. That Ellie and Dina repeatedly put their feelings for each other to the side in the interest of vengeance is one of this episode’s saddest details. SOMESTEMES HATE TAKES PREDENCE OVER EVERYTHING ELSE, No MATTER The Cost.
• Ellie is too Young to Remember “Take me” being a hit the first time around. Then Again, She’s too Young to Remember Anyother being a hit the first time around. Globally, the Biggest Song Ever Recorded by the Norwegian Pop Group a-ha, but a-ha Enjoyed a long career after that breakthrough, Finding consistent success in Europe. They’re still around, though, apparently, they’ve Become one of those those bands who really interact with one another when not onstage.
• if you put Money on Josh Peck (a) showing up in an episode of The Last of US and (b) playing a Huge jerk, well, you just had a Big Payday.
• You know what’s always a good thing? When Jeffrey Wright Shows Up. He’s reprising the roles he played in The Last of Us Part II (The Game, in Case there’s any confusion).
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