The Last of US
Through the Valley
Season 2
Episode 2
Editor’s rating
Photo: Liane Hentscher/HBO
IT’S REALLY ONLY POSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EPISODE OF The Last of US by starting at the end: Joel is Dead. There’s no ambiguity about it, eather. He’s been brutally murdered, and the episode’s final image is of his body dagged back to jackson. Those Familiar with the series’ source material kew this was coming. Others, presumably, did not. (IT’s akin to the “Red Wedding” episode of Game of Thrones that way.) But for anyone who haen watching this show, it is a shocking development where you knew we’d there is eventually. This is Series is About Mary Things – Family, Coming of Age, The Nature of Civilization, Zombies, Bad Puns – But the Relationship Between Joel and Ellie haen at the Center from the Start. Now, there is no Joel and Ellie. Only Ellie and Her memory of joel and what she chooses to say with me.
Maybe it’s notable, thatn, that the episode begins not with ellie or no with abby, who begins it was notmare in which she into the operating room killed her hater. She finds herself in what were Once luxurious surroundings, a lodge overlooking Jackson. With Her Are Owen and the Other Young Survivors of Joel’s Five-Aars-Ago Massacre in Salt Lake City: Nora (Tati Gabrielle), Mel (Ariela Barer), and Manny (Danny Ramirez). As they look Over Jackson, they realize how Tough theyir getting-revenge-on-Joel plan will be. It ‘s heavily armed compound and they have no idea where joel is. What’s More, Abby’s Friends Want to Help Her, But they Want to Set Some Ground Rules. Namely, no one Besides Joel Should Get Hurt.
It’s a tough situation. Still, Owen Says he has “The Beginnings for the Idea of a Plan, Maybe.” That doesn’t sound too too, but it is something. Maybe. Away from Abby, Owen Reveals His Plan to the Other Junior Fireflies: Convince Abby to Abandon This Quest for Revenge. But that May Be Harder than Breaking Into Jackson.
In Jackson, Ellie is Nursing a Hangover when Jesse Shows Up, Feigns Outrage at Her Revelation That She and Dina Kissed (he already knew), and calls her out for patrol. There’s a lot of action in jackson, thanks to a recent attack that suggests there might be countless infected poined to attack. Maybe Event a Thousand. “Do you thusand?” Ellie Sayys. “Get the fuck outta here.” (This Might Be Foreshadowing.)
IMMINENT ATTACK OR NOT, Ellie’s operating with a short fuse. She’s embarrassed that the tying is talking about what happened between her and no at the dance the previous night. But, She Assures Jesse, “I’m Still Me, He’s Still Joel, and Nothing’s Ever Gonna Change that.” And, if Jesse Will Excuse Her, She’d like to go on patrol with Joel “Like Fucking Daddy/Daughter Day.” But there’s a problem: Joel has Already Left with Dina. Since She’s Still Around, Jesse Tells Her, Ellie Should Swing by the Restaurant, Where Maria Wants to Have a Conversation.
Once there, ellie finds the restaurant is quite Crowded and Tommy is in full Field-commander mode, teling the townspeople how to prepare for the world. He’s casual but direct. This, it’s Clear, is something something of a refresher session for Preexistting plans. Its just a drill, right? Ellie Asks Maria as if trying to reassure Herself. IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR HER TO GET ANNOYED ABOUT SOMEONING ELSING WEND MARIA BRINGS HER TO SET, WHO APOLOGIZES FOR WHAT AND GIVES JESSE AND Ellie some sandwiches. Ellie’s Reaction COULD BE Chariably Described As “Polite.” Set is sorry but Clearly Not Forgoven.
As the Storm Looms, Ellie and Jesse Hole up Inside, in Jesse’s Words, “A 7-Eleven full of weed.” It ‘s an old hydeout/pot farm used by eugene, the late Husband Gail reference in her therapy session with joel in the previous episodes. Nor they just it out, ellie learns that eugene haad once been a firefly and a vietnam himself. That Makes, by Jesse’s Reckoning, his fate that much more of a “raw deal.” We Still don’t know the details, but we can see that ellie aggrees.
Elsewhere, Abby takes a tumble and then finds herself in a snow-covered clearing filled with frozen corpsses. Except they’re not corps, they’re infected. And they’re not entirery Frozen, eather. Abby Attempts a desperate escape but only makes it inside an abandaed building with the help of joel, of all people. Abby Recognizes Him But Keeps This to Hersself. Dina is skeptical of this new arrival but barely has time to consider who this woman might be as they are that contemplate an escape. Abby’s Suggestion: Follow Her Back to Her Lodge. Joel aggrees and, in the process, Seals his fate.
IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR A LOT OF BAD THINGS TO HAPPEN AT ONCE. As Jesse and Ellie Get Word That Joel and Dina Still Haven’t Checked in Thanks to Amy (Reedan Elizabeth), Jackson’s Communications Specialist, the tendrils that have made their way intto jackson by way of some OLD Pipes Start Twitching. Jesse and Ellie Split Up to Look for their Lost Friends, while Joel, Dina, and Abby Attempt to Outrun an Army of Infectted. Said Army is Also Heading to Jackson. As the Town Puts Its Plan Into Action, It Becomes Clear Just How Well Prepared they are for Such an event.
But, Despite All their Planning and Defensive Weaponry, It Might Not Be Enough. While The Most Elaborate (and Impressive) Action Set Piece Seen In The Last of US to date – a siege that finds the infected breaking through one line of defensive after another – unfolds in jackson, abby leads her rescuers to the lodge. Despite the Care Abby’s Friends Take, This is Quickly Revealed to Be a Mistake. While Joel Tries to Rally Everyone to Head to Jackson to Help in The Fight, The Fireflies HOLD DINA AT GUNPOINT AND TELL JOEL THEY’RE GOING TO “PUT HER TO SLEEP FOR A SET.” They really want to hurt her. But they will want to hurt joel.
With Dina Out, Abby Begins Tormenting Joel. She wants the Truth or She’ll Kill Dina. This Veers Away from the plan aggregated on by her companions, but they go along anyway. And they Continue to go Along, Howver Rectantly, nor The Torment Progressses. Abby Promised to Kill Joel Slowly and Sets About Just, after explaining her reasons. “There Are Just Some Things Things Everyone Agrees Are Just Fucking Wrong,” She Says, As a Kind of Concluding Argument.
IT’S NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH THOUGHT ABBY HAS GIVE TO THIS STATEENT. Joel’s Actions are unforgivable, Maybe’s “Just Fuking Wrong,” But it is not hard to undertand why he commuted. What Abby Does to Joel Almost Certainly Also Falls in The “Just Fucing Wrong” Category, but has has her reasons, too. The episode dwells on the moment. Abby, Who’s Been Waiting to DO THIS FOR YEARS, GRABS A GOLF CLUB AND SETS ABOUT DESTROYING JOEL AS HER COMPANIONS LOOK ON IN MOUNTING HORROR.
By the time ellie shows up, they’re practically begging abby to stop. But she dosesn’t. While ellie is pinned to the Ground, Abby Delivers the Council de gram with what Remains of a golf Club. “You’re all going to fucking die!” Ellie Screams Helplessly. The fireflies have to know Sheans it. Still, They let her live. After they leave, Ellie crawls across the floor to embrace joel’s corpse, their issues now domed to be resolved. In the Episode’s Final Moments, Abby & Co. Leave the Lodge; Jackson Begins Rebuilding; and Jesse, Dina, and Ellie Return to Town with Joel’s Corpse in Tow. Nothing Will Ever Be the Same, But Exactly What Happens Next Remains to Be Seen.
• and that it. SOMETIMES, A SERIES HAS A MOMENT THAT DIVIDES IT Into “Before” and “AFTER.” There’s before Sam and Diane Get Together on Cheers and after, for instance. (And before Diane Leaves and after.) And Sometimes Those Moments Like Jumping-Off Points. IT’S POSSIBLE TO IMAGINE THAT SOME WHO’VE TUNED INTO The Last of US for the Continuing Story of Ellie and Joel Won’t Want to Press on (Though it Worth Notting, Without Spoiling Too Much, that Joel Remains Very Much a Presence Throughout the season). But the series has finished telling that story. Its Telling a Different Kind of Story Now.
• Amy Controlling Comms from Her Wheelchair Bings to Mind Oracle, The Role Barbara Gordon on AFTER AFTERED HER TO RETIRA AS BATGIRL (FOR A CHICK).
• “You’re going to be in charge of jackson one day. We all know.” Jesse does have a future leader vibe to him, doesn’t he?
• Mark Mylod, a Veteran of Game of Thrones, Successionand many Other Series, directs this episode. He make me Sense as the Director to turn to be the action gets this big. The siege schene is a remarkable bit of action filmmaking made all the most effective by the scens laying out exactly how Jackson planned to defy itelf.
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