Followers of The Final of Us are nonetheless reeling from the surprising scene in Season 2, Episode 2. Even followers of the video video games who noticed it coming nonetheless observe that the scene was much more jarring with actual actors versus computer-animated characters. Now that the main target has shifted and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is out for revenge, the highlight is on her and Dina (Isabela Merced) as they navigate the harmful terrain in the hunt for Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) to avenge Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) loss of life.
Fortunately, that wasn’t the final followers noticed of Joel, nevertheless. He returned in Season 2, Episode 6, by way of flashback (technically on the finish of episode 5) to supply extra context for one of the vital repeated teasers of the season.
Ellie Saying “You Swore” Wasn’t What You Thought
Seen time and again within the trailer and promos for the present is a scene with Ellie yelling angrily at Joel, saying, “You swore!” The belief is that this pertains to the occasions of the Season 1 finale. On this episode, Ellie is captured by Fireflies, who take her right into a room the place docs plan to work on her to hunt out a treatment. Nonetheless, Joel realizes on this second that the process would kill Ellie within the course of.
Whereas he’s taken away by Marlene (Merle Dandridge) to forestall him from interfering in what may be their solely hope for a treatment, Joel escapes. And he’s on the warpath. He kills a number of troopers, together with two who give up. He additionally kills Ellie’s surgeon, who followers later discover out was Abby’s (Kaitlyn Dever) father. Joel departs the constructing carrying Ellie in his arms whereas she continues to be unconscious. When he’s stopped by Marlene, he kills his previous pal, too.
When Ellie lastly involves, and they’re safely away from the Fireflies, Joel lies to her. He tells her that the Fireflies did not develop a treatment from different immune folks they’d come throughout. Ellie wasn’t the one one. He says that raiders arrived, and he needed to get her out. He does this as a result of he is aware of Ellie would have been keen to danger her life for the treatment even when she knew she would die, feeling it was her goal in life. He additionally didn’t need her to dwell with the guilt of realizing she is the one one who might doubtlessly cease the outbreak and didn’t. Ellie asks Joel to swear to her that this story is true, and he reluctantly does.
Quick-forward to Season 2, and it’s logically assumed that when Ellie says “you swore” within the trailer, she’s speaking about this lie that she finally discovers. She does study the reality earlier than Joel dies, however her response is completely different. This explicit line, nevertheless, pertains to a totally completely different lie, and the one which drove a wedge between Joel and Ellie for thus lengthy.
It is All About Gail’s Husband
The true story begins when Joel takes Ellie out on her first run after she has been coaching with Jesse (Younger Mazino), and he units out to indicate her the ropes. Alongside the way in which, they arrive throughout Eugene (Joe Pantoliano), Gail’s (Catherine O’Hara) husband. Eugene has been bitten, and he doesn’t have a lot time left. He begs to be tied up and brought again to the neighborhood so he can see his spouse, Gail, one final time, and communicate to her. Joel doesn’t suppose it’s a good suggestion, however Ellie urges him that it’s no large deal. It’s the proper factor to do.
After some forwards and backwards, Joel reluctantly agrees, however he sends Ellie away to prep whereas he will get Eugene prepared. She asks him to vow that he’ll deliver Eugene again with them, and he swears. As a substitute, nevertheless, Joel executes him. Ellie catches him within the aftermath, and he or she’s livid. They wrap up Eugene’s physique and convey it again to the neighborhood.
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When presenting the physique to Gail, Joel lies and says that Eugene was in a nasty manner. He didn’t need her to see him like that, and he did the deed himself. Gail hugs Joel, thanking him for bringing her husband house. However Ellie can’t stand the lie. “He’s mendacity,” she says as Joel has a shocked look on his face. She tells Gail the reality, ridding herself of the guilt and displaying Joel that she won’t sit idly by whereas he loses his sense of humanity. From there, their relationship is strained.
What Does Ellie Truly Say In regards to the Fireflies?
Somewhat than the explosive reveal viewers might need anticipated, Ellie and Joel’s dialog concerning the Fireflies is extra subdued. Ellie tells Joel she found the reality concerning the Fireflies when he lied to her about Eugene, and he gave her the identical look he did again then. That is when it clicked, although she admits that she thinks she knew the entire time, however did not wish to admit it to herself.
Wiping away tears, she tells Joel what he already is aware of. That if she holds the treatment, it is her goal, and he or she ought to have died. She calls him egocentric, however he tearfully tells her it is as a result of he loves her “in a manner you may’t perceive.” Ellie responds, “I don’t suppose I can forgive you for this, however I wish to strive.”
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Ellie realizes on this second, and after what Joel did for her on the celebration, that he actually does love her like a daughter. Sadly, with Joel gone, Ellie won’t ever really be capable of forgive him, nor inform him as a lot. However a minimum of, she’ll be capable of avenge him towards the folks he protected her from.
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