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Sep 10, 2024 · "The Last of Us" will bring back Joel and Ellie for a season 2 on HBO and Max. Here's everything you need to know, including the release date, cast, news and more.
Jun 19, 2020 · Joel is only trying to help, but a previous flashback revealed that their relationship has passed a breaking point after Joel admitted to what he'd done in Salt Lake City at the end of The Last of Us Part 1 – killing the Fireflies to stop Ellie's fatal surgery that might've resulted in a vaccine.
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By Vic Hood
last updated 3 July 2020
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The ending sequence of The Last of Us 2 really begins following Ellie and Abby's fight in the theatre. Abby, having overpowered a vengeful Ellie, leaves her counterpart alive but tells her that she never wants to see her face again.
We then cut to 18 months later. Ellie and Dina reside in the big country house they had always dreamed of, complete with vegetable allotments and a flock of sheep. Dina has given birth to a baby boy called JJ (named after Joel and Jesse) and the pair are raising him in what appears on the surface to be the perfect family dynamic given the post-apocalyptic state of the world.
However, it becomes evident that Ellie is suffering from PTSD in the aftermath of Joel's death. Despite appearing to have moved on, Ellie can't sleep and suffers flashbacks to her ordeal. After all, she never truly got her revenge.
Things come to a head when Joel's brother Tommy shows up at the house, telling Ellie and Dina that he has located Abby, and berating Ellie when the couple tell him that they've moved on. But Ellie hasn't moved on and she later decides to follow the lead, in a final attempt to avenge Joel's death. Despite Dina telling her that she won't put herself or JJ through this ordeal again, Ellie sets off for Santa Barbara, where Abby is apparently living on an abandoned ship on the shore.
Meanwhile Abby and Lev who, following the lead given to them by Owen before his death, are in search of the Fireflies in a suburb in Santa Barbara. The pair have now developed a relationship akin to that of Ellie and Joel's: the grizzled adult and the smart-mouthed teen. While Ellie seems haunted by what happened years before, Abby and Lev have let go, in search of a better future.
However, while it seems that Fireflies have been residing in the house that Abby's tip has led them to, they're long gone, and the pair are captured by a group called the Rattlers and taken hostage.
The Last of Us 2's ending is a hard pill to swallow. Throughout the game, our perception of Ellie shifts somewhat as we begin to empathize more with Abby. After all, the parallels between the two characters become increasingly clearer and both women are simply fighting to avenge someone they love.
However, Abby grows throughout the game, developing a bond with Lev despite their tribal differences, refusing to let Owen make her his mistress and showing mercy to Ellie. Abby lets go of her revenge mission and gains more than she ever had previously - her power is in her ability to let go.
On the other hand, Ellie is blinded by her vendetta, and feels she will never truly get closer until her avenges Joel's death. She is wrapped up in her own guilt about how her relationship with Joel ended, the part she played in his death and the sheer grief of the traumatic situation she endured. But, despite having built a somewhat idyllic life that was paving the way for a brighter future, she didn't know when to let go. As a result, Ellie lost everything.
Not only did she lose her own sense of self, she lost the family she had built in Jackson and the picture-perfect life she had built with Dina. She even lost the ability to play guitar, something which helps her feel connected with Joel.
The Last of Us 2's ending is heartbreaking and poignant. But while many loose ends are tied up in a neat little bow, we still have some questions.
For a start, where is Ellie heading off to? And what's her plan next? We could see our broken protagonist heading back to Jackson to try and rebuild or perhaps even sentencing herself to a lonesome life on the road. We're hoping she's going to track down Dina and JJ to beg forgiveness. Dina could have headed back to Jackson but that seems a bit too easy - we're just hoping they'll be reunited once more.
However, given that a lot of the game is played as Abby, have we perhaps seen the last of Ellie? It could be that future The Last of Us games focus on Abby from here on. After all, we don't know where Abby and Lev are heading to following their escape. The assumption is that the pair are going to hunt down the reformed Fireflies, wherever they may be. Because, despite the Rattlers disrupting their communication, it seems like Owen's tip was legit.
But, with Ellie still alive, she remains the only immune person that we - and Abby - know of. So we could see Abby reuniting with the Fireflies, then hunting down Ellie to finish her late father's work in creating a cure for the Infected.
Regardless of who we will be playing, it looks like a potential The Last of Us 3 will focus on the reformed Fireflies. But don't expect any news on that anytime soon as Naughty Dog hasn't confirmed if there will be another entry in the series - plus we all need time to recover from the sequel...
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