What Was Joel’s Promise to Ellie in ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1? Joel agreed to make a harrowing cross-country trip from Boston to Salt Lake City, Utah, to deliver Ellie to the Fireflies, who hoped that ...

But why exactly is Ellie angry? The first episode doesn’t give us a concrete reason, but the context clues from what happened at the end of Season 1 and The Last of Us 2 game provide us with an answer ...

Although Joel's therapy session in the Season 2 premiere of The Last of Us shows the aftermath of his lie to Ellie at the end of the first season, it still left some viewers wondering what happened.

The following contains spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 6, which premiered Sunday, May 18 on HBO. At the end of The Last of Us' Season 2 premiere, Joel and Ellie got into an embarrassing ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 6 of The Last of Us Season 2. Episode 6, the penultimate installment of Season 2, was made up almost entirely of flashbacks to those five intervening ...

The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 “The Path” very clearly explains what happens next to Ellie (Bella Ramsey) after the death of her one constant father figure Joel (Pedro Pascal), but fans of the HBO ...

Joel seemingly agrees and sends Ellie ahead of him, but Joel lies and shoots the man in the woods. When they arrive back at Jackson with Eugene’s body, Joel tells Gail that her husband didn’t want to ...

Stanley began his career in journalism and creative writing during his university studies. From scriptwriting to music, his passion for video games as an immersive storytelling device grew in his role ...

In the second to last episode of Season 2, Ellie finds out about Joel’s lie — and brings viewers to tears. Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 6 of “The Last of Us,” which aired ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...