In the Season 2 Finale of ‘The Last of Us,’ Tensions Reached an All Time High

One of the things we love most about The Last of Us is that it’s never easy. Things happen, and people say stuff that can’t be easily defined or categorised. It’s a show that lives in the grey areas of life. No one is completely good, no one is completely evil, and neither side is right or wrong. It’s up to us, the audience, to figure out how we want to view it. This season, that complexity has taken a back seat at times, with so much of the story laser-focused on the burgeoning love between Ellie and Dina as the pair set off across the country to get revenge on the people who killed Joel. However, in the season two finale, all of the beautiful nuance that makes the show so good came back in a big way. It was an edge-of-your-seat hour of television where the tension and stakes become almost unbearable, leading to an ending that might be a little confusing, but we’ll break it down. And so now, for the last time this season, let’s recap an episode of The Last of Us. When last we left ... Read full article.