The Last of Us Will Never Be the Same After Its Most Shocking Episode

I can’t believe they did it. Even before season one of The Last of Us was released, anyone who had played both Last of Us video games looked at a singular event in the second game as a major TV question mark. Could that happen on TV? How would people react? Surely, it would be changed in some manner because there was simply no way. Well, Sunday’s second episode of The Last of Us season two not only had that moment in it, it had it happen at the same time as the game, which is almost as shocking as the moment itself. Almost. We’re talking, of course, about the death of Joel. Yes, we’re sorry to inform you, but that actually happened. You thought you were watching a Pedro Pascal show and now Pedro Pascal’s character is dead. It’s an event that’s going to set the stage for everything that follows this season and next. Of course, we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves. Joel’s death came at the end of an already incredible episode featuring the biggest and scariest action scenes to dat ... Read full article.