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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tThe Last of Us follows a group of survivors after a pandemic wipes out most of humanity, but it\u2019s not a virus that causes the catastrophe \u2014 it\u2019s a fungus. The culprit is cordyceps, a real fungus that has evolved in the show to infect humans, who become zombie-like after exposure. While minor characters come [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
She starts to say, \u201cI heard rumors about some kid he took that was supposedly\u2014\u201d until Mel (Ariela Barer<\/strong>) cuts her off saying that the rumors weren\u2019t true. The conversation is held in a makeshift Fireflies graveyard, which seemingly consists of all the bodies Joel put down during the hospital massacre in the season 1 finale.<\/p>\n\n![\"Ellie](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ellie-Has-Teen-Angst-and-the-Fireflies-Promise-Revenge-on-Joel-in-The-Last-of-Us-Season-2-Premiere-698-bella-ramsey_0.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Liane Hentscher\/HBO<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAbby tells the group that their next mission is \u201cfinding\u201d Joel. \u201cNone of this is f***ing fair,\u201d she says. Owen (Spencer Lord<\/strong>) convinces Abby to travel to Seattle to find someone named Isaac (Jeffrey Wright<\/strong>) so they can assist with the hunt for Joel.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen we kill him, we kill him slowly,\u201d Abby says.<\/p>\n
After the title sequence rolls, The Last of Us<\/em> season 2 makes a five-year time jump<\/a>.<\/p>\nEllie, now 19, is perfecting her combat skills \u2014 literally \u2014 with a mini-fight club in Jackson, Wyoming, run by new friend Jesse (Young Mazino<\/strong>). Joel, meanwhile, is running Jackson\u2019s construction crew, which includes Ellie\u2019s best friend Dina (Isabela Merced<\/strong>). Under the pretense of asking Joel for help, Dina reveals tension between him and Ellie.<\/p>\n\u201cCan I ask a question?\u201d Dina says. \u201cWhy is she angry at you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Joel replies, \u201cShe said she was angry?\u201d<\/p>\n
Joel, shaking it off, chalks Ellie\u2019s mood up to \u201cnormal\u201d teenager behavior \u2014 mentioning his late daughter, Sarah, introducing a new and improved Joel Miller. Dina also drops the news that Joel is in therapy.<\/p>\n
Ellie, more or less unhinged, is shooting Infected any chance she gets despite Joel\u2019s protests to take her off patrols. Tommy (Gabriel Luna<\/strong>) has no choice but to side with Ellie, even though that\u2019s not what his older brother wants.<\/p>\nIt seems Joel\u2019s relationship with his sister-in-law Maria (Rutina Wesley<\/strong>) has blossomed as the two are working together on an expansion plan for Jackson. The softer side \u2014 some might even say the daddy side \u2014 of Joel really comes out when he\u2019s with nephew Benjamin as well.<\/p>\nViewers also get an inside look at his aforementioned therapy sessions with Gail (Catherine O\u2019Hara<\/strong>), who\u2019s drunk and knows that Joel \u201cshot and killed\u201d her husband. (He pays for sessions in marijuana.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n
<\/div>Abby tells the group that their next mission is \u201cfinding\u201d Joel. \u201cNone of this is f***ing fair,\u201d she says. Owen (Spencer Lord<\/strong>) convinces Abby to travel to Seattle to find someone named Isaac (Jeffrey Wright<\/strong>) so they can assist with the hunt for Joel.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we kill him, we kill him slowly,\u201d Abby says.<\/p>\n After the title sequence rolls, The Last of Us<\/em> season 2 makes a five-year time jump<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ellie, now 19, is perfecting her combat skills \u2014 literally \u2014 with a mini-fight club in Jackson, Wyoming, run by new friend Jesse (Young Mazino<\/strong>). Joel, meanwhile, is running Jackson\u2019s construction crew, which includes Ellie\u2019s best friend Dina (Isabela Merced<\/strong>). Under the pretense of asking Joel for help, Dina reveals tension between him and Ellie.<\/p>\n \u201cCan I ask a question?\u201d Dina says. \u201cWhy is she angry at you?\u201d<\/p>\n Joel replies, \u201cShe said she was angry?\u201d<\/p>\n Joel, shaking it off, chalks Ellie\u2019s mood up to \u201cnormal\u201d teenager behavior \u2014 mentioning his late daughter, Sarah, introducing a new and improved Joel Miller. Dina also drops the news that Joel is in therapy.<\/p>\n Ellie, more or less unhinged, is shooting Infected any chance she gets despite Joel\u2019s protests to take her off patrols. Tommy (Gabriel Luna<\/strong>) has no choice but to side with Ellie, even though that\u2019s not what his older brother wants.<\/p>\n It seems Joel\u2019s relationship with his sister-in-law Maria (Rutina Wesley<\/strong>) has blossomed as the two are working together on an expansion plan for Jackson. The softer side \u2014 some might even say the daddy side \u2014 of Joel really comes out when he\u2019s with nephew Benjamin as well.<\/p>\n Viewers also get an inside look at his aforementioned therapy sessions with Gail (Catherine O\u2019Hara<\/strong>), who\u2019s drunk and knows that Joel \u201cshot and killed\u201d her husband. (He pays for sessions in marijuana.)<\/p>\n
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