A spore grows in Wyoming as HBO’s hit zom-dram returns for its sophomore season.
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Joel acted out of love.
He acted out of love.
‘The Last Of Us’ season 2 episode 1.Credit:Liane Hentscher/HBO
And nothings been the same since.
But Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) has other ideas.
She wants to find the man who destroyed everything for the sake of one little girl.
Pedro Pascal and Catherine O’Hara in ‘The Last of Us’.Liane Hentscher/HBO
And when she does, she plans to kill him.
Slowly, she grits out.
When we kill him, we kill him slowly.
Isabela Merced’s Dina in ‘The Last of Us’.Liane Hentscher/HBO
So what caused the rift?
One obvious answer hinges on just how much Ellie knows about Joels big lie five years ago.
But her expression and subdued demeanor afterward suggested Ellie wasn’t buying what Joel was selling.
Theres some good news, at least: Joels in therapy!
And theres some even better news: his therapist, Gail, is played by the greatCatherine OHara.
In fact, she goes first, telling Joel that she hates him for killing her husband, Eugene.
(Its notthathe did it, itshowhe did it.)
And now the girl Joel saved has moved into the garage attached to their home.
Not even Dinas aware of Ellies secret, despite their obviously close friendship.
Downtown Jackson in ‘The Last of Us’ season 2.Liane Hentscher/HBO
Ellie doesnt take the bait, but she does take herlate mothers switchbladeon the way out the door.
), and Ellies into someone who isnt Kat.
Not Ellie, though.
Ellie barks at the almost human-sounding creature to run at her, but it darts away and hides instead.
But its already on the move and blindsides Ellie with a tackle from the side.
(The less said about the tendril wiggling into the open wound, the better.)
Intelligent zombies aredefinitelynot a positive development.
Long story short, Ellie loves her and is terrified of screwing everything up.
I think they should be terrified of you.
Okay, is it hot in here, or is it these two?
The women apologize and start to leave until Seths muttered slur has Ellie whipping back around to confront him.
But Joel handles it for her, barreling into Seth from the side like a freight train.
(Actually, he barrels into Seth like the Fungus Queens attack on Ellie.)
Once Seth is neutralized, Joel immediately checks that Ellies okay.
Not a tense enough start to the new year for you?
Don’t worry; two new threats are creeping toward the city in the earliest hours of 2029.
One is a mass of tiny, twisting tendrils wriggling through one of the city’s mainline.
