Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Last of Usseason 2, episode 1, and The Last of Us Part II.
The Last of Us' season 2 premiere begins by revealing who Abby is right off the bat — and one of her lines ominously foreshadows the scene I’m dreading the most.The Last of Usseason 2, episode 1, “Future Days,” picks up five years after season 1. But before the five-year time jump, the episode shows a different perspective of Joel’s massacre at St. Mary’s Hospital. The surviving Fireflies bury their dead, and while the others are focused on finding a new home,one of them is singularly focused on a different goal: finding Joel and making him pay.
This isAbby Anderson, played by Kaitlyn Dever, the third playable character inThe Last of Us Part IIand the most important new addition to the TV show’s cast in season 2.In the game, players don’t find out who Abby is or what her motivation is to kill Joel until halfway through the story, when flashbacks go back to fill in her past. But the TV show tells us who Abby is and what she wants to do upfront, and one of her lines sets up what will be the season’s most horrifying moment.
Abby Doesn’t Just Want To Kill Joel – She Wants Him To Suffer
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From her first scene, it’s clear thatAbby wants to kill Joel.She despises him for killing all her Firefly comrades and depriving the world of a cure for the Cordyceps infection, so she wants to find him and kill him. Her friends reluctantly agree to go along with her quest for revenge, but Abby doesn’t just want to kill Joel; she specifies that she wants to kill him “slowly.” She really wants him to suffer for his actions.
Abby’s First Scene In The Last Of Us Teases Season 2’s Most Heartbreaking Moment
Joel’s Death Is The Most Shocking & Emotionally Devastating Scene From The Game
Abby’s introduction instantly sets up the most shocking and emotionally devastating moment from the game:Joel’s brutal death. In the game, Joel and Tommy run into Abby while on patrol and flee from a horde of infected back to a chalet where Abby and her friends are staying. At this point, Abby reveals that she knows who Joel is, and she came to Jackson to kill him. Just as she promises in the TV show,she kills him slowly — with a golf club.
What makes the scene even more heartbreaking in the game is that Ellie finds them before the deed is done.
What makes the scene even more heartbreaking in the game is that Ellie finds them before the deed is done. Watching Joel get tortured to death would be horrifying enough, buthaving Ellie pinned to the ground, forced to watch it happen, is so much worse. This will undoubtedly be the most upsetting sequence inThe Last of Usseason 2, and the premiere episode telegraphs it right from the offset.
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The Last of Us is a post-apocalyptic drama series set two decades after a global catastrophe. It follows Joel, a seasoned survivor, who is tasked with escorting Ellie, a teenage girl, across a desolated United States, transforming into a harrowing journey of survival and companionship.
