Warning: This article contains spoilers forThe Last of Usseason 2, episode 1.
Using bricks and bottles to distract the infected is a big part ofThe Last of Us’ gameplay, and the TV adaptation finally includes it in the season 2 premiere. Season 1 had plenty of Easter eggs for eagle-eyed video game fans to pick up on. Sarah gives Joel aCurtis & Viper 2DVD for his birthday, there’s a nod to Ish in the sewer tunnels, anda lot ofThe Last of Us’ voice actors appear in the show. But one Easter egg that would’ve been really easy to include was sadly missing.
InThe Last of Usseason 2, episode 1, “Future Days,” Ellie goes out on patrol and follows a blood trail to a supermarket full of infected. Although everyone else in their squad implores them to turn around and go back to report it,Ellie and Dinago charging into the store to take care of the infected themselves. This scene is rife with Easter eggs — from the Greenplace Market signage to the canine employee of the month — and it finally includes a bottle thrown as a distraction.
The Last Of Us Season 1 Didn’t Feature Any Bricks Or Bottles
It Would’ve Been So Easy To Include One Or The Other
All throughoutThe Last of Usgames,the ground is littered with throwable bricks and bottles that the player can use to distract enemies. Bricks and bottles can also be used as melee weapons. Throwing a bottle at an enemy will briefly stun them, allowing the player to strike, while bricks can be used to beat the infected to death. So, it was pretty disappointing thatseason 1 of the TV adaptation didn’t include a single brick or bottle— it would’ve been so easy to throw one in there!
Ellie Throws A Bottle To Distract A Clicker In The Season 2 Premiere
It’s Even A Brown Beer Bottle Just Like In The Games
When Ellie and Dina sneak into the supermarket, they find a clicker lurking around the upstairs office area. In order to draw it away,Ellie picks up a glass bottle and throws it into the corner. The bottle is even a brown beer bottle, just like all the bottles in the game (although, in the game, it’s just a generic brandless bottle, and in the TV show, it’s a product-placed Bud Light).The sound of the bottle breaking lures the clicker in that direction, allowing Ellie to sneak up behind itand attack it with her knife.
InThe Last of Usgames, bottles take longer to respawn on higher difficulties. On Grounded mode, bottles take three minutes to respawn, whereas it only takes one minute on Easy mode.
This is almost exactly how the player would approach an encounter with a clicker in the games. The only difference is that Ellie jumps up onto the clicker’s back instead of just grabbing it around the neck. It was likely choreographed that way because Bella Ramsey is a little shorter than Ellie is in the games. It only took two years, butThe Last of Ushas finally delivered a bottle. Now, all we need is a brick.
