In Episode 8 of TheLastOfUs, Ellie faces a terrifying foe by herself. Our recap:
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Episode 8 of The Last of Us. Episode 7 of The Last of Us, “Left Behind,” ended on a rare note of promise, as Ellie sewed up the wounded Joel , showing that Ellie wouldn’t leave behind her traveling companion, sticking it through no matter the danger. We watched as a vulnerable Joel had to rely on Ellie for his life, the realization of Joel’s fears that he wouldn’t be able to protect her on the journey to the Fireflies.
Ellie and the "Crazy Man" We then cut back to Joel and Ellie. Joel is still prone in the basement of the house they’re hiding out in, but the wound isn’t looking good. She puts water on Joel’s lips, and she shares some of the little food they have left—but Joel is mostly unresponsive. Ellie says she’ll be right back, takes Joel’s rifle, and heads to the woods to hunt. She sees a rabbit, but he runs off, and she trips trying to chase after him.
Ellie says their luck had to run out sooner or later, but David doesn’t believe in luck, that everything happens for a reason. When Ellie seems to not believe him, David says he can prove it to her. David says they didn’t expect the winter to be this rough, so David sent four people to a nearby town to scavenge, and only three come back. The one who didn’t come back, Alec, was a father who had a daughter Ellie’s age. This man was murdered by a “crazy man” who was traveling with a little girl.
Ellie runs back to the house and down to Joel, begging him to get up, but he’s barely awake. Ellie puts a knife in his hands, saying she’s going to lead the men away from him, and that if anyone comes downstairs, he has to kill them, but it’s hard to tell if he can even comprehend what she’s saying. She tells Joel not to fall asleep, but he closes his eyes as she leaves him, barricading his room from the outside, before taking to her horse.
David’s men continue their search for Joel, and one of the men finds another one of the men knocked out in the snow. When the man goes to investigate, Joel knocks him out with the butt of his gun. We cut back inside the house, where Joel has one man tied up, while he beats up another man tied to a chair. When the man he’s punching says he doesn’t know any girl, Joel pulls out his knife and stabs him in the knee.
Ellie asks why he’s saying this, and David says it’s because she can handle it in a way the others can’t. The other people need God, heaven, and a father, but Ellie doesn’t. All David wants is an equal and a friend. David gets closer to the cage, telling Ellie he can tell the others to stop looking for Joel, and they’ll listen to him, as long as Joel leaves them in peace as well.
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