The post apocalyptic universe of The last of Us 2 It follows its development full of intensity in its expected television adaptation, and The fourth episode fulfilled its promise to raise the tension level even moresince crucial details were revealed that could change the course of history.
Isaac’s betrayal and the beginning of a covert war
It all starts in 2018 within the quarantine area of Seattleunder the control of Be able to. There we know a group of officers, including one played by the actor Josh Peck (Drake & Josh), who talks with his colleague Burton (Ben Ahlers) about the peculiar custom of calling oppressed citizens “voters”.
The sergeant Isaac It reveals that this nickname is a mockery symbol, since they were removed the right to vote. The scene takes a violent turn when The officer betrays his teammates by launching a grenade inside the vehicle of transport to leave them locked. He is immediately received by Hanrahan, the leader of the Washington Liberation Front (W.L.F.), Who greets him with the phrase: “Welcome to the fight.” The scene ends with Isaac urging Burton to make a key decision.
Ellie and Dina face the ghosts of the past and present
Subsequently there is a jump of 11 years forward. The episode takes up Dina and Ellie’s trip during her first day in Seattle. In an abandoned pharmacy, Dina seeks medicine without success, but finds something that decides to hide. Tensions grow while traveling a partially ruined city, marked by W .LF symbols and destroyed military vehicles.
In the middle of a respite in an abandoned record store, Ellie finds a guitar and sings “take on me” of A-Hawhich causes an emotional reaction in Dina. The connection between the two deepens, although the latent threat is still present.
-Isaac’s dark side and the brutality of the conflict
The narrative focuses on Isaacnow in an impromptu kitchen, while remembering your life before the same time as cruelly questioning a captured member of the Serafitasalso called “Scars”. Despite the prisoner’s supplications, he is tortured with a hot pot and ends up executed, an action that reveals the brutality with which the W .LF faces its enemies.
The exchange reveals that Many members of the W .LF are abandoning the faction To join the Serafitas, reinforcing the tension between both sides.
Revealed secrets and decisions that mark the future
Ellie and Dina manage to infiltrate an installation of the Wolveswhere they find hung and dismembered corpses. Seeing the message “Feel your love” written with blood, Ellie deduces that it was the work of the Serafitas. Soon, the Wolves arrive to cut the bodies and order to eliminate any scar they find. In the middle of chaos, Ellie and Dina escape to a subway tunnel, where a confrontation occurs with an infected.
At a crucial moment, Ellie is attacked but survives, causing Dina to point her weapon by believing that Ellie was bitten. That is when Ellie confesses her immunity, showing her old bite scar. After a night of tension, Dina lowers the weapon … and also reveals that she is pregnant, product of her last relationship with Jesse.
The revelation does not separate the couple. On the contrary, Dina and Ellie reconcile emotionally and physically, sharing their desire for a future together. On the next morning, Ellie jokes that she will be “Dad” of the baby, and although he offers Dina to be left behind in her search for Abby, she refuses: they will tour this path together.
