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Review: The Last of Us S2
Fungus needs darkness to grow. So do lies.
Humanity’s fragile civilization clings desperately to life amid the ruins of a post-apocalyptic world — surrounded on all sides by rabid cordyceps-infected, ruthless raiders, fanatical cultists, and merciless militant factions. Ellie and Joel barely made it out of Seattle alive after Joel was forced to make an unthinkable choice.
Since then, they’ve lived a relatively quiet life in a remote settlement — but their relationship is no longer what it once was. An unbearable truth, along with new and deadly threats, now threatens to tear everything apart.
In the first season, we followed Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) on a perilous journey across a decaying America, driven by the hope of saving humanity. Their mission was to safely escort Ellie to the Firefly organization’s headquarters in Seattle, where her unique, innate immunity could be the key to developing a cure for the Cordyceps infection.
The journey was long, unforgiving, and filled with loss — but along the way, a powerful bond formed between them, one that closely resembled that of a father and daughter.
After Ellie was put under anesthesia for the operation that was meant to save all of humanity, Joel discovered that the cure would cost Ellie her life…
