By the end of the second season of THE LAST OF US, audiences should be questioning who the protagonists and antagonists are in the story. That element was polarizing for the video game, as some gamers had to play as characters they wanted to leave as non-player characters (NPCs). However, despite the misleading marketing of the second video game, that’s not the story that Neil Druckmann wanted to share with the world. That story involves lesbians and forces audiences to watch Ellie and Abbey take center stage.
If you’re upset that two women are the focal point of one of the greatest games (and now TV series) ever created, please stop reading this review; it’s not for you. If you are ecstatic over the complexities of the universe that Druckmann created, please continue on.
With that out of the way – holy sh*t what a gut-punch cliffhanger of a season finale. Audiences are left wondering about Ellie’s fate and now know what the third season of this hit series will focus on (which I won’t spoil in my review). My only nit for season two was that outside of a few of the earlier episodes, there wasn’t a lot of Infected. This made the season less intense as it focused primarily on the character development of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Merced).
At one point in season two, Dina tells Ellie, “We need to go home.” I wish that Ellie would listen to her advice. Yet, I also don’t since it would end one of the best shows on TV in 2025.
THE LAST OF US SEASON 2 is available on HBOMax.
