After a masterful season that perfectly shows how a video game adaptation should be madewe come to their conclusion. Ellie and Joel toured the United States, the fight against infected people, and other dangers to reach the fireflies. Despite this, when they finally manage to complete their mission, the result is not what they expected. Marlene’s organization manages to engineer a cure, but its price is much higher than what we thought.
Could it have been possible to create a cure thanks to Ellie?
- One of the biggest questions in the series finale is whether they really could have spawned a cure.
- If we look at what Marlène says, we will realize that the surgeon “he thinks Ellie’s immunity has been in his system since birth”.
- The stump inside works as a barrier, preventing new Cordyceps that enters with other stings from spreading.
- If so, the surgeon can remove the infected cells from inside the young woman to multiply those who have the chemical messages.
- The result of this process would be an effective vaccine for all mankind.
But it’s only true if the scientist is right and his assumptions about Ellie’s immunity are true. Otherwise, it could kill the young woman and get nothing, making their sacrifice in vain. That said, it is quite clear that, In the world of The Last of Us, having a little hope means a lot and that many people would kill her if there was any chance of a cure. What is certain is that, due to Joel’s decisions we will never know what the reality is.
Why does Joel kill so many people?
Another question that may arise about what happens at the conclusion of Episode 9 of The Last of Us has to do with Joel’s bloodthirsty attitude. Despite could have prevented the death of some members of the Fireflies, but decides to kill them all in cold blood. This decision may seem very extreme, but it has a fairly simple rationale.
From the beginning of the episode we see that Ellie and Joel’s relationship has changed and they are like father and daughter. The survivor begins to remember his late daughter when he is with Ellie, revisiting his painful memories. When they’re apart and he thinks he’s going to lose her too, something activates inside him, he begins to brutally and methodically make his way, ready to do anything to prevent a tragedy from happening again. The reason why he kills everyone becomes very clear at the end, when Marlène begs to let her live and replies: “Do you want to come back to come for her” before running it.
What happens to Joel and Ellie after
- The Last of Us season 2 has already been confirmedwe therefore know that the lives of Joel and Ellie will follow the same course as in the video games.
- According to what happened in The Last of Us part 2the protagonists they return to Jackson to live with Tommy’s community.
- The events of the second game begin shortly after his arrival, when Joel confesses to his brother the truth about what happened.
Everything we know about The Last of Us season 2
Although it is impossible to know exactly when The Last of Us season 2 will arrive, since it has just been confirmed, we can think of an approximate release date. Most likely, due to the high caliber of its actors and the amount of resources we were able to appreciate in the first installment, don’t see the next season until the end of 2024 or even 2025.
These types of series are usually very expensive because they are, so to speak, the flagships of streaming platforms. Being such expensive productions, both HBO Max like the rest of the services, they usually give them more development time, to ensure a good result and gain subscribers. Finally, we must not forget the huge restructuring process that HBO underwent last year after changing ownership.