In Joel's very unorthodox therapy session with Gail in the first episode of Season 2, we learned that 1) Eugene was her husband. 2) He's been dead for less than a year. And 3) He was shot to death by Joel — presumably because he'd been infected.

Just when we thought the wound of episode 2 might be healing, The Last of Us picks at the scab with episode 6. A flashback episode shows Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal) in happier times, specifically, with a series of Ellie's birthdays in Jackson.

This story contains minor spoilers for The Last of Us season 2, episode 6. It's no secret that fatherhood is a major theme in The Last of Us. But while Joel exists as Ellie's surrogate father figure in both the original video games and the HBO television adaptation,

Here, in chronological order, is every time The Last of Us Season 2, episode 6 broke our hearts.

It's a (not particularly happy) trip down memory lane for Joel and Ellie this week The post ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Memories, Revelations and Broken Promises appeared first on TheWrap.

The Price,' the penultimate episode of season two, brought back Pedro Pascal for a stunning series of flashbacks.

The Last of Us continues to devastate with Season 2’s latest episode, “The Price,” which explores the years Ellie ( Bella Ramsey) spent with her late adoptive dad, Joel ( Pedro Pascal ).

Sunday night’s episode of The Last of Us Season 2 hit pause on Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) increasingly dangerous mission to find Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) to help explain how she really got to this point in the first place.

Enter Season 2, episode 6, an installment of The Last of Us that alleviates my season-long quibbles for one heartbreaking hour. The episode reunites Joel and Ellie in a series of flashbacks spanning years, reminding us of both how impeccable Pascal and Ramsey's chemistry is and how much more well fleshed-out Jackson is compared to Seattle.