Ellie fights for her life and Joel’s in penultimate episode of ‘The Last of Us’

Ellie and Riley’s story has once again touched the hearts of all ‘The Last of Us’ fans, but after that little throwback, the main adventure continues. A few hours after the premiere of the seventh chapter, the trailer for what will be the penultimate episode of the HBO adaptation has been released, in which Ellie will have to do everything possible to save her and Joel’s lives.

Like every week, after the premiere of the most recent chapter, HBO has released the trailer for the penultimate episode of ‘The Last of Us’, which will put all the elements on the table for the closure of the first season of the series. After learning the history of Ellie and Riley, now the character of Bella Ramsey returns to the present to continue to protect Joel.

As can be seen at the end of the sixth episode, Joel suffers an epileptic fit and Ellie now has to carry him and survive. He eighth episode of ‘The Last of Us’ shows how Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey try to survive when a violent group of survivors arrives at his ranch. Ellie must use whatever resources she has to handle herself against this team of men.

In the trailer, it was confirmed Troy Baker’s appearance in ‘The Last of Us’, who brought Joel to life in the Naughty Dog video games and who returns as James in the HBO adaptation. In the video game, this group were cannibals who put Ellie in great danger, but in the series they appear to be survivors trying to give Ellie a chance to join them.

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‘The Last of Us’ is heading towards its tragic end

As some of you know, ‘The Last of Us’ will have 9 chapters in total, so this week’s episode will leave all the elements ready to close the story between Joel and Ellie. And with the confirmation that Troy Baker returns to this world, fans are wondering when we will see Ashley Johnson, who gave life to Ellie in the video game, and who will play Anna, the mother of the young protagonist in the adaptation. .

The eighth episode of ‘The Last of Us’ is called ‘When We Are in Need’, or in Spanish something like ‘When we are in need’, which seems to reflect the situation that Joel and Ellie will experience. The winter season, as the game has been divided up, is one of the most captivating phases for many fans of the game, but we will have to wait and see what the changes in the schedule will be.

Everything served to close the first season of ‘The Last of Us’, which will have many twists and turns, surprises, but above all tragic stories such as this world has accustomed fans to. The eighth episode will premiere next Sunday, March 5, through the HBO channel and the HBO Max platform.