Explained what happens with Riley at the end of the seventh episode of “The Last of Us”.

It’s no longer a surprise that in the world of ‘The Last of Us’, each of Joel and Ellie’s adventure stories is filled with tragedy and none is spared. But it is that the seventh episode of the HBO adaptation has gone a little further, if possible. And what happens with Riley at the end of the chapter, is still left unfinished for some of the followers.

To begin with, the seventh episode of ‘The Last of Us’ is the adaptation of ‘left behind’, a DLC or downloadable content from the first game, in which a segment of Ellie’s life is explored, just before the main events in Joel’s life begin. This entire section explains the phase where Ellie meets Riley, a school friend with whom she spends an afternoon in a mall.

It’s worth mentioning that there will be spoilers in the rest of the note, so if you haven’t seen the episode of the HBO series, you better come back when you do. With that cleared up, the seventh episode of ‘The Last of Us’ focuses on Ellie and Riley, two best friends from school, who, before the crisis arrives, become survivors. The day before their goodbyes, as Riley has been assigned to another Firefly base, they decide to spend an afternoon together.

For those who have played the video game, it has been possible to realize that the adaptation is quite faithful to what happens in the work of Naughty Dog, except for the ending. In the game, a horde of infected comes to the mall, and after trying to escape, both of them get bitten. But in the series, a jogger bites Riley and Ellie, after they have one of their cutest moments in the costume shop.

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What happened to Riley at the end of “The Last of Us” 7×01?

After being bitten, both arrive at the Fireflies base in Boston, and upon discovering their bites, Tess and Marlene have Riley chained up, because they realize Ellie is immune, which is why they entrust Joel (Pedro Pascal). mission to take the little girl to another base to test her blood and find a cure for the zombie virus.

However, what happens with riley inside ‘The Last of Us’ is that he is dead after being chained up, which is how Ellie explains it in the video game: “When they bit me, I wasn’t alone. There was my best friend. They also bit her. We didn’t know what to do, she said we just waited, that we could be poetic and lose our sanity together. I’m still waiting for my transformation. Her name was Riley and she was the first to die.”

An unconfirmed theory indicates that one night Riley was infected and tried to attack Ellie, as can be seen at the beginning of the chapter. It is then that Ellie makes the difficult decision to end the life of her friend and continue in this world where joy comes only in a few doses.