The Last of US Season 2, episode 5 teaser finally triggers a favorite horror by fans

The last of us Season 2 has so far been exceptional, with the type of strong narrative that we would expect from the creative team. Now, it seems that it is about to fully support one of the most terrifying mechanics of the video game.

HBO has just dropped the teaser for the episode of next week, “Feel Her Love”, and it seems that the spores are finally making their debut.

Until this point, the series has largely eliminated this element of the infection by opting for the winemakers during the air transmission, but fans of the game know how big the spores are. They are lethal, invisible and a reminder that the world of The last of us It is always hostile, even when it is silent.

The teaser resumes immediately after the emotional roller coaster of one week of an episode, “Day One”. Ellie and Dina escape a horde of infect, but not without consequences. Ellie takes a bite to protect Dina, who, until now, had no idea of ​​Ellie’s immunity.

Dina almost shoots Ellie on the head like her first reaction, not knowing that the bite is not a death sentence.

Fortunately, Ellie manages to convince her and the moment of terror quickly transforms into a tender and revealing moment. Dina tells Ellie that she is pregnant with Jesse’s son. That tension therefore leads to intimacy.

But the moment he really hit home for fans of the game came when Ellie discovered a music store on the run and found a guitar. What followed was a soft and fragile performance of “take on me” of A-Ha, a nod directed to a touching moment of the second game.

“[In the show]It is as if I have fully embracing not only the love for her, but I also feel the love she has for Joel, “said Isabela Merced (Dina) in GQ.

“And that’s why it is so emotional. It is a moment of beautiful pain, happy pain, that it is so delicate and fragile, and expressed so magnificently through music, and music is such a great component of the game. That song will never be the same. [Dina and Ellie]. “

Now, with the spores that enter the picture, the stakes are about to awaken. The teaser shows that Ellie and Dina come across a grotesquely decomposed infected body and if the show follows the logic of the game, that corpse could still be contagious.

The infected bodies continue to issue spores long after death, creating invisible death areas for anyone dares.

Will the show finally force your characters to wear antigas masks as in the game? Or will he continue to reinterpret the way the Cordyceps mushroom behaves in this world? In any case, the episode of next week promises to immerse yourself at the head of head in another piece of what has made the original game so memorably terrifying.