The Last Of Us EP 6 Breakdown: The game was harder.

The Last Of Us EP6 has arrived and a lot happened this episode, even though this was less then an hour.

This week we finally got the reunion between Tom and Joel and was introduced to the towns of Jackson and their leader Maria. Gabriel Luna plays Tommy here in the show and he does an absolutely fantastic job at embodying the character, he even sounds just like Tommy from the games. I loved going in depth on Joels and Tommys relationship and seeing how Tommy was trying to move on from their past compared to Joel who finds it very hard to let go of.

It was also great to see how well Jackson had translated into live action. This town wasn’t in the first game, but is where we pick up at the beginning of season 2. Also a nice tease for season 2 was when Elle shouted at one of the kids to stop staring at her. That charter looked identical to Dina, who is Ellie girlfriend in Part 2. There was no clear confirmation that it was Dina but i have a hard time believing it isn’t after how they styled her.

This episode also brought that famous argument from the games to the show where Ellie feels like Joel is abandoning her because she reminds him too much of his daughter. This really highlighted the chemistry that Pedro and Bella have with each other and shows the bond they have developed over this past season. I like how here as well Joel ended up giving Ellie a choice of who she wanted to go with and without even thinking picking Joel.

Near the end we got a sort of montage of them travelling together and it just shows the bond they have both formed and how comfortable they are with each other now. This episode ended with them exploring the university, which i must say was much harder in the game as it was full of the dead. However here they did just skate right through it. Although Joel still got injured by protecting Ellie which shows how much he now cares for her. It was also very emotional to see how Ellie needed Joel to be okay at the end as he passed out.

What did you think of this weeks episode and are you excited for episode 7?