Warning: This text comprises spoilers for The Final of Us season 2, episode 1, and gentle spoilers for The Final of Us Half II.
There are some key moments in The Final of Us’ season 2 premiere which may not appear too necessary now, however viewers who didn’t play the online game ought to take note of and bear in mind. The Final of Us season 2, episode 1, “Future Days,” picks up 5 years after the season 1 finale. Joel and Ellie are absolutely settled into their new dwelling in Jackson, Wyoming, and a bunch of surviving Fireflies with a grudge are coming to actual revenge. The episode deviates wildly from the online game, however the sequence remains to be telling the identical story at its core.
Some scenes within the season 2 premiere are ripped straight from the sport, like Ellie and Dina’s sweep of a stalker-infested grocery store and the New 12 months’s Eve celebration at Jackson, the place Dina kisses Ellie for the primary time. The season begins off fairly sluggish, nevertheless it has lots of necessary plot factors to arrange — and this episode is all setup. Since all the numerous exposition is ingeniously buried in naturalistic dialogue between the characters, it may be laborious to inform which data is a very powerful with out figuring out the place the story goes. So, I’m right here to assist.
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Dina’s Historical past With Jesse
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Though the season premiere establishes a very heartwarming romance between Ellie and Dina, it additionally introduces their exes. Dina’s ex-boyfriend, Jesse, is the chief of all of the patrols, and Ellie’s ex-girlfriend, Kat, is the chief of their specific patrol. Kat is talked about in dialogue and journal entries within the recreation — and she or he seems in one of many “misplaced ranges” on the PS5 remaster — however she by no means really exhibits up on-screen. Jesse, then again, has a serious function in The Final of Us Half II, and his romantic historical past with Dina is an enormous a part of it.
As Ellie begins her relationship with Dina, Dina’s long-standing intimacy and emotional reference to Jesse makes her insecure and jealous. Within the recreation, when Jesse and Dina are in a room collectively, Ellie awkwardly leaves, as a result of she seems like she’s getting in the way in which. Jesse and Dina have had an extended, on-and-off romance that’s formally over now, however that relationship will nonetheless have large ramifications on the story going ahead, so don’t overlook about it.
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Tommy’s Sharpshooting Expertise
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Early on within the season premiere, Tommy is seen giving Ellie a sharpshooting lesson along with his sniper rifle, educating her tips on how to decide off stray contaminated from afar. That is similar to a sequence from the sport that seems as a flashback midway by Ellie’s playable adventures. There are even just a few strains lifted straight from that stretch of the sport, like Tommy’s recommendation to compensate for the bullet drop. A very powerful factor to remove from this sequence is that Tommy is a very good shot who is aware of his method round a long-range firearm.
There’s a sequence arising that may put Tommy’s sharpshooting expertise to good use. It doesn’t occur till actually far into the sport, so the TV present most likely received’t get round to adapting it till season 3 (if in any respect). Nevertheless it’s a jaw-dropping second within the recreation, so simply keep in mind that Tommy is a gifted sniper. Season 1 established that Tommy is a Gulf Battle veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, which arrange why he’s such an amazing sharpshooter.
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Gail Mentions Her Husband, Eugene
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The season 2 premiere introduces a brand new character who didn’t seem within the video games: Joel’s therapist Gail, performed by Catherine O’Hara. She mentions her husband, Eugene, who additionally didn’t seem within the video games, however was talked about just a few instances. Within the premiere episode, Gail mentions that she resents Joel for killing Eugene. It’s implied that Joel put Eugene down after he bought contaminated, nevertheless it’s additionally implied that Eugene’s demise was suspicious, so which may not be the case in any case.
Joe Pantoliano has been solid to play Eugene within the present, so a future episode will undoubtedly return and present what Joel did to Eugene in a flashback. Within the recreation, it’s established that Eugene is humorous, lonely, an electronics professional, and a weed fanatic. However most significantly, it’s revealed that he’s a former Firefly who served with Tommy. That most likely had one thing to do with why Joel killed him.
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Joel Takes Ellie’s Guitar To Get New Strings
Joel and Ellie solely share a few transient interactions within the season premiere, they usually’re all fairly heartbreaking. One of many subtlest moments of heartbreak is when Joel stops by Ellie’s storage for a go to and finds her guitar mendacity in a pile of junk on the ground, lined in mud. He tells her the strings must be changed and shortly leaves to exchange them for her. He doesn’t need to present it, however Ellie’s disregard for this instrument devastates him. That guitar is a logo of their bond, and she or he’s deserted that image.
It is not clear from the scene within the premiere episode, however Joel gave this guitar to Ellie and taught her tips on how to play it. In line with The Final of Us season 2’s trailer, we’ll get to see this heartwarming second in a flashback in a future episode. Within the recreation, it’s one of many earliest scenes — it occurs even earlier than the time bounce — and it’s probably the most touching scenes. Do not forget that this guitar means quite a bit to Joel, and put together to cry tears of pleasure when he provides it to her.
2
Abby’s Moments With Owen
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Within the recreation, gamers don’t discover out that Abby and her mates are surviving Fireflies till midway by the story, when it’s revealed in a flashback at a vital juncture. However the TV present provides it away upfront. Within the second scene of the premiere episode, Abby and her mates are seen grieving their loss as they bury the lifeless Fireflies exterior St. Mary’s Hospital. Whereas the others are centered on discovering a brand new dwelling, Abby vows to kill Joel slowly to make him pay for killing all their mates and colleagues.
Abby is shut with all her mates right here, however she’s proven to have an particularly shut bond with one in every of them particularly: Owen, performed by Spencer Lord. Owen is the one who talks Abby down and reaches a compromise when she swears vengeance, and he’s the one she locks eyes with as they lastly arrive in Jackson on the finish of the episode. Pay shut consideration to their interactions, as a result of Abby and Owen have an extended and complex historical past collectively that the sequence will dig into.
1
Ellie Sees Joel On His Porch
On the New 12 months’s Eve celebration, after Dina kisses Ellie, Seth makes a homophobic comment, prompting Joel to step in and provides him a shove. Joel expects Ellie to thank him for saving her, however she simply will get offended at him. Ellie has spent the entire episode making an attempt to get out of Joel’s shadow, and he simply put her again in it, so she tells him she doesn’t want his assist and he leaves. Later that night time, when Ellie returns dwelling, she sees Joel taking part in guitar on his porch, however she doesn’t communicate to him.
There’s a bit extra to that interplay that the season 2 premiere leaves out. Within the recreation, we don’t get to see the complete model of that interplay till the very finish, and it recontextualizes the whole epic tome that got here earlier than it. The Final of Us’ TV adaptation may not wait that lengthy to disclose the remainder of this scene, so hold it in thoughts.
Warning: This text comprises spoilers for The Final of Us season 2, episode 1, and gentle spoilers for The Final of Us Half II.
There are some key moments in The Final of Us’ season 2 premiere which may not appear too necessary now, however viewers who didn’t play the online game ought to take note of and bear in mind. The Final of Us season 2, episode 1, “Future Days,” picks up 5 years after the season 1 finale. Joel and Ellie are absolutely settled into their new dwelling in Jackson, Wyoming, and a bunch of surviving Fireflies with a grudge are coming to actual revenge. The episode deviates wildly from the online game, however the sequence remains to be telling the identical story at its core.
Some scenes within the season 2 premiere are ripped straight from the sport, like Ellie and Dina’s sweep of a stalker-infested grocery store and the New 12 months’s Eve celebration at Jackson, the place Dina kisses Ellie for the primary time. The season begins off fairly sluggish, nevertheless it has lots of necessary plot factors to arrange — and this episode is all setup. Since all the numerous exposition is ingeniously buried in naturalistic dialogue between the characters, it may be laborious to inform which data is a very powerful with out figuring out the place the story goes. So, I’m right here to assist.
6
Dina’s Historical past With Jesse
Picture by way of Max
Though the season premiere establishes a very heartwarming romance between Ellie and Dina, it additionally introduces their exes. Dina’s ex-boyfriend, Jesse, is the chief of all of the patrols, and Ellie’s ex-girlfriend, Kat, is the chief of their specific patrol. Kat is talked about in dialogue and journal entries within the recreation — and she or he seems in one of many “misplaced ranges” on the PS5 remaster — however she by no means really exhibits up on-screen. Jesse, then again, has a serious function in The Final of Us Half II, and his romantic historical past with Dina is an enormous a part of it.
As Ellie begins her relationship with Dina, Dina’s long-standing intimacy and emotional reference to Jesse makes her insecure and jealous. Within the recreation, when Jesse and Dina are in a room collectively, Ellie awkwardly leaves, as a result of she seems like she’s getting in the way in which. Jesse and Dina have had an extended, on-and-off romance that’s formally over now, however that relationship will nonetheless have large ramifications on the story going ahead, so don’t overlook about it.
5
Tommy’s Sharpshooting Expertise
Picture by way of Max
Early on within the season premiere, Tommy is seen giving Ellie a sharpshooting lesson along with his sniper rifle, educating her tips on how to decide off stray contaminated from afar. That is similar to a sequence from the sport that seems as a flashback midway by Ellie’s playable adventures. There are even just a few strains lifted straight from that stretch of the sport, like Tommy’s recommendation to compensate for the bullet drop. A very powerful factor to remove from this sequence is that Tommy is a very good shot who is aware of his method round a long-range firearm.
There’s a sequence arising that may put Tommy’s sharpshooting expertise to good use. It doesn’t occur till actually far into the sport, so the TV present most likely received’t get round to adapting it till season 3 (if in any respect). Nevertheless it’s a jaw-dropping second within the recreation, so simply keep in mind that Tommy is a gifted sniper. Season 1 established that Tommy is a Gulf Battle veteran who served in Operation Desert Storm, which arrange why he’s such an amazing sharpshooter.
4
Gail Mentions Her Husband, Eugene
Picture by way of Max
The season 2 premiere introduces a brand new character who didn’t seem within the video games: Joel’s therapist Gail, performed by Catherine O’Hara. She mentions her husband, Eugene, who additionally didn’t seem within the video games, however was talked about just a few instances. Within the premiere episode, Gail mentions that she resents Joel for killing Eugene. It’s implied that Joel put Eugene down after he bought contaminated, nevertheless it’s additionally implied that Eugene’s demise was suspicious, so which may not be the case in any case.
Joe Pantoliano has been solid to play Eugene within the present, so a future episode will undoubtedly return and present what Joel did to Eugene in a flashback. Within the recreation, it’s established that Eugene is humorous, lonely, an electronics professional, and a weed fanatic. However most significantly, it’s revealed that he’s a former Firefly who served with Tommy. That most likely had one thing to do with why Joel killed him.
3
Joel Takes Ellie’s Guitar To Get New Strings
Joel and Ellie solely share a few transient interactions within the season premiere, they usually’re all fairly heartbreaking. One of many subtlest moments of heartbreak is when Joel stops by Ellie’s storage for a go to and finds her guitar mendacity in a pile of junk on the ground, lined in mud. He tells her the strings must be changed and shortly leaves to exchange them for her. He doesn’t need to present it, however Ellie’s disregard for this instrument devastates him. That guitar is a logo of their bond, and she or he’s deserted that image.
It is not clear from the scene within the premiere episode, however Joel gave this guitar to Ellie and taught her tips on how to play it. In line with The Final of Us season 2’s trailer, we’ll get to see this heartwarming second in a flashback in a future episode. Within the recreation, it’s one of many earliest scenes — it occurs even earlier than the time bounce — and it’s probably the most touching scenes. Do not forget that this guitar means quite a bit to Joel, and put together to cry tears of pleasure when he provides it to her.
2
Abby’s Moments With Owen
Picture by way of Max
Within the recreation, gamers don’t discover out that Abby and her mates are surviving Fireflies till midway by the story, when it’s revealed in a flashback at a vital juncture. However the TV present provides it away upfront. Within the second scene of the premiere episode, Abby and her mates are seen grieving their loss as they bury the lifeless Fireflies exterior St. Mary’s Hospital. Whereas the others are centered on discovering a brand new dwelling, Abby vows to kill Joel slowly to make him pay for killing all their mates and colleagues.
Abby is shut with all her mates right here, however she’s proven to have an particularly shut bond with one in every of them particularly: Owen, performed by Spencer Lord. Owen is the one who talks Abby down and reaches a compromise when she swears vengeance, and he’s the one she locks eyes with as they lastly arrive in Jackson on the finish of the episode. Pay shut consideration to their interactions, as a result of Abby and Owen have an extended and complex historical past collectively that the sequence will dig into.
1
Ellie Sees Joel On His Porch
On the New 12 months’s Eve celebration, after Dina kisses Ellie, Seth makes a homophobic comment, prompting Joel to step in and provides him a shove. Joel expects Ellie to thank him for saving her, however she simply will get offended at him. Ellie has spent the entire episode making an attempt to get out of Joel’s shadow, and he simply put her again in it, so she tells him she doesn’t want his assist and he leaves. Later that night time, when Ellie returns dwelling, she sees Joel taking part in guitar on his porch, however she doesn’t communicate to him.
There’s a bit extra to that interplay that the season 2 premiere leaves out. Within the recreation, we don’t get to see the complete model of that interplay till the very finish, and it recontextualizes the whole epic tome that got here earlier than it. The Final of Us’ TV adaptation may not wait that lengthy to disclose the remainder of this scene, so hold it in thoughts.
