{"id":70083,"date":"2025-04-22T16:19:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=70083"},"modified":"2025-04-30T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:20:29","slug":"who-dies-in-episode-2-of-the-last-of-us-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/who-dies-in-episode-2-of-the-last-of-us-season-2\/70083\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Dies in Episode 2 of The Last of Us Season 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the April 20 episode titled <em>Through the Valley<\/em> of <em>The Last of Us<\/em> season two, fans were hit with a brutal and emotional scene that marked the death of Pedro Pascal\u2019s character, Joel Miller. The moment was intense and deeply heartbreaking as Joel was savagely beaten and impaled with a golf club by Abby, played by Kaitlyn Dever. This violent moment was the direct result of past events from season one, where Joel had killed Abby\u2019s father, a Fireflies doctor, in a desperate attempt to rescue Ellie from being operated on.<\/p>\n<p>For fans familiar with the video game <em>The Last of Us Part II<\/em>, this death was not unexpected, as Joel meets the same fate in the game. However, the rawness of the scene made it difficult to watch for many, even for those who knew it was coming. What made the moment even more gut-wrenching was the involvement of Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey, who was forced to witness Joel\u2019s murder while being held captive by Abby\u2019s group. This added another layer of emotional complexity, as Joel had become a surrogate father to Ellie, and his loss was felt deeply by both her and the audience.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s creators, including co-creator Craig Mazin, have been open about their commitment to staying true to the source material. In an interview with IGN, Mazin emphasized the importance of preserving key elements from the game that are essential to the emotional and narrative core of the story. He stated, \u201cWhat we try to do is preserve the aspects of canon that I would call load-bearing walls\u2026 We just try and make the best show, but we do it with, I think, an enormous respect for the aspects of the game that work so well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This tragic moment highlights the emotional depth of the series, with Joel\u2019s death echoing the loss he experienced at the beginning of the outbreak when he lost his own daughter. In a sense, Ellie had filled that void in his heart, making his death even more painful for her. As the show progresses, the emotional fallout from Joel\u2019s death will undoubtedly play a crucial role in the development of both Ellie and Abby\u2019s characters, pushing the narrative forward with profound impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the April 20 episode titled Through the Valley of The Last of Us season two, fans were hit with\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":70084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[14391],"class_list":["post-70083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-the-last-of-us-season-2"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}