{"id":71235,"date":"2025-05-13T09:46:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=71235"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:46:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:46:57","slug":"last-of-us-heres-why-joel-killed-abbys-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/last-of-us-heres-why-joel-killed-abbys-father\/71235\/","title":{"rendered":"Last of Us: Here\u2019s why Joel killed Abby\u2019s father"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Last of Us<\/a>: Throughout the season, Joel (played by Pedro Pascal<\/a>) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey<\/a>) were on a dangerous road trip across a ruined, post-apocalyptic America. Their goal? Reach a special hospital run by a group called the Fireflies, who believed Ellie\u2019s rare immunity to the deadly cordyceps infection could help them develop a cure. The Fireflies, led by Marlene (played by Merle Dandridge), were hoping that Ellie could be the key to saving humanity.<\/p>\n

But when Joel discovered that creating the cure would kill Ellie, because it required brain surgery that she wouldn\u2019t survive, he couldn\u2019t let that happen. Instead of losing the one person he\u2019d come to care for like a daughter, Joel went on a rampage. He wiped out the Fireflies in the hospital and took Ellie away, telling her a lie to protect her: that there were others like her, and the cure wasn\u2019t possible.<\/p>\n

That decision didn\u2019t just end Season 1 with a bang, it had serious consequences. In Season 2, we see that Joel\u2019s lie puts a strain on his bond with Ellie, who starts to question everything. And five years later, that single choice ultimately comes back to haunt him\u2026 and costs him his life.<\/p>\n

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