The tiny detail in 'The Last of Us' episode 3 that explains the show's first mystery

Well, that was a lot.

The Last of Us episode 3 was an emotionally draining experience, with so many moving moments and hidden details that we almost missed one important throwback.

The thing is, though, episode 3 didn't just serve as a beautiful, contained story that shed more light on the different people surviving in a post-Cordyceps world — it also wrapped up a mystery from episode 1.

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