‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap: A Stalker, a Therapist and a Kiss

An opening note to readers: I have played both “The Last of Us” and “The Last of Us Part II.” I will keep these recaps as spoiler free as possible in the coming weeks for show-only readers, though, and will only discuss the changes that the HBO adaptation makes to its source material as they come.

“The Last of Us” Season 2 begins in territory both familiar and not.

The first thing we hear in its premiere, titled “Future Days,” is the same demand Ellie (Bella Ramsey) made of...