The Last of Us Season-Premiere Recap: Welcome to Wyoming

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“Swear to me that everything you said about the Fireflies is true,” Ellie (Bella Ramsey) says to Joel (Pedro Pascal) in the first scene of The Last of Us’s second season (which is also the first season’s final scene). “I swear,” Joel replies. In the wordless moments before Ellie says, “Okay,” and they head to the settlement of Jackson, Wyoming, Ellie has to do some thinking. But the final look on her face suggests that, yes, she believes the man who’s become...