The Last of Us Recap: Into the West

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Though most of this episode takes place on the other side of a time jump, its opening depicts the immediate aftermath of the events of the previous episode via two scenes: one of quiet mourning and one of resounding grief and rage. The first belongs to Tommy, whom we see gently tending to Joel’s body and asking Joel to give his love to Sarah, the daughter Joel lost at the onset of the cordyceps infection. It’s a moment made all the more affecting by the slow pan back that ends...