#The last of us part 2 discussion series#

So, what does it all mean? Well, you can read the end of Ellie's story in a number of different ways, but here's my two cents. 'I don't think I can ever forgive you for that', she admits, letting an uncomfortable pause set in, before adding, 'But I'd like to try.' An awkward goodbye ends their final conversation together, and it's back to the present day, where we see Ellie put down the guitar, the camera panning out to the window as we watch her walk back out into the wilderness. 'If somehow the Lord gave me a second chance at that moment, I would do it all over again,' replies Joel, refusing to express any remorse or regret for robbing Ellie of her chance to save humanity.

On the night before his death, she had visited Joel's home, confronting him for continuing to interfere in her life long after she cut him out of it after discovering what really went down with the Fireflies all those years ago. She picks up the guitar, starts playing (as best she can without the two fingers she lost fighting Abby), and recalls the memory that flashed before her eyes while she had Joel's killer in her clutches. Ellie returns to Wyoming to find her farmstead home vacated, aside from her studio of music and paintings.

#The last of us part 2 discussion series#

The Last of Us HBO series (opens in new tab) : Everything we know so farĮventually, Ellie gets the upper hand, and begins to drown Abby underwater, but another memory of Joel apparently triggers one final act of mercy, and she lets her escape with Lev by boat.