The Last Of Us - Season 1- Episode 7 Online

For forty glorious minutes, The Last of Us becomes a coming-of-age teen drama. And it’s absolutely wonderful. But this is The Last of Us . The rot is always there, even in paradise.

"Left Behind" is a risk that pays off spectacularly. It’s a smaller, quieter episode that relies entirely on character and emotion over spectacle. Storm Reid delivers a career-best performance as Riley—so full of light and life that her inevitable end feels like a personal wound. The Last of Us - Season 1- Episode 7

We watch her try to stitch Joel’s wound. We watch her fail. We watch her realize that the man who has become her surrogate father is slipping away, and she has no medicine, no car, and no plan. For forty glorious minutes, The Last of Us

When Riley confesses she’s been reassigned to the Fireflies’ front lines in another city, their fight is devastating because it’s so real. "You’re a soldier," Ellie spits. "I’m not going to be your friend while you go off and die." The rot is always there, even in paradise

We now understand Ellie’s infamous line from Episode 1: "I’ve been waiting for my turn to die." She isn't being edgy. She’s haunted. She lost Riley—the first person she ever loved—not to a hero’s death, but to a cruel accident of fate. And then she had to kill her.