The Last of Us: Season 2 - Episode 1

Future Days

Written and directed by Craig Mazin

In Salt Lake City, a group of Fireflies bury the dead from the hospital massacre.  Tending her father's grave, one such member Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), vows to find Joel and kill him slowly.

5 years later at Tommy's settlement in Jackson, Wyoming, Ellie (now 19) is estranged from Joel after telling her porky pies about the Fireflies.

Joel visits psychotherapist Gail (Catherine O'Hara), with original character revealing that client killed her husband Eugene.

During a patrol, Ellie kills a new type of infected capable of silent cover and stalking, but is bitten in the process.

At a New Year's Eve party, Ellie and Dina (Isabela Merced) kiss, prompting Seth (Robert John Burke) to call them 'dykes'.  Joel attacks him for doing so, but Ellie doesn't need his fucking help.

As tendrils emerge through a broken sewage pipe, Abby and her crew observe the town from afar.

Bearbque!!!

Before diving in, let's remind ourselves of how TV series altered timeline.

Original game - 2013, 2033-2034.

Season 1 - 1968 (very briefly), 2003 and 2023.

Part II - 2038.

Season 2 - 2028 (effectively 2029 as episode ends on New Year's Eve).

Anyway, Eugene Linden now plays a more pivotal role.

In the game, he only appears in a photograph when Ellie and Dina find his cannabis den.  They mention former Firefly served with Tommy and regularly went on patrols with Dina.  He died from a stroke aged 73.

While by no means a terrible opening, Ellie's unpleasant nature annoyed the hell out of me.

Also, nobody encountering a stalker in 25 years is far-fetched to say the least.

Although that 'event' could easily happen next week, I think shit will be dragged out until number 3, with Gail possibly taking a swing.