The Last of Us: Season 2 - Episode 7

Convergence

Written by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross and Craig Mazin

Directed by Nina Lopez-Corrado

Ellie tells Dina that she didn't murder Nora and simply left her to rot in the basement.

Seattle, Day Three.

Ellie and Jesse leave Dina behind to rendezvous with Tommy at a bookstore, but he's not there.

Over the radio, they hear WLF soldiers reporting a sniper at the marina.

Going upstairs, Ellie remembers the only two words Nora kept saying, 'the 'whale' and 'wheel', referring to the aquarium.

Nora didn't say any such thing by the way, at least not on screen.

Anyway, Ellie and Jesse embark on separate journeys.

Hearing Mel and Owen arguing, Ellie forces them to pinpoint Abby's location on a map.  Owen goes for a gun and is killed instantly when shot in the throat.  The bullet also catches the side of Mel's neck, who before bleeding to death, asks Ellie to perform a low transverse C-section to save her baby.

Err, WHAT?

Jesse arrives with Tommy and they go back to the theatre, where Abby is waiting in the next room.  She shoots Jesse dead and holds Tommy at gunpoint.

How did Abby know of their location? In the game, Ellie left her map behind (dumb yes), but here - she's fucking psychic.

Even though Ellie tells Abby she killed her friends and not Tommy, Abby still points the gun at her and fires, but screen cuts to black.

Two days earlier, Abby is woken up by Manny, showing the WLF are stationed inside a giant baseball stadium.

Bad fuckin' weather

A soul-crushing end to a season full of lows and few highs, that I only stuck with out of morbid curiosity.

Pacing is once again all over the place, with climax horribly rushed. 

Considering live-action Ellie at no point gets physical, I'm therefore confused why back is so badly injured?

En route to aquarium, a huge wave capsizes Ellie's boat, where a pointless sequence on 'Scar Island' plays out.

Druckmann purposely changed Ellie's character to be less bloodthirsty and apparently more likable, but ironically, Ramsey's terrible acting has had the opposite effect.

HBO has already renewed season 3 which will obviously focus on Abby's story.

But I'd suggest narrative won't be completed until 2027, which would be absolutely ridiculous.