The Last of Us: Episode 7 – Ellie and Riley | Review

The Last of Us is a post-apocalyptic HBO series BBased on the game developed by Naughty Dog, the series tells the story of Joel, a smuggler tasked with escorting teenager Ellie in a post-apocalyptic United States. In the series there are also Joel's younger brother Tommy, resistance leader Marlene, and Joel's smuggling partner Tess. Many fans wondered if it would really be a good idea to make the series, the question was whether HBO would make a faithful adaptation of the game or if it would be another work done anyway.

In the seventh episode of The Last of Us we have a return to Ellie's past, after all the drama of Joel's injury, the series decides in this episode to go back to the past and show a relationship between Ellie and her friend Riley, this period of Ellie's historiography The Last of Us It is also portrayed in the “Left Behind” DLC.

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In the episode we see a friendship that borders the abyss, Ellie's friend, Riley, is now part of the Vagalumes faction, but after a brief disappearance the friend resurfaces and tries to communicate this new venture of hers and her future displacement of ZQ from a very special way. The two go to a shopping mall, apparently safe, and enjoy moments they have never experienced before.

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I believe the seventh episode of The Last of Us is the most faithful, so far, to the universe we see in the games, especially the “Left Behind” DLC, not that the other episodes aren't, but I believe that this one managed to make even the camera angles identical to what we've already seen in the game. game. It's an episode in which there aren't many conflicts, just in its ending, but it's still beautiful and permanent content that leaves the viewer engrossed in what's happening. I dare say it was the episode that managed to scare me at times. where everything seemed to be under control.

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The seventh episode of The Last of Us leaves aside Joel's suffering a little and shows us Ellie and Riley's relationship which, despite bordering on the abyss, their feelings speak louder and with this new discoveries emerge.

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