Gradually Ellie’s character drops the armor a bit more in The Last of Us, which helps to better understand his psyche. A sentence spoken in episode 5 is exactly the same, word for word, in the series as in the game.
The Last of Us belongs to these works with millimetric writing, a quality retained for the HBO adaptation. Episode 5 has just been broadcast on Prime Video in France. Joel and Ellie teamed up with another character duo, Henry and Sam.
They become friends, which gives rise, towards the end of the episode, to a touching scene between Ellie and Sam, where the heroine confides for the first time.
“I’m afraid of ending up alone”
Sitting on their respective beds, Sam and Ellie come to discuss what scares them. Sam writes that Ellie gives the impression of never being afraid. She replies that she’s scared. all the time “. If she jokes at first that it’s only scorpions, her face darkens slightly and she writes: ” I’m afraid to end up alone. »
This sentence is exactly the same, word for word, as in the game, during this dialogue (with the difference that it is written, and not pronounced, in the series). The statement is not small: this little confidence defines the whole psyche of Ellie.
If, in the series as in the game, the character seems at first glance insolent, and completely independent, it is her career that has hardened her. In particular her loneliness: she never knew her parents, who died when she was very young, and every person who accompanied her in her life is dead. Including Tess, by the way, very recently.
This sentence emphasizes how much loneliness has defined her whole life so far, and thus Joel’s presence is important to her. This foreshadows their relationship of parenthood, never made explicit, but palpable, in which he represents a protective, loving and… constant figure (not to mention that it also feeds the whole plot of The Last of Us Part IIsoon to be adapted into a season 2 and 3).
Conclusion, keep this little moment in mind: it will allow you to understand a lot of things in Ellie’s behavior during the next episodes!
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