As a ginormous fan of the source material, I fully understand and support the reasons for maintaining the fidelity and timing of Joel's death, even as other changes were made to the timeline to justify Abby's left-field violence.

Because although episode 3 may not have been quite as gut-churning, there were still plenty of moments to catch us out — from Tommy's (Gabriel Luna's) comment about Sarah (Nico Parker) to the subtle tweak to the show's opening credits.

In this week’s The Last of Us, Ellie reaches the sixth stage of grief: annihilation. Watching the teen go on after Joel’s horrific death in last week’s episode is a new and different sort of awful. Remember that terrible argument they had in Season 1,