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Miriam Fauzia

Did Ellie Need Surgery in 'Last of Us'? A Neurosurgeon Explains the Truth


The season finale of HBO’s hit The Last of Us dropped on March 12, and it got fans in a veritable tizzy with a cameo from Ashley Johnson, who originally played Ellie in the video game and took on the role of Ellie (Bella Ramsey)’s mother for the live-action. It answered quite a bit of the mystery surrounding our teenage heroine’s birth and her immunity to the terrifying Cordyceps, but there were some details that were hard to wrap around.

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