In the brutal post-apocalyptic world of "The Last of Us," everybody is scarred by loss.
The HBO drama launched with the image of Joel's (Pedro Pascal) daughter getting killed during the chaos of a mutant fungal outbreak that transforms humans into mindless, cannibalistic monsters. Sunday's seventh episode finally details the love and loss that Ellie (Bella Ramsey) lived through shortly before first meeting Joel.
With Joel seriously injured and incapacitated after the events of Episode 6, a frantic Ellie flashes back to the events that changed her life. Just weeks before she sets off on her journey with Joel, Ellie sneaks out of her dorm room at her military boarding school to spend a night out with her best friend (and crush) Riley — the same Riley that was first mentioned in the series premiere.
