This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen the first two episodes.
Brutal. How else could you describe that ending? Not only does a foundational character get tortured and killed, but the other most beloved character is forced to witness their final harrowing moments. In an episode of The Last of Us that ramped up the post-apocalyptic action to unseen levels – with a full-scale assault by a berserk horde of infected – the most intense scenes took place on the chilly, blood-spattered floor of a remote Wyoming ski lodge.
