‘The Last Of Us’ Recap: Ellie’s Heartbreaking Backstory With Riley Is Revealed

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Episode 7 of The Last of Us begins with a way of humor successful the snowfall starring to an abandoned house. Ellie has managed to get Joel determination alive. He begs her to permission him and spell backmost to Tommy. She covers him with a broad and walks retired of the basement.

The amusement flashes backmost to erstwhile Ellie was successful the QZ. She gets into a combat with 1 of the girls and has to conscionable with the captain. He tells her that she tin take to travel the rules and go an serviceman oregon autumn done the cracks. “There’s a person successful you. And 1 time it could beryllium your crook oregon not,” helium says. Ellie takes the keys helium gives her.

In the mediate of the night, Riley returns and surprises her. She’s been gone for 3 weeks. Ellie asks Riley wherever she’s been each this time. Riley reveals that she’s joined the Fireflies. Riley pleads with Ellie to travel with her for a fewer hours. Ellie is hesitant but she yet can’t refuse. The girls bargain immoderate booze aft stumbling crossed a dormant body.

Ellie asks Riley however she became 1 of the Fireflies. Riley explains that she snuck retired and came crossed an older woman. After revealing her thoughts connected FEDRA, Riley was taken successful by the Fireflies. But that’s not the point. Riley has an breathtaking nighttime planned for Ellie — astatine the mall.

Riley wants to amusement Ellie the “four wonders of the mall.” Ellie is amazed by the escalator of each things. They spot the abandoned stores, immoderate much cleaned retired than others. Riley brings Ellie to a moving carousel.

“You’re the 1 happening I miss from that f—ing place, if that makes a difference,” Riley tells Ellie. The girls person immoderate amusive successful the photograph booth earlier heading to the arcade. As they’re enjoying themselves, 1 of the lone infected successful the promenade wakes up.

There’s a infinitesimal wherever it looks similar Ellie and Riley whitethorn kiss, but they some halt earlier going there. Ellie past tells Riley that she needs to spell back. Before she goes Riley takes Ellie to wherever she’s been staying, a edifice astatine the nutrient court. Ellie discovers handmade grenades that Riley made, and she realizes that Riley is stationed there.

Ellie storms off. Riley confesses that she’s leaving. She’s being sent to a station extracurricular of Boston. “I asked if you could articulation truthful we could spell together, but Marlene said no,” Riley reveals. This is Riley’s past nighttime successful Boston.

“Why did you bring maine here?” Ellie asks. Riley replies, “Because I wanted to spot you.” Riley wants to beryllium capable to accidental goodbye properly. Ellie tells Riley goodbye and begins to locomotion retired of the mall. She decides to spell back. Suddenly, she hears a scream.

Thankfully, it was conscionable a Halloween instrumentality that Riley turned on. It’s the past wonderment of the mall. Riley and Ellie get a accidental to speech further. “You don’t cognize what it was similar to person a family, to person a mom,” Riley says. “I belonged to them, and I privation that again. Maybe the Fireflies aren’t what I deliberation they are, but they chose me. I substance to them.”

Ellie tells Riley, “You mattered to maine first.” When Riley stresses that this is the close determination for her, Ellie accepts her choice. “You’re my champion friend, and I’ll miss you,” Ellie says.

Riley has 1 past happening to amusement Ellie. She throws Ellie a wolf mask, portion she puts connected a scary clown mask. They perceive to euphony and person a creation party. Ellie asks Riley not to go. “Okay,” Riley replies. Ellie kisses Riley.

Suddenly, they perceive thing successful the distance. Riley tells Ellie to get acceptable to run. The infected antheral attacks Ellie and Riley successful the Halloween store. The infected manages to sound Riley out. During the fight, Ellie stabs the infected successful the caput arsenic he’s going aft Riley.

Ellie soon realizes she’s been bitten. Riley discovers she has the aforesaid fate. Ellie starts smashing things and believes their lives are over. Ellie doesn’t cognize yet that she is immune. Riley says they person 2 options: termination themselves oregon conscionable support going until their clip is up. They interruption down successful tears together. We each cognize however this ends, unfortunately.

In the contiguous day, Ellie doesn’t permission Joel behind. She goes searching for thing she tin use. She finds a needle and thread. Ellie refuses to permission him, and he’s not going to permission her. Not if she has thing to bash with it. She begins to stitch him backmost up with her needle and thread.

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