Warning! This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us Part II, which will likely lead to spoilers for The Last of Us Season 2.
The first full trailer for The last of us Season 2 reveals a change that makes the most heartbreaking moment of The Last of Us Part II Even more devastating. The last of us Season 1’s finale hinted at the fallout to come between Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey), due to the former lying to the latter about what really happened to the Fireflies at the hospital. It already seemed as though Ellie wasn’t quite convinced about Joel’s false reassurance, setting up the revelations that will arrive in the show’s next installment.
Those familiar with The last of us Video games will know the way that this leads them down. Although Joel and Eli are happy with Jackson for a moment, the truth inevitably has to come out, especially when it concerns someone as equal as Eli. Joel’s confession scene is absolutely shattering, and it’s hard to imagine how it could get any worse than it already is – but The last of us Season 2 is already preparing to take the heartbreak up a notch.
Joel seeing a therapist in Season 2 makes his confession to Ellie even more heartbreaking
He still can’t fix what’s broken
The last of us The season 2 trailer shows that Joel is actually visiting a therapist, Catherine O’Hara’s character, in Jackson. He is prompted to speak the truth of his actions out loud, something he visibly struggles with as the mere thought of it brings tears to his eyes. This proves that it was not something that Joel planned to keep inside him forever; His willingness to put himself in therapy to overcome his fear of telling Ellie the truth shows his desire to be honest with her and build a better relationship with her..
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Unjustified, of course, this confession of the truth will still have to go terribly wrong. Having Joel undergo therapy to learn how to get the words right before this moment will only make it more devastating. No matter how hard he actively tried to tell the truth as he knew Ali deserved to hear it, and with the hope of getting her to understand or attempt to maintain a relationship with her, it would still fail, and Joel would have to Spend the rest of his life watching Ali actively avoid him.
Joel failing to reconnect with Ellie should be the emotional catalyst for TLOU season 2
It starts a devastating chain reaction
with the heavy emphasis The last of us Season 2 is placing on the moment in comparison to The Last of Us Part II By adding in Joel’s therapist, this moment has to act as the biggest emotional catalyst for everything that takes place this season. This would serve as a heartbreaking parallel to what made season 1 so compelling to its audience. Rather than seeing Joel and Eli grow closer and closer as a father-daughter pair, Viewers will have to watch them drift apart, with the revelation of the truth destroying them both in different ways.
Especially for the adaptation of the TV show, using this moment as the emotional catalyst of the season would be smart, because Pascal’s talent for portraying such strong, devastating emotions. Viewers have a taste of this in The last of us Season 1, when he improvised the scene where he yells at Tommy (Gabriel Luna) about his fear that he won’t be able to protect Ali the way he should. The moment itself promises something even more devastating for the confession, which would no doubt motivate both Joel and Eli to do everything they do from that moment forward.
Joel’s Therapy Is A Major Last Of Us Part II Change (But It Totally Works)
This change will only improve the story
Of course, Joel going to therapy is something completely new in the adaptation of the TV show that he has never been a part of The Last of Us Part II. In the game, Joel sat on the truth for a long time, with him he only admitted it to Tommy until Eli enters the tape at the hospital and demands the truth from him himself. If Joel actively works for the moment, however, with the intention of letting you in on the secret makes the confession even more meaningful – and it’s a change that really works for the story.
Joel acknowledges that it’s not something he needs to keep to himself forever, further proving the deep concern he has for Eli, which captures the emotions of the whole situation in a way that will serve the story very well. His struggle to repair their relationship will become the basis of almost everything he does in season 2Which will, of course, end up being perhaps the biggest tragedy of the entire series by the time it ends. The choice to bring in a therapist really heals Joel’s story The last of usAlthough it has heartbreaking consequences.