Why has Ellie been cheerier in The Last of Us show than in the game? Why were the flashbacks delivered all at once rather than spread out? Director Neil Druckmann explains it all.

1.First, the opening flashback with a young Joel and his dad is new for the TV show and doesn't exist in The Last of Us Part II. Tony Dalton, who stars as Joel's dad, is set to have a role in Naughty Dog's upcoming game Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, which also stars Tati Gabrielle, who plays Nora.

Sunday night’s episode of The Last of Us Season 2 hit pause on Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) increasingly dangerous mission to find Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) to help explain how she really got to this point in the first place.

Ellie's survivor's guilt finally took hold of her anger at Joel in The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 6, titled The Price, which was released on May 18, 2025.

The Last of Us delivered one of its most heart-wrenching installments yet with Season 2’s sixth entry, “The Price,” which revisits several birthdays of Ellie’s ( Bella Ramsey) over the years in Jackson with her adoptive father, Joel ( Pedro Pascal ).

It has been exactly four weeks since HBO drama “The Last of Us” stunned viewers with a major cast shakeup. Luckily, we learned in Sunday’s sixth episode, we wouldn’t have to wait long to see Pedro Pascal’s Joel again.

The Price,' the penultimate episode of season two, brought back Pedro Pascal for a stunning series of flashbacks.

The Last of Us made it clear from the Season 2 premiere that something was unusually off between Joel and Ellie. Their usual banter between each other was missing and the love that built The Last of Us into a beloved show was nowhere to be found.