The last final of the second season of the United States: Jesse's death explained

If you are lost in the dark, look for that spoiler. In this article, events from the final of “The Last Us” season 2 are discussed.

At a time when the television viewers were able to use a real pick-me-up series to feel the horror of real life a little less terrible, season 2 “The Last of Us” delivered exactly that. Not that someone who made aware would of course be surprised. Nevertheless, newcomers to the HBO adaptation may not be full Prepared for how far the finale took things. The highlight of the heart-warming flashback episode of the past week reminded everyone that the apocalypse is still the apocalypse and that the hordes of zombie-like infected people do not always represent the greatest threat.

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Unfortunately, the poor Jesse (young Mazino) had to learn this lesson on the hard tour and pay the highest price, which emphasizes the most shocking death of the series (of course prematurely in front of Joel's tragic decline) in a worse recovery of the original game. At least those who played “The Last of Us Part II” could not have asked for a loyal representation of events. The tragedy begins with Ellie (Bella Ramsey) on the war path in Seattle against her hated rival Abby (Kaitlyn Devers), escalates with her accidental killing of two close friends and culminates in the bleak instance of the show, which still culminates. Not that this is a consolation for one of the most likeable characters throughout the story … and one who was in the process of becoming a father. This little detail, which unveiled Ellie and Dina (Isabela Merced) a few weeks ago, only ensures that the knife turns more cruel.

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As always, the world of “The Last of Us” does not save anyone, so let us unpack Jesse's early fate and the shocking (and faithful) death of the show.

A hardened survivor, a born guide and a death Wait To happen – all of this can be true at the same time when it comes to our very deceased Jesse. In the opening sequence of the second season, Ellie's brutal seam training was supervised and quickly become a no-nonsense figure in the Sanctuary City of Jackson. In one of the greatest departures of the game, the showrunner Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have slightly adapted the responsibility of the character. Jackson not only has a prevailing advice of decision -makers in which the city dwellers call the shots for the city dwellers, but Jesse had been positioned as a leading council member at some point. Unfortunately, that was not to be, and this should probably have been the first big red flag that it was intended for a much more abrupt fate.

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Jesse was of course anything but perfect. His slightly overwhelming attitude deserved the (carefree) contempt for Ellie and his other/outside of Dina, as well as his selflessness, which occurred again and again throughout the season. He and Tommy (Gabriel Luna) were finally the first to pursue Ellie and Dina, and Jesse finally saved both lives from the infected when all hope seemed lost. On the other hand, his preference for heroism brought him and Ellie in the throat of the other-especially when he prevented her from saving a young member of the seraphites, which was marked for death, even though he prompted Ellie to put her “community” in danger. The series also added an additional level of conflict by making it part of the electoral body in Jackson, who finally decided that Ellie and Dina did not allow their revenge against Abby and the western liberation front. The spectators should assume that Jesse was one of the few who voted in their favor, but a late revelation in season 2 turned out to be the opposite.

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Was our late hero just too pure to survive the world of “The Last of Us”? Ultimately, it doesn't matter. If this story teaches us something, it is the following: some get what you earn and others don't. It is what the survivors do in their absence.

“The Last of Us” Season 2 now streams on HBO max.