This piece contains spoilers on 'The Last of Us'
HBO’s The Last of Us is best known for its aggressive foray into the culture war, but beneath its surface-level agenda the show is an occasionally poignant character study on parent-child relationships. The gruesome Season 2 finale somewhat unexpectedly leaned into the latter last weekend, delivering a nuanced evolution to one of TV’s most obnoxiously jaded characters. And while the season attempts to paint Ellie as a “bad guy,” it perhaps inadvertently gives her a path to redemption.
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