Polygon.com / 28.04.25

Jackson's residents were right to vote against Ellie

Theres a lot of injustice in The Last of Us. The Cordyceps outbreak doesnt play favorites (outside of Ellies immunity, of course), so people are constantly ripped away from their loved ones; the fight between human factions for the few remaining supplies tears families apart right and left, and the survivors are always left to pick up the pieces and continue on with their lives as best they can. But with all this injustice swirling around, the decision reached in the town meeting in this weeks episode absolutely wasnt an example of it. Jackson made the right call.  [Ed. note: This post contains spoilers for The Last of Us season 2 episode 3.]  In this episode, a few months after Joels death at the hands of Abby and the walls of Jackson being broken down by hordes of infected, we get a tense town meeting with a climactic speech from Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in which she requests some help from the citizens of Jackson to go track down Joels killers and bring them to justice. The show set...
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