Stop reading now, if you haven't watched the second episode of Season 2 of "The Last of Us" - Large spoilers Lies forward.

In the second episode of The sophomorial season of "The Last of Us", Something Massive is happening ... and I'm no Speaking of the great death that occurs shortly before the end of the episode. What I am Talking about is the assault on the proteted fortres in Jackson, Wyoming Where Pretty much all of the Show's Main Characters Now Live, Including Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), his Surrogrogate Daughter Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel's Brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Tommy's Wife Maria (Rutina Wesley), and Ellie's Friends (and Newcomers in Season 2) Dina and Jesse, played by Isabelle Merced and Yang Masino.

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While Elloel and Dina are out of the monitoring mission, and Eli and Esses are also trapped in the same snowstorm that affects the visibility of the previous duo in the woods, Tommy, Maria and the rest of Acksexone are facing an invasion of a series of infected. (In the seasonal premiere, "Future Days", we see some shakes coming out of the pipe in the center of Acksecson, and from Season 1 we know that they basically act as a beacon for infected hordes). Because women and children break into the bunker to hide from the infected "army", Tommy and other fighters go to the ramps, armed with explosives, flames and all kinds of long -range tools intended to attack the infected; After breaking the extremely heavy reinforced door of Acksexone, Tommy fights on the ground with everyone else and the dogs of Acksecson even join the quarrel (though fortunately, one of them seems seriously injured).

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Co-Shower Craig Mazin (who wrote the script) and the ridiculous choice of director Mark Milod to include this scene-what, in particular, It doesn't happen In the game with naughty dogs "The Last of Us Part II" - in the episode of the death of ELOEL is bold, and yet the episode does not feel too saturated. Instead, she just feels like an ode to the great fighting scenes we've seen before ... paired with the culmination of Abi (Caitlin Daver).

An interesting thing about "the last of us" is that, according to nominal value, it is a show for "apocalypse of zombies", but the show is much more about the emotional internal life of Zombie Apocalypse survivors with several action and combat scenes thrown at any time and then. That's why the combat scene in this episode feels so important - and again, this was the set -up created exclusively for the HBO series (which was overseen by Mazin and the director of the original game, Neil Drakmann. As he watched this episode, "Game of Thrones" fell to my mind, as the "two cast".

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"Game of Thrones" appeared tone During his running battles, from the first major combat sequence of Season 2 Blackwater to the battle of the Battle of the Basts 6 between Jonon Snow (Keith Farrington) and Ramzi Bolton (Ivan Reon) to the battle at Winterfell in the last season. The siege of Acksexon felt as if it were an inspiration from several of them, from women and children hiding on the battlefield (as in Blackwater and in the battle at Winterfell) to the massive scale of bloodshed, but it is also important to remember that they were mainly in the wake of people.

The battle of Helm Deep, which is the main focus of "Both Towers", It was also clear inspiration here-especially because that battle is one of the most famous and influential battles on the screen in any movie or TV show in the modern era. The point is that Mark Milod, who directed this episode (and worked on non-bit episodes of "Game of Thrones"), attracted inspiration from big TV and movie battles for this sequence shows; It is a spectacular sequence and unforgettable even when you think about what else is happening in this episode.

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I had previously mentioned that, in this episode of "The Last of Us", Elloel died. He was brutally killed by Abi, who hunted for several years after Elloel killed her father in a murderous rampage at the Firefly Hospital. (He did that to save EliBut not only does Abi don't know that, he still didn't have to kill all those people.) The death of ELOEL in the hands of Abi is The main part of "The Last of Us Part II", so anyone who is familiar with the game knows that it is coming in the second season of HBO's adaptation (and probably started preparing after Abi and Elloel to meet and to escape the horde of infected in the desert). Obviously, ELOEL's death will have a permanent impact on the show that goes forward ... but so does Acksecson's siege!

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Since Elloel and Eli traveled to the ruined United States, they were in almost immediate danger-and Acksexone, before the siege, is one of the only safe places we saw on the show. It was, until the attack, very well protected and given that Tommy and many other fighters do Survive the attack, their protection also worked clearly, to some extent ... but what is happening now? Acksexone is still home to a whole group of survivors and need a place to live that is functional, not a weak purpose. This combat scene is incredible to see, but it has major consequences for the season and proves that it is nowhere really safe in the world of "The Last of Us".

You can watch new episodes of "The Last of Us" every week of HBO and Max at 9 pm Est.

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