The Last of Us episode 6

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The Last of Us episode 6 release time (by time zone) (Bam! Smack! Pow!)

The Last of Us is back on HBO and HBO Max on its regular Sunday night slot. What time can you expect it in your neck of the woods?

on HBO on Sunday, February 19, at 9:00 p.m. Let us know in the comments below! BRT on Sunday, February 19 ET on Sunday, February 19 AKST on Sunday, February 19 HST on Sunday, February 19 PT, and 8:00 p.m. ET, 6:00 p.m. If you’ve been watching from the start (or you’ve played the video game), you’ll know how important to the narrative Tommy is. The fifth episode was yet another emotionally-heavy episode, with Joel, Ellie, Henry and Sam all trying to make it out of the city alive. A showdown with Kathleen resulted in huge battle with infected, Clickers and the jaw-dropping Bloater. What time can you expect it in your neck of the woods?

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The Last of Us episode 6 release date and time: How to watch ... (Tom's Guide)

Joel and Ellie finally get a good meal tonight. Here's how to watch The Last of Us episode 6 on HBO Max.

ET on HBO and HBO Max [The Last of Us episode 4](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-last-of-us-episode-4-release-date-and-time-how-to-watch-on-hbo-max)— Sunday, Feb. ET on HBO and HBO Max [The Last of Us episode 5](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-last-of-us-episode-5-recap-and-review-the-best-episode-yet)— Friday, Feb. ET on HBO and HBO Max [The Last of Us episode 3](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-last-of-us-episode-3-release-date-and-time-how-to-watch-on-hbo-max)— Sunday, Jan. ET on HBO and HBO Max [The Last of Us episode 2](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-last-of-us-episode-2-release-date-and-time-how-to-watch-on-hbo-max)— Sunday, Jan. The Last of Us is led by Pedro Pascal as Joel, who is a survivor in the pandemic-ravaged America. Binge is the place you want to go to watch The Last of Us episode 6 online in Australia. [The Last of Us episode 1](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-last-of-us-episode-1-recap)— Sunday, Jan. So, get ready to watch The Last of Us episode 6 at 9 p.m. [Crave](https://www.crave.ca/en) (opens in new tab) is the home of The Last of Us in Canada, and episode 6 will air at its normal time, just like it does in the U.S.. Here's everything you need to know about how to watch The Last of Us episode 6, no matter where you are. [Sky Atlantic](https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?awinmid=11005&awinaffid=103504&clickref=tomsguide-us-8673545471081484000&p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sky.com%2Fshop%2Ftv%2F) (opens in new tab) (the normal home for HBO and HBO Max Originals in the UK) and NOW in the U.K. [The Last of Us episode 5 recap and review](https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-last-of-us-episode-5-recap-and-review-the-best-episode-yet), Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) just survived a chaotic stretch.

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The Last of Us episode 6 release date, time, channel, and plot ... (Digital Trends)

What time does episode 6 of The Last of Us air? What is it about and who stars in the episode? Digital Trends has all the information about the hit HBO ...

The Last of Us is one of the best shows of 2023. How long is episode 6 of The Last of Us? [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_last_of_us), The Last of Us sits at 97% on the Tomatometer, with an audience score of 91%. The Last of Us is quickly becoming a huge hit for HBO, joining the recent success of series like House of the Dragon, Succession, and Winning Time. [Game of Thrones](https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/game-of-thrones-jon-snow-best-episodes-hbo/), The Wire, and The Sopranos are also available to watch on the service. When does episode 6 of The Last of Us release? You can also get lost in the movie library with a great selection of films, ranging from blockbusters like [The Batman](https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-batman-review/) to classic standout dramas like The Verdict. [The show has already been renewed](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-last-of-us-renewed-season-2-hbo-1235504485/) for a second season. [The Last of Us has been one of the biggest hits of 2023](https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/the-last-of-us-hbo-review/). [The Last of Us honors its original video game](https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/last-of-us-part-i-review-ps5/) source material and is more than just about bacteria-infested zombies. HBO Max is one of the top streaming services available. With [viewership increasing by the millions](https://www.ign.com/articles/the-last-of-us-on-hbo-is-so-far-outpacing-house-of-the-dragons-viewership) with each episode, the show has already achieved something truly rare in entertainment: it’s a video game adaptation that doesn’t suck.

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What Time Does 'The Last of Us' Episode 6 Premiere on HBO? (Decider)

The dates may have changed last week, but the time never did. Episode 6 premieres on HBO and HBO Max Sunday, February 19 at 9/8c p.m. Directed by Jasmila ...

Now that the Super Bowl is over, we’re back to a normal release schedule. [You know there is](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZyuw4iVyiQ). Just use your HBO Max username and password. Episode 6 premieres on HBO and HBO Max Sunday, February 19 at 9/8c p.m. Just make sure your TV is set to HBO on or before this Sunday, February 19 at 9 p.m. Directed by Jasmila Žbanić (Quo Vadis, Aida?) and written by series co-showrunner Craig Mazin, this one will see Joel finally reunite with his brother Tommy (

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The Last of Us Episode 6: Discover the release time and trailer! (New England Center for Investigative Reporting)

Last week we had the chance to watch the fifth episode in advance thanks to the Super Bowl. However, the American channel HBO will resume its usual ...

[👉You might appreciate The Last Of Us Episode 5: The release date has been advanced! Thus, the release date of the episode 6 of The Last Of Us has been planned for Monday, February 20, 2023 in France (around 3am). Normally, The Last of Us episode 6 release time has been set for 3am on Amazon Prime Video.

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The Last of Us Episode 6: Release Time and Runtime (Comicbook.com)

Warning: This story contains The Last of Us spoilers for season 1.] The Last of Us is returning to its regular timeslot Sunday after episode 5 streamed ...

[0comments](#) The Last of Us episode 6 has a runtime of 62 minutes, according to the official HBO schedule. [episode 5 streamed early](https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/the-last-of-us-episode-5-releasing-early/) on HBO Max ahead of the Super Bowl.

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The Last Of Us Season 1 Episode 6 Recap and Review (Mama's Geeky)

The Last Of Us Season 1 Episode 6 reunites Joel and Tommy, while also giving fans a look at one of the most important set pieces come to life.

Joel and Ellie ride off on a horse and we get a montage of the next few days. He’s failing over and over and is sure he will just get Ellie killed if he takes her to the fireflies. Tommy gets there and they head to the stables where Joel is waiting. The two run to their horse but a man comes up on them and attacks. Joel and Ellie are fed a full meal, that they are absolutely loving, and say they are grateful for the hospitality. Joel and Tommy say their goodbyes and Tommy tells him there is a place for them there. Joel asks his brother about where the fireflies are and Tommy says it’s about a week long ride south, but it is a hard trip with infected and Raiders. They pass a water mill and dam, and that is where Ellie says wait, maybe this river is the river of death. They go to a bar and it almost feels like the old days. Joel can tell she is worried that they will not be able to make a cure, and she says if Marlene said they can do it, they can do it. They release a dog to smell them and see if they are infected. This is a smart way to move the story forward to where it needs to be.

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The Last of Us Episode 6: Joel reunites with his brother Tommy in ... (Daily Mail)

Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) finally reunited with his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) in the sixth episode of HBO's The Last of Us.

Ellie: She's seen talking to Ellie in the trailer, telling her, 'Be careful of who you put your faith in. She's seen talking to Ellie in the trailer, telling her, 'Be careful of who you put your faith in. Joel goes to the house and into Ellie's room, as she reads from a girl's diary, asking if this is all girls had to worry about, 'Is this really all they had to worry about? When I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer.' He struggles with the man and takes him down... Figuring out what they wanted to do with their lives.' And some people didn't want anyone to own anything at all,' Joel says. when she finds Joel saddling a horse. He says, 'Of course, I do,' and she says, 'Then what are you so afraid of? Because I was too slow and too f***in' deaf to hear him comin,' Joel admits. I was quiet, I checked my six, I looked for tracks, I found the high ground, and I kept watch. to no avail as he kills himself.

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The Last of Us Episode 6 Is Hopeful For Once! (Then Burns It All ... (Esquire.com)

For one beautiful moment, we see what a normal(ish) life could look like for Joel and Ellie.

In true The Last of Us fashion, it's a brutal end to this chapter, which showed us a future for Joel and Ellie: one where they could live in Jackson, enjoying relative peace. [mushrooms](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42760795/last-of-us-fungus-cordyceps-mycologist/), Appalachia, [Pedro Pascal](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42744061/pedro-pascal-snl-clicker-the-last-of-us/), and The Last of Us. Ellie resents Joel for making the call to stay behind—until he has a change of heart, anyway. In the home stretch of delivering Ellie to a team of doctors working on a vaccine, Joel makes a rational conclusion: Tommy is the best person to keep Ellie safe the rest of the way. [Episode Five](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42801413/the-last-of-us-episode-5-recap/)—we miss you, [Henry and Sam](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42803877/how-do-henry-and-sam-die-in-the-last-of-us/)—Episode Six of the HBO video game adaptation dares to offer us a bit of hope. While the adversaries wander off, we see that Joel isn't looking so good—and this might be his first ouchie from the series where he can't whip out a video-gamey health pack to make it all better. Joel suffers a major stab wound in the fight. "I explain that I would have to choose my own family at this point and he has a very adverse response to that. It's a major change from The Last of Us Part I game, where we hardly get to see the fully-functioning town, led by the formidable Maria. Joel assumed that his brother got himself mixed up in some Firefly antics, but the man is thriving. Episode Six is an absolute feast for fans of The Last of Us video games. Our man Joel has been searching for his long-lost brother, the ex-Firefly [Tommy](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42955210/the-last-of-us-tommy-show-vs-game/), for nearly the entire season.

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'The Last of Us' Episode 6: Pedro Pascal's Powerhouse Performance (Rolling Stone)

HBO's hit sees Joel and Ellie stumble upon an idyllic community in Jackson, Wyoming, while also facing the biggest threat to their survival yet.

Now he’s the one on the ground with a terrible wound to the midsection, and his surrogate daughter is the one hoping against hope that he can survive. That The Last of Us can do both within the same episode, and have it feel all of a piece, is among its most impressive traits. But Jackson is doing as fine at the end of “Kin” as it was when Joel and Ellie first arrived. Ellie’s conversation with Maria is the first she’s heard of Joel having (and then losing) a daughter. But in the process, his stomach gets impaled by the shard of a baseball bat, and the episode ends with a panicked Ellie tending to his wound and pleading for him to get up. It’s remarkable how easily this show can jump from [Bill and Frank’s love story](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/the-last-of-us-season-1-episode-3-recap-hbo-nick-offerman-murray-bartlett-gay-love-1234667212/) to the dark Kansas City two-parter to this calm, very [Station Eleven](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/station-eleven-review-1265799/)-esque look at Joel and Ellie’s relationship, and at the possibilities of finding peace even in a post-apocalyptic world. In the melee, Joel briefly appears to be the superman he wants to be for Ellie, snapping the neck of one of his attackers. Instead, the threat is to the relationship of the two leads, as his fear of opening up to her instead makes her think she’s being abandoned by him. Where “Endure and Survive” was full of [mayhem, spectacle, and despair](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-recaps/the-last-of-us-episode-5-recap-hbo-sam-keivonn-woodard-henry-lamar-johnson-melanie-lynskey-death-1234674650/), “Kin” is quiet and contemplative, heavy on character and so light on action until the end that we don’t even see any infected. [Rutina Wesley](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/qa-true-blood-star-rutina-wesley-on-taras-vampire-transformation-243584/) from Queen Sugar and True Blood), and they are expecting a baby. It is the dead of winter, and our heroes have stumbled across an older Native couple — played by the great character actor Graham Greene and Northern Exposure alum Elaine Miles — who have managed to carve out a life for themselves in a cabin in the middle of nowhere that few people or infected ever come across. [The Last of Us](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-last-of-us-review-hbo-zombies-neil-druckmann-pedro-pascal-bella-ramsey-1234655768/), which at times is extremely straightforward, but exciting and crafted at a high level.

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The Last of Us Episode 6 Review: Something's Wrong With Joel (Den of Geek US)

And this emotional swell in the story is brought to life by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who turn in not just their best performances in the series thus far, ...

What’s significant here is that Ellie, who’s depended on Joel for survival up to this point, is now put in the dreadful position of having to save Joel’s bleeding, unconscious ass while traveling through parts unknown. They offer Joel and Ellie one of their extra houses to stay in, Maria takes Ellie to the movies, the brothers share a couple of stiff drinks at the town bar. Their later meeting, in which Joel implores Tommy to take Ellie to the Fireflies in his stead, is even more emotional. It’s one of the most gut-wrenching scenes from the game, and they reenact it essentially line for line, because the original material is just that damn good. Our hearts break for him because we know he’s held it in for so long, and because his love for Ellie has grown so much that he doesn’t trust himself to keep her safe anymore. Tommy and Maria are having a child, and Joel, still haunted by the loss of Sarah all those years ago, can’t muster up anything but resentment and perhaps a tinge of jealousy when he hears the news. It’s got little action to speak of, but the reveal of Jackson is monumental, Joel finding Tommy at long last feels like a huge sigh of relief (until it doesn’t), and we get some of the most powerful, revealing Joel and Ellie material we’ve seen yet. The backdrop for all of this is, of course, the commune in Jackson, Tommy’s adopted home where he plans to start a new life with his wife Maria and their unborn child. The first talk between Joel and Tommy is a contentious one. But this is the first time we really get to focus on the central duo’s relationship and dive deep into what’s going on inside of their heads and how they feel about one another. The couple are downright adorable, and their little shared chuckles of amusement at Joel and Ellie’s high-strung energy make for a nice moment of levity following the visions of horror we were left with last episode. We watch Joel and Ellie finally speak openly about their feelings toward each other, which is a revelation, narratively.

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'The Last of Us,' Season 1, Episode 6: The Ties That Bind (The New York Times)

This week, Joel and Ellie encounter a safer and more social way of life, but it's not clear whether they want any part of it.

This episode opens with a flashback to Henry’s suicide, which again includes the sound of Ellie’s haunting reaction: a startled combination of a gasp and a pained moan. He is not too keen on the way Joel seems to roll his eyes at Jackson’s communistic “share and share alike” approach to survival. As for Tommy — described derisively by Joel two episodes ago as “a joiner” — he looks both happy and wary to see his brother. (When Joel asks for the best way to head west, Marlon says, “Go east.”) But then our heroes make it all the way to Jackson, where they encounter a whole other way of living: calmer, safer and more social. It’s too bad that Joel and Ellie didn’t get to spend more time with grumpy old Marlon and Florence, because those two were a hoot. Maria thinks she knows the kind of person Joel is, based on what Tommy has told her about their time on the road. In this week’s “The Last of Us,” Joel and Ellie spend a fair amount of the episode riding horses, shooting guns and facing down posses, just like those western heroes. Marlon and Florence warned them that Wyoming would be a deathtrap, with every major city swarming with infected and the wilderness strewn with corpses. She has seen the horrors of “Killer City.” So what does she want for herself? To be fair, by the time they get to Jackson, they are feeling pretty stressed. And it makes sense for Joel — who has seen enough of this fallen world — to want to escape from everything and everybody. She seems less sure of what a “normal” life should be like.

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The Last of Us: Episode 6 Review - IGN (IGN)

Episode six of HBO's The Last of Us allows for past demons to be exorcised in order to build a stronger future for Joel and Ellie.

Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. True Grit naturally comes to mind – it is the tale of a headstrong young woman and gruff older man that team up on a journey through the west, after all – but it’s John Ford’s The Searchers I was reminded of most; the story of a world-weary man on the hunt for a lost family member. Based on the short story by Stephen King, Children of the Corn is a chilling new re-telling for a whole new generation. Apart from a quick scan of a map and the realisation that the Fireflies have moved further West, this whole sequence feels designed purely to have Joel incapacitated as quickly as possible. It comes as a slight surprise, then, that the end of this episode feels ever-so-slightly rushed. Children of the Corn, written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, opens in theaters on March 3, 2023, and will be available on Demand and digital on March 21, 2023.](/videos/children-of-the-corn-2023-official-red-band-trailer) The film being projected at the makeshift movie theatre – The Goodbye Girl – is a perfect example of this. Pascal is superb in this episode - with that aforementioned spectre of failure leading to overwhelming emotion in one of the episodes many standout heart-to-hearts. This is a further example of Neil Druckmann tweaking his own source material for the benefit of newcomers, while also cleverly seeding Easter eggs for eagle-eyed fans; the appearance of a sheepish-looking girl spying on Ellie will surely come as a pleasant surprise to many. This may be an episode in which action is sidelined, but in its place is heated conversation that successfully delivers the required dose of dramatics. The scene also provides an enjoyable moment in which Ellie turns the tables on Joel by reminding him of his manners when congratulating Tommy. In a fantastic execution of one of the game's biggest moments, Ellie sits in the bay window of someone else's bedroom, reading about the sort of life she’ll never have.

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'The Last of Us' Episode 6 Recap: An Awkward Reunion (CNET)

Joel and Tommy figure out who's gonna bring Ellie the rest of the way. Sean Keane headshot. Sean Keane.

Both versions end up with Joel badly wounded and Ellie in charge of their fates, but the show gives us a rather excellent cover of Depeche Mode's [Never Let Me Down Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A) -- the same song that played at the end of episode 1. Joel scuffles with one of them and ultimately breaks his neck, but discovers that he's been stabbed in the stomach with a piece of wood. Tommy ultimately apologizes for his comment, and Joel confesses the depths of his trauma and the agony caused by his attachment to Ellie. After determining that the rebel group is likely in Salt Lake City, they're forced to escape as a group of marauders arrive. Predictably, she chooses Joel and the dream team heads out to I-25. [The Goodbye Girl](https://youtu.be/4wiL-ry9XMI) -- a 1977 movie about a prickly man who bonds with a precocious girl. [Rutina Wesley](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2179180/), whom you might know from True Blood) turns out to be Tommy's wife, Maria, and brings them to their rather lovely settlement for a reunion. Crossing the river, Ellie and Joel encounter a group of people who set a sniffer dog on them to determine if they're infected. Joel is a little weirded out by the fact that his little brother got married without him knowing, but Ellie helps him express his congratulations. Maria is also pregnant, which makes Tommy less inclined to take responsibility for shepherding Ellie to the Fireflies. The pup gives Joel the all-clear, then it seems like Ellie won't be so fortunate -- we know she's bitten, so the dog might tear her to shreds. Joel wants to settle down on a ranch and raise sheep because "they're quiet, do what they're told."

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The Last of Us Recap: Beyond the River of Death (Vulture)

After arriving at a remote cabin, they've taken Florence (Elaine Miles) hostage while she waits for her husband, Marlon (Graham Greene). It's not that tense a ...

Back then, there were two main ways of looking at things: some people wanted to own everything, and some people didn’t want anyone to own anything at all.”) The question of whether or not they’re a “we” has been settled for good. (It’s reminiscent of the scene in the kind-of-underrated Kevin Costner film The Postman where a bunch of post-apocalyptic tough guys are shown really digging The Sound of Music on movie night, then get angry when the film switches to the violent Universal Soldier. They escape to the wilderness, but only after Joel is stabbed and seriously wounded. Ellie learns to shoot and the rules of football and asks whether Jackson is how it was pre-apocalypse. Joel doesn’t hesitate to reply, “Of course I do,” and though that’s the central question, he still can’t commit to staying with her. And he doesn’t understand why Tommy won’t agree to come with them on the next step of the journey, to a Firefly base on a Colorado campus. The Last of Us is at least partly a tour of different ways of post-apocalyptic living, from the totalitarianism of Boston to, well, the different flavor of totalitarianism of Kansas City. It also leads Ellie to take a break from the sarcasm and remind him that if he’s dead, she’s “fucked.” (“There are Firefly People?”) They do know, however, not to pass the River of Death, a border they know by all the dead bodies that line it. To Joel, this seems to be a part of Tommy’s habit of joining others’ groups. And do what they’re told.”) Spurred in part by her admiration for Sally Ride, Ellie talks about wanting to go to the moon. As if to jolt us to attention, “Kin,” the sixth episode of The Last of Us’ first season, begins with a short flashback to the fifth episode’s most harrowing moment (though it certainly has competition): Henry shooting himself after shooting his infected brother Sam.

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'The Last of Us' Episode 6 Ending Explained: Could [SPOILER] Be ... (Collider.com)

While journeying to Wyoming hoping to find Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are forced to reflect on their relationship and ...

Still, Joel’s wound offers him the perfect opportunity to let Ellie take care of him, and by forcing the two protagonists to change places, HBO’s The Last of Us can give Joel the tools he needs to deal with his paralyzing fear. So, instead of sheltering Ellie from everything, it’s up to Joel to teach her how to survive on her own. As Joel confesses to his brother, he’s tormented by the fact one brother killed the other to protect Ellie while he was just standing there and watching everything happens in front of his eyes. From the game’s script, we know that Joel survives this wound — and while HBO can always change the course of the story to surprise fans, they haven’t strayed from the main course so far. While journeying to Wyoming hoping to find Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Joel ( [Pedro Pascal](https://collider.com/tag/pedro-pascal/)) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are forced to reflect on their relationship and how far they are willing to go to find a cure for the [Cordyceps](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-cordyceps-infection-explained/) infection. What Ellie needs from Joel is trust and support, more than protection. The fight Joel and Ellie have on the night before going to the university compels Joel to accept all of this while also making him see Ellie as someone different from Sarah. Joel doesn’t fear his death, but he’s [paralyzed at the thought of losing another daughter](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-episode-1-ending-explained-ellie/). However, his near-death experience is the perfect opportunity for him to understand Ellie is not a fragile creature who needs constant protection. He’s partially deaf, his body doesn’t react as fast as it used to, and he simply doesn’t have the stamina that made him a fierce warrior for almost two decades after the apocalypse. During Episode 6, The Last of Us underlines how Joel is suffering from severe anxiety. [ended with two tragic deaths](https://collider.com/last-of-us-episode-5-ending-explained/), this week [The Last of Us](https://collider.com/tag/the-last-of-us/) takes a step back to explore the inner universe of its two leading characters.

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'The Last of Us' Episode 6's Jackson Shows That Humanity Isn't ... (Collider.com)

Just as we have the capacity for cruelty, The Last of Us Episode 6 showed that a life worth living is possible when people come together.

It is as if he knows that he can’t dance around the reality of the community he has become a part of yet still harbors a fear that this somehow makes him a person he would have dismissed as an idealistic hippie before the world fell apart. It is good fun in this brief moment, but it also serves as an encapsulation of where the episode stands apart from all that have preceded it. As they give a tour to Joel and Ellie of what they have built, the newly introduced community leader Maria ( Where the game merely treated it as a small diversion, this episode takes the time to let the introduction to Jackson sink in for longer and plant thematic seeds that will flourish in the future. Their relationship is obviously the core of the story, but it is now also about how they could become part of a community of caring people. While this trust is not something that can be created overnight, this community that Maria helped build at the end of the world where people look out for each other has a value greater than any resource or weapon. It is a bittersweet reuniting as the two have a history that is defined by As we come to see the society that has been established in Jackson, it offers a balance to [the brutality that preceded it in the prior episode](https://collider.com/last-of-us-episode-5-infected-bloater/). [the loss of close family at the hands of others](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-sarah-death/) and killings that they have carried out themselves. It was a small gesture that proceeds a far more full conversation the two then have, but it speaks to their different perspectives on the world. This has now been made most central in key moments in the most recent episode, simply titled "Kin," where Joel ( [Pedro Pascal](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-pedro-pascal-bella-ramsey-interview/)) reunites with his brother Tommy ( [Gabriel Luna](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-gabriel-luna-interview/)) after the two went their different ways long ago. [The Last of Us](https://collider.com/tag/the-last-of-us/), there has been the looming question of whether we could rebuild after all else has been lost.

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The Last of Us | Episode 6 review: Kin (whynow)

Recovering from the aftermath of episode 5, Joel and Ellie finally reach Tommy's and have a moment to breathe in episode 6.

The episode provides Joel and Ellie with a chance to breathe a little easier for a bit. Gamers will know these are the henchmen of David, a major antagonist in the game. The episode has plenty of references to the game. We spied Ellie taking a pack of tampons in one of the earlier episodes, and in this episode, Maria gives Ellie a Diva Cup. Now travelling through the snow-covered wilderness, Joel and Ellie encounter Marlon and Florence, an elderly couple living in the woods. The tragic death of Sam and Henry will definitely haunt us, and it certainly does our heroes Joel and Ellie, as we pick up with them 3 months after the events of episode 5.

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With Episode 6, Tommy Is Here to Stay in The Last of Us (Esquire.com)

This week's episode sees Joel and Ellie finally find Tommy, who has been on a side quest for this season, to use a bit of video game-speak. Turns out, while ...

We're already getting to see what we see in the early parts of Part Two of the game. In The Last of Us Part One, Tommy's reintroductionrevolves around a mission to restore power to Jackson. The glimpse of Jackson's way of life is something we see at the beginning of The Last of Us Part Two—as is the reveal that Maria is expecting a child. Turns out, while Joel has been burning the bodies of infected children, Tommy has been living in a wonderfully inhabitable settlement. [The Last of Us ](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42541771/the-last-of-us-hbo-release-schedule/) [Season One](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42541771/the-last-of-us-hbo-release-schedule/), people—which means that we're nearing the events of the second game. But Episode Six, which debuted this Sunday night, does give us a taste of two brilliant parts of [The Last of Us](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42689700/the-last-of-us-hbo-season-2/) ['s future](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a42689700/the-last-of-us-hbo-season-2/): Joel's brother, Tommy Miller (played by Gabriel Luna), and the settlement in Jackson, Wyoming.

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The Last Of Us: Episode 6 Review (Game Rant)

Episode 6 of The Last of Us deepens the bond between Joel and Ellie, and then leaves viewers with the most agonizing cliffhanger in the series so far.

After Joel and Ellie head off further West to find the Fireflies, the pacing goes haywire. [Episode 5 of The Last of Us](https://gamerant.com/the-last-of-us-episode-5-review/), viewers knew that it was bound to have an impact on Joel and Ellie’s relationship moving forward. Later, he is unable to hear Henry and Sam walk into the room where he and Ellie are hiding, because he has lost his hearing in one ear. While the duo manage to escape their attackers, the episode ends with Joel becoming unconscious as he bleeds out. [The Last of Us adds Clickers and Bloaters](https://gamerant.com/the-last-of-us-makes-infected-scary/) to the mix. Unfortunately, the episode ends with no clue of what the future holds as Joel gets attacked once again, this time leading to him being stabbed. However, this week took viewers back to the first episode of The Last of Us where Joel experiences the fear of losing a loved one. [Episode 4 of The Last of Us](https://gamerant.com/the-last-of-us-episode-4-review/), when Joel and Ellie run into a group of hunters in Kansas City, there have been many moments where the series focused on how Joel is slowly losing grip on the situation. Experiencing another panic attack when he thinks he spotted Sarah in the community, Joel is ready to bare it all. Finding out that Tommy has started a new life, gotten married, and has a child on the way should have been a happy update for Joel, but in that moment all he is reminded of is how he failed to protect his own daughter Sarah. When the unfazed couple they meet in the middle of nowhere tell Joel about the “river of death,” he experiences a panic attack, which makes him seem much more human than he has in the past. In the past six weeks, The Last of Us has established itself as a character-driven story set in a post-apocalyptic world.

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'The Last of Us' Showrunners on That Potential Cameo in Episode 6 (Collider.com)

Craig Mazin: It's a little, I mean, it's ambiguous. Somebody's staring at Ellie. Neil Druckmann: Yeah. Mazin: I wonder who that could be, theoretically or not.

Speaking about the possibility of Dina being introduced to the world of the television adaptation on [The Last of Us Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxEHg--3WD8), showrunners [Neil Druckmann](https://collider.com/tag/neil-druckmann/) and [Craig Mazine](https://collider.com/tag/craig-mazin/) played coy about the cameo: [Academy Awards](https://collider.com/tag/academy-awards/) ceremony. [a second season](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-season-2-renewed/), there is a strong possibility for Dina's story to be explored in upcoming episodes, as the first season is only set to cover events that take place in the first game. In the meantime, Joel and Ellie finding a welcoming, quiet community during the latest episode was certainly different from a [desolate Kansas City](https://collider.com/the-last-of-us-episode-4-recap-please-hold-my-hand/) full of armed groups looking for anyone who might be passing by or having to see their [friends and allies](https://collider.com/last-of-us-episode-5-recap-endure-and-survive/) infected by the cordyceps virus. [Episode 6](https://collider.com/last-of-us-episode-6-recap-kin/) of HBO's adaptation of [The Last of Us](https://collider.com/tag/the-last-of-us/), Ellie ( [Bella Ramsey](https://collider.com/tag/bella-ramsey/)) and Joel ( [Pedro Pascal](https://collider.com/tag/pedro-pascal/)) finally complete their quest of finding Tommy ( [Gabriel Luna](https://collider.com/tag/gabriel-luna/)), the latter's brother. [The Last of Us: Part II](https://collider.com/tag/the-last-of-us-2/).

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The Last of Us recap episode six – fear and roaming in Wyoming (The Guardian)

Joel and Ellie reach the river of death, only to face new dangers. Will he get back on that horse?

At first it looked as if Joel had been quick enough fending off the hunter, but we saw he’d been stabbed in the ruckus, as Ellie watched on helplessly, despite now having a pistol and knowing how to use it. Thankfully “Tommy” is a magic word in these parts, and the duo were ushered to the relative safety of the settlement they’d been looking for all along. But Sarah was always going to be off limits, even if Ellie is starting to fill the gap in his heart left by his daughter. The last time we saw Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Joel together was the night of the outbreak and Sarah’s death. I’m a natural.” And when the episode ends, if she is to nurse Joel back to health, those survival skills will be put to the test. Those with good memories will remember the original version of that song closed the first episode of the series and symbolised bad news on Bill and Frank’s musical code (1980s = trouble). He was uneasy with Ellie looking out for him and taking an extra shift as lookout, but when she explained what she had been doing and how well she had been scanning the surroundings, he couldn’t help but be impressed. Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) were in the home of an elderly couple, Marlon (Graham Greene) and Florence (Elaine Miles). As the episode went on, there was a definite sense that he’s not the protector he might have been even a year ago. If Joel’s failing hearing wasn’t enough of a worry, the way he almost collapsed when he left the hut is another sure sign he’s not in the best health. What comes after she’s given a sample of her blood to the Firefly doctors? We’re well past the halfway point of this nine-part series, and it’s going pretty well so far.

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'The Last of Us' Episode 6 Recap: An Awkward Family Reunion (CNET)

Joel and Tommy explore their traumatic past as they figure out who's gonna bring Ellie the rest of the way.

Both versions end up with Joel badly wounded and Ellie in charge of their fates, but the show gives us a rather excellent cover of Depeche Mode's [Never Let Me Down Again](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snILjFUkk_A) -- the same song that played at the end of episode 1. Joel scuffles with one of them and ultimately breaks his neck, but discovers that he's been stabbed in the stomach with a piece of wood. Tommy ultimately apologizes for his comment, and Joel confesses the depths of his trauma and the agony caused by his attachment to Ellie. After determining that the rebel group is likely in Salt Lake City, they're forced to escape as a group of marauders arrive. Predictably, she chooses Joel and the dream team heads out to I-25. [The Goodbye Girl](https://youtu.be/4wiL-ry9XMI) -- a 1977 movie about a prickly man who bonds with a precocious girl. [Rutina Wesley](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2179180/), whom you might know from True Blood) turns out to be Tommy's wife, Maria, and brings them to their rather lovely settlement for a reunion. Crossing the river, Ellie and Joel encounter a group of people who set a sniffer dog on them to determine if they're infected. Joel is a little weirded out by the fact that his little brother got married without him knowing, but Ellie helps him express his congratulations. Maria is also pregnant, which makes Tommy less inclined to take responsibility for shepherding Ellie to the Fireflies. The pup gives Joel the all-clear, then it seems like Ellie won't be so fortunate -- we know she's bitten, so the dog might tear her to shreds. Joel wants to settle down on a ranch and raise sheep because "they're quiet, do what they're told."

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