5 h. ago The Last of Us recap: season two, episode three – yes, Joel has been replaced already

In an episode more moving and raw than ever before, a traumatised Ellie grabs a gun and rides off to take revenge. But can she possibly make it – and who are the scarred newbies?This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episodes one to three.Despite growing up amid a fungal apocalypse that she alone may have the ability to undo, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is a typical teenager in one key regard: constant sarcastic backchat. We’ve seen the unfiltered 19-year-old dish it out to friends and authority figures alike, rarely thinking twice before saying whatever is on her mind. Which makes it all the more affecting when she spends so much of this episode in pained silence, grieving for the surrogate father she helplessly watched get killed at the end of last week’s relentless emotional wringer. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Coroner urges government to act after man drowns at open water swimming event

Joel Ineson, 55, suffered a cardiac episode before drowning at a supervised session in a Sunderland park.

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7 d. ago Kaitlyn Dever shares heartbreaking detail about shocking Last of Us scene

Actor played a key role in the devastating new episode

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7 d. ago The Last of Us’s huge twist has exposed the series’ fatal flaw

The second episode of the new season featured what should have been a seismic twist, writes Louis Chilton. But the cracks in HBO’s post-apocalyptic adaptation might be starting to show

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2 w. ago The Last of Us recap: season two, episode one – it looks like an ominous new year for Ellie and Joel

Five years on, Ellie is giving her surrogate father the cold shoulder and Joel is in therapy. But darker things lie on the horizon This article contains spoilers for the The Last of Us season two. Please do not read unless you have seen episode one.Hello, and welcome to the first of our weekly episode recaps for season two of The Last of Us (AKA dispatches from year 25 of the fungal apocalypse). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The Last of Us: What happened in season one as HBO hit returns

As HBO's'The Last of Us returns, here is a recap of season one and what we may expect in the upcoming series

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