A closer look at episode eight of HBO's The Last of Us adaptation.
After last week's episode further established Ellie's motivations, episode eight -"When We Are In Need" - brings us back to the present day, and Joel and Ellie's ongoing plight to find the Fireflies.
Not that we see this side of David at first. When we first meet him, he comes across as a caring and well meaning leader. James is of course played by Troy Baker, who portrayed Joel in both The Last of Us Part 1 and 2. His character here is also present in the game, though not as fleshed out. In Baker's own words,"[co-creators] Neil [Druckmann] and Craig [Mazin] were kind enough to kind of put some meat on the bones" of James' character.
In both the show and the game, Ellie immediately has her guard up when she meets the two men. Despite their seemingly good intentions, Ellie does not disclose her name, and lies about being part of a bigger group.As in the game, Ellie agrees she will split the share of deer meat for medicine. She needs those antibiotics for Joel. David then sends James - who Ellie refers to as"Buddy Boy" - back to their base to get the required medication, leaving Ellie alone with David.
"I believe everything happens for a reason," David tells Ellie, as James returns and points his gun at Ellie, clearly ready to kill her and avenge his fallen friend. Spoiler, it is not animal meat but human meat. Even though I knew this from playing the game, this bit still gave me goosebumps and it was uncomfortable to watch everyone tucking into their meal.
Regardless, when Ellie is alerted to David's presence, she leaves Joel with a knife to defend himself and takes the horse to draw the men away from his location. As in the game, however, Ellie's horse is shot dead and she is ultimately captured by David and his men. James wants to kill her, and nearly does, but once again, David stops James from doing this.Joel, meanwhile, has become lucid enough to hide from David's men.
"You have a violent heart, and I should know. I've always had a violent heart and I struggled with it for a long time. But then the world ended as I was shown the truth," David says to Ellie. Given that he is talking to a 14 year old, this feels like grooming to me, and at first it seems like it is working. Ellie appears to soften to David's words, and holds his hands .
Ellie eventually manages to get a non-fatal stab in, but is overpowered by David. He then leans fully into his sadistic side, and tells her the fighting is his favourite bit as he pins her down to the floor. It is an uncomfortable watch.
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