It is the confrontation followers had been ready with bated breath for.

The Final of Us episode 6 took us to the settlement of Jackson, a key location within the Naughty Canine video games (actually, The Final of Us Half II) and now, the HBO adaptation. Right here, Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey served up their best performances but, taking up an anticipated scene that recreated one of many sport’s most well-known (and painfully sincere) moments: Joel and Ellie’s large argument.(Opens in a brand new tab)

The episode speaks to the concern of loss and grief in quite a lot of methods. Being reunited together with his brother, Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Joel (Pascal) is ready to confess his fears over being insufficient to guard Ellie (Ramsey), reminded of dropping Sarah (Nico Parker) to violence through the outbreak — a loss additionally deeply felt by Tommy. Till this level, Joel hasn’t allowed himself to even use his daughter’s identify, and a second through which Joel sees an individual who resembles his daughter in Jackson reminds us how deep he has hid his reminiscences.

In an emotionally charged scene (the one we have been ready for), Joel and Ellie have an argument over loss. Joel tries to elucidate his choice to have Tommy take her to the Fireflies in Colorado as a substitute, having beforehand confessed to his brother his fears of failing Ellie. This deep nervousness speaks to the sort of love harking back to Invoice’s line to Frank in episode 3, when Nick Offerman delivers the sentimental assertion: “I used to be by no means afraid till you confirmed up.” Not having a bar of Joel’s reasoning, Ellie angrily admits she’s afraid of being with out him.

The confrontation can be the primary time Ellie brings up Joel’s daughter, Sarah. Coldly, Joel dismisses Ellie’s personal experiences of loss as minimal in comparison with his. Nevertheless, Ellie has skilled a colossal quantity of grief in her 15 years, and throws it proper again. Joel drops the immensely hurtful “you are not my daughter, and I positive as hell ain’t your dad” line, declares they’re going to go their separate methods, and Ellie is left extraordinarily damage.

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Spectacularly properly carried out by Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker in Naughty Canine’s sport, the scene is a turning level for Ellie and Joel’s relationship — and one of many largest moments for followers of the sport. The confrontation cuts deep, and speaks loud of the unspeakable. And within the collection, Pascal and Ramsey make it their very own.

“Me and Pedro, each of us actually felt the strain of that.”

“Me and Pedro, each of us actually felt the strain of that,” says Ramsey in a behind-the-scenes clip launched by HBO. “Once you really feel too pressured in one thing, whenever you’ve created that for your self, it may be arduous to carry out the way you wish to. I had sleepless nights over that scene.”

‘I didn’t envy them,” stated The Final of Us creator Neil Druckmann within the clip. Attempting to do a scene that exists within the sport and was seared into folks’s minds. They made it their very own and it’s simply as lovely.”

“That scene is probably essentially the most well-known scene from the sport. We did it virtually precisely; we modified a couple of issues right here and there. The overall execution of it was one thing that I believed was essential we stick to precisely,” stated director Craig Mazin within the clip.

The episode sees a number of modifications from the sport, the principle of which is that we do not truly see the Jackson settlement till The Final of Us Half II — we simply see it means off within the distance. As a substitute, within the sport, Joel and Ellie discover Tommy and Maria on the hydroelectric plant that is powering it close by — and so they’re ambushed by raiders quickly after reuniting. When the combating stops, Ellie overhears Joel’s plan to ship her with Tommy as a substitute, and she steals considered one of Tommy’s horses and runs away(Opens in a brand new tab). Mazin and Druckmann left this chase out, however gave a delicate nod to it within the episode when Ellie and Tommy discover Joel within the stables — he confesses to eager to steal a horse and run, however decides to offer Ellie the selection of who she rides with.

Within the sport, Joel lastly tracks Ellie all the way down to an deserted home, the place they’ve the confrontation depicted within the collection inside Ellie’s momentary bed room in Jackson. The modified setting creates a sense of fleeting security for the characters whereas being a painful reminder of the teenager bedrooms of these misplaced within the final 20 years. Inside this room, Joel’s connection to his daughter couldn’t be stronger, which brings his confrontation with Ellie fairly actually nearer to dwelling.

The Final of Us is now streaming on HBO Max.(opens in a brand new tab) New episodes air each Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.