The Last of Us’ series finale aired earlier this week, breaking another viewership record for HBO in the process.
This episode concluded our journey to the Fireflies, and featured a particular sequence that many have dubbed Joel’s “John Wick moment” (I am sure there is a Naughty Dog pun in here somewhere).
Now, co-creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin have shared a little bit more on this part of the series, calling it a “God mode power up”.
Please note, there will be spoilers for The Last of Us (both show and game) below.
For a brief recap, in The Last of Us’ final episode Joel and Ellie make it to Salt Lake City, where the Fireflies are working on a cure for the cordyceps outbreak that has devastated humanity. The Fireflies believe Ellie’s immunity to the infection may be the answer, and plan to operate on her to help create a vaccine. However, this operation will kill her, and on realising this Joel goes on a gun-toting rampage through the hospital to save her.