The Last of Us Is All I Want to Talk About Right Now. Angela Watercutter. Four years later, all that proclaiming about the death of the great big TV show looks rather premature. On Sunday, HBO is The finale of The Last of Us gave us some fascinating and story-shifting backstory about how Ellie's past, and why she's immune to Cordyceps. Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of The Last of Us. Even though Ellie is immune to being infected, Tess reminds her that she isn't immune from getting ripped apart HBO's new hit show The Last of Us is being met with very positive reviews on the strength of the video game's popularity, a terrific storyline, and notable performances from its two leads, Pedro Set 20 years after the fall of modern civilization, The Last of Us follows Joel (Pascal), a hardened survivor, who is hired to smuggle Ellie (Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive What makes Ellie immune has been an age-old question for Last of Us fans, including those who played the original game. The internet is full of theories, most of which include her parentage. Anna’s would have contained traces of cordyceps, as the fungus had not taken over her immune system yet. In turn, this gave Ellie’s immune system the tools it needed to fight back against The Last of Us' original Ellie birthed HBO's Ellie. When we first meet Ellie's mom — who wasn't in the games — she's played by Ashley Johnson, which is a perfect coincidence. The season 1 finale of The Last of Us on HBO Max opens with a harrowing scene: a pregnant woman in labor runs through the forest and hides in an abandoned house, propping a chair against the door sDySbtw.

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