‘The Final of Us’ Season 2 finale ending, defined

The Final of Us Season 2 finale took a leaf from the Home of the Dragon e book of cliffhangers, ending on a brutal, mid-scene blackout coupled with a flashback that raises extra questions than it does solutions.

So what precisely occurred on the finish with Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey)? Who fired and who’s lifeless? And what’s with the ultimate “Day One” subtitle? We have damaged all of it down beneath.

What occurs on the finish of The Final of Us Season 2 finale?

After a tumultuous three-day journey throughout Seattle, Ellie lastly tracks down Abby’s crew to a seaside aquarium the place she kills Mel (Ariela Barer) and Owen (Spencer Lord). Right here, she’s reunited with Tommy (Gabriel Luna), with Jesse (Younger Mazino) in tow. Again at Ellie and Dina’s (Isabela Merced) makeshift cinema base, Ellie makes amends with Jesse earlier than they’re interrupted by sounds of a battle within the foyer.

The pair rush by and Jesse is instantly shot by Abby, who’s tracked them down by some means. It is the primary time Ellie has seen Abby since she murdered Joel (Pedro Pascal) within the mountain lodge close to Jackson, months in the past. Making it clear she is aware of her associates are lifeless, Abby stands over an injured Tommy along with her gun drawn, threatening to “kill him too” until Ellie drops her weapon and comes out of hiding.

“I let you live,” Abby says after she’s realised who Ellie is. “I let you live. And you wasted it.”

Abby raises her gun and the digital camera cuts to Ellie saying, “No, no, no!” earlier than we hear a gunshot on the precise second the display screen cuts to black.

The episode would not finish there, although. Within the last jiffy we journey again three days earlier to “Seattle: Day One”, following Abby as she’s summoned by Washington Liberation Entrance (WLF) member and former Firefly Manny (Danny Ramirez) to go and see WLF chief Isaac (Jeffrey Wright). Abby walks down a hall and emerges on a balcony overlooking the within of a bustling stadium settlement that’s clearly the WLF base in Seattle.

Did Abby shoot Ellie?

Bella Ramsey as Ellie.
Credit score: Liane Hentscher / HBO

That is the massive query. We do not have a lot proof to go on, both, because the gunshot occurs precisely because the scene ends. But when we zoom out and use some guesswork, it appears not possible that Ellie goes to die at this level. The present has already misplaced one big character in Season 2 — it is hardly more likely to kill off its different lead so quickly after, proper?

If that is the case, although, then what’s with the gunshot? Properly, crucially, there may be one character within the group that we do not see within the last confrontation with Abby: Dina (Isabela Merced). We all know she’s within the cinema and could have heard the battle and the primary gunshot — so if we needed to guess, we might say the ultimate gunshot is extra more likely to be her coming to Ellie’s rescue and taking pictures at Abby. However we’ll have to attend for Season 3 to know for certain.

What may be one other query for Season 3 is how the hell did Abby know a) her associates (together with her associate) had been lifeless, b) who killed them, and c) precisely the place the one who killed her associates was going to be at that very second?

Is Jesse lifeless?

Jesse (Younger Mazino) tried so arduous to keep away from demise within the finale.
Credit score: Liane Hentscher / HBO

From the look on Jesse’s face instantly after he is shot, and the truth that he would not get again up, we will assume that Jesse might be lifeless on the finish of Season 2 until he was actually fortunate. Understanding he is about to turn out to be a father, Jesse, the character who tried so arduous to not die within the season finale, may need been killed right away.

What’s with the Abby flashback?

Kaitlyn Dever as Abby.
Credit score: Liane Hentscher / HBO

We have seen this method earlier than with the Joel flashback on the finish of episode 5, which then led into the longer flashback in episode 6. It is The Final of Us‘ manner of signalling a time or perspective shift, and it seemingly implies that Season 3 will begin again in Seattle Day One with Abby, exhibiting us what she was getting as much as whereas Ellie and Dina had been first arriving within the metropolis.

There’s nonetheless an enormous query mark over what Abby and her crew had been planning when Ellie threw a spanner within the works within the finale, so this flashback will seemingly reply that query.

What occurred with the Washington Liberation Entrance and the Seraphites?

Jeffrey Wright as Isaac.
Credit score: Liane Hentscher / HBO

Within the finale, we get glimpses of the WLF’s impending assault on their rivals, the Seraphites, however we do not truly see it occur. Early within the episode, we see Isaac laying out the plans in his tent, and in a while the Seraphite island, the place Ellie sadly finally ends up, our protagonist is saved by the sound of alarms coming from what’s described because the Seraphite village. What precisely is occurring right here?

New episodes of The Final of Us Season 2 premiere on HBO and HBO Max Sundays at 9 p.m. ET.

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