“She’ll Go to Any Lengths to Save Him” – The Last of Us Directors Explained Why Ellie Didn’t Abandon Joel at the Deathbed in Episode 7

The whole world is eagerly waiting for the penultimate episode of The Last of Us. But while everyone is waiting for this upcoming episode, no one can forget what happened in the last two episodes. Episode six ended with a cliffhanger hinting at Joel dying. Meanwhile, episode seven revolved around Ellie’s backstory and her trying her best to keep Joel alive.

But in the previous episode, there was a sequence when Joel asks Ellie to leave him there and move on. However, she was reluctant to do so and eventually decided to stay with Joel. The creators of the show, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, recently shared why Ellie didn’t leave Joel behind.

The Last of Us creators explain why Ellie didn’t leave Joel at the deathbed

The director explains the answer for Ellie not leaving Joel is in her past, which we also get to see in the latest episode. Ellie grew up in a Fedra school, where she had no connection with anyone. But there was this one girl, her roommate Riley, with whom she had a connection. She once took Ellie to an abandoned mall, which is one of the most beautiful moments in Ellie’s life, as she discovers a person who loves her.

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However, this beautiful moment comes to an end when an infected attack them and gets bitten in the pursuit of escape. Ellie acts violently, as she and the girl she loves will die or turn infected soon.

Meanwhile, Riley was sitting calmly as she accepted their fate. But she promised Ellie that they would be together for whatever time they have left. The director reveals this major incident was the reason for Ellie to reject Joel’s request to leave him on the deathbed and run.

Druckmann explained, “But that memory [with Riley] is ringing in Ellie’s ears, and she knows that she is gonna fight till the bitter end cause the person she loves the most in this world is Joel. And she’ll go to any lengths to save him.” Meanwhile, Mazin added, “Ellie is thinking about Riley. And she’s thinking about the fact that Riley didn’t quit on her. Riley didn’t walk away. Riley didn’t let Ellie kill herself. And Ellie is not walking away from Joel.”

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Undoubtedly, it was an amazing episode like the rest of them and it will help us to understand more about Ellie.