The Last of Us Episode 4 Review: ‘It Runs in the Jeans’

There’s a lot that we have seen in this series already, a lot more than we ever knew about this world of The Last of Us. And seeing Bill and Frank’s story was the obvious high point of it.

Episode 4 (please hold to my hand) of The Last of Us finally gives fans what they awaited the most. It focuses on the world around Joel and Ellie and it finally brings the focus to these two characters. And with this, the series finally starts moving forward.

The latest episode of The Last of Us series gives us the usual and a bit more

At the very end of Episode 3, the audience was given a brief look at what’s to come in regard to Joel and Ellie. The characters were seen enjoying some music and discussing artists. At the beginning of this latest episode, we are shown how these two have finally started opening up.

While they gather fuel for their truck, and hide and take naps in thick forests, Ellie tells Joel those ever-familiar punny (though not always funny) jokes. These scenes would remind the fans of the game and why they fell in love with it.

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Their conversations were indeed the fuel to the burning love that fans hold for this series. How they discussed things, how Ellie questioned everything Joel did, and how he gave no answer at first but did later.

Eventually, we are shown some very faithful recreations of what happens in the game, and then we are introduced to an original character, Kathleen. She runs a military group that actively fights FEDRA or a group more commonly known as the Military.

While Kathleen avenges all she has lost and looks for an individual name, “Henry”, Joel and Ellie find themselves sharing jokes and just chilling amidst this conflict. Unlike Episode 3, this one leaves us with a very intriguing cliffhanger, where we are once again introduced to two significant characters from the game.

Joel and Ellie are at the top of their game

While we saw a bunch of characters in this episode of The Last of Us, the highlights were Joel and Ellie. Watching these two characters talking to each other, eating, and traveling together, we can’t help but notice how effortlessly these actors play them. Bella Ramsey is as comfortable in the shoes of Ellie as she ever was. She is opening up to her only partner in this journey.

And Pedro Pascal shows us a man trying his best to keep the walls he built up, as they crumble under the humanity of the relationship that they are building. Joke by joke that wall goes down, and we are able to see it on his face every time it crumbles.

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Yellowjackets star Melanie Lynskey portrays a woman who does what she has to and makes us believe that character.

A tease for something big?

This episode was not as strong as the last one, but it did give fans what they were waiting for. And it appears from this point onwards we would see the story move a tad faster than any previous episode.