The Last of US HBO | Episode 8 Review | When We Are In Need #thelastofushbo #hbomax
1The second last episode of season one of The Last of US was another brutal episode.
When We Are Need has Ellie taking care of Joel. While hunting to get food for Joel, who is still recovering, Ellie encounters a preacher, David, and his fellow hunter James. She trades her deer for penicillin. David explains he found God after the apocalypse and is now the leader of a group of survivors. He reveals the man who stabbed Joel was a member of his group. Ellie leaves and injects Joel. The next day, she spots David with a group of men, seeking vengeance against Joel. She flees to draw them away from Joel but is captured. At David's camp, he reveals he has been feeding his group human meat. Meanwhile, Joel awakens and tortures some of David's men into telling him Ellie's whereabouts. David and James attempt to kill Ellie but she murders James and escapes. David hunts Ellie down, but she overpowers him and kills him with a butcher knife. Joel finds Ellie and they embrace, then walk away