The Last of Us Episode 5 Endure and Survive

The experience of watching The Last Of Us thus far has been a bit frustrating. Some episodes have challenged my expectations in wonderful ways, while others have fallen below the designation of prestige television that has been attached to the HBO Max series. The 5th episode continues the trend of pulling me back from the brink of boredom, by delivering an exciting, complicated story with unexpected twists. My criticisms of the 4th episode were many, but reflecting back after submitting my review, I realized one more element missing from that production. The infected were completely absent from the story. While I have previously admitted to not being put on edge in any way by the fast zombie nature of the fungal antagonists, their absence was certainly felt when the only danger being presented were a few people with guns asking, “Where’s Henry?” Luckily, that’s a question which is answered in great detail during episode 5. When last we left Ellie and Joel, they had been awoken and held at gunpoint