What Occurred Between Ellie and Abby?

After seven episodes of twists and turns, The Last of Us season 2 might have simply ended with its most jaw-dropping cliffhanger of all.

The second installment of HBO’s hit post-apocalyptic sequence wrapped up with a stunning finale on Could 25. Co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann had beforehand warned audiences that the occasions of The Final of Us: Half II would span a couple of season, with the present getting renewed for a 3rd iteration in April.

Season 2 ended with Ellie (Bella Ramsey) lastly coming face-to-face with Joel’s (Pedro Pascal) killer, Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). This was after an extended and harrowing seek for her in Seattle alongside Dina (Isabela Merced), and finally, Tommy Miller (Gabriel Luna) and Jesse (Young Mazino), who got here to their rescue.

Finally, Ellie’s determined quest to avenge Joel led to a different stunning dying and no clear decision heading into season 3.

This is the whole lot to know concerning the ending of The Final of Us season 2, together with who dies within the finale’s ultimate minutes.

Warning: The Final of Us season 2 spoilers forward!

How did The Final of Us season 2 finish? 

The Final of Us season 2 finale unfolded over the course of fifty minutes, opening with Jesse attempting to avoid wasting Dina’s life after she’d been shot within the leg with a Seraphite arrow.

With Dina patched up and on the mend, Ellie and Jesse got down to meet up with Tommy — however one thing is nagging at Jesse, who presses Ellie to spill the information that Dina is pregnant.

The pair arrives on the rendezvous level, solely to find that Tommy is not there. Whereas ready for him to return, they hear commotion on the radio a couple of sniper — who they assume is Tommy — and head out to seek out him.

After listening to chatter on the radio concerning the Seattle aquarium, Ellie realizes that Nora (Tati Gabrielle) hinted that Abby was hiding on the market. With Jesse wanting to seek out Tommy, and Ellie hellbent on looking down Abby, the 2 go their separate methods.

Ellie finds a small fishing boat to take her throughout the water to the aquarium. Nevertheless, her plan is derailed when she will get tossed off her boat by a storm surge and washes up on a shore guarded by Seraphites. Members of the spiritual cult practically kill her — however are derailed by the Washington Liberation Entrance (W.L.F.)’s siege on their village. Ellie escapes on her boat.

When Ellie lastly reaches the aquarium, she finds Abby’s buddies, Mel (Ariela Barer) and Owen (Spencer Lord). Ellie calls for to know the place Abby is, then kills Owen when he pulls a gun on her. Mel, who’s pregnant, will get harm within the crossfire and asks Ellie to avoid wasting her child. Ellie cannot carry out a C-section in time, and that is when Tommy and Jesse arrive.

The trio returns to the theater, the place Dina is hiding out. Ellie, traumatized from the occasions of that evening, agrees to name off her revenge quest and return to Jackson with the group. Whereas Tommy packs the gear, Jesse and Ellie have a heart-to-heart dialog earlier than they hear the muffled sounds of Tommy being attacked.

They run to his rescue, and Abby shoots Jesse within the head earlier than he can defend himself. Ellie rapidly hides and pleads for Abby to let Tommy go. After tossing her gun, Ellie admits to killing Mel and Owen.

“I allow you to dwell and also you wasted it,” Abby says, earlier than pointing her gun at Ellie and firing.

The display cuts to black — then fades into Abby waking up days prior. It is revealed that she’s in a soccer area that has been transformed into W.L.F. barracks.

After a season of ups and downs, ending on this specific cliffhanger felt “pure,” Druckmann mentioned in a finale press convention.

“We entertain the whole lot, however no [other endings are] coming to thoughts, as a result of no matter we entertained did not stick for very lengthy,” he mentioned. “This at all times felt just like the pure finish level for the season.”

Does Abby or Ellie die in The Final of Us season 2 finale? 

It is unclear if Abby or Ellie dies in The Final of Us season 2 finale. Within the ultimate seconds of the episode, Abby raises her gun to shoot Ellie, however then the display cuts to black. Solely the sound of a gun firing may be heard.

Viewers are left to marvel if Abby kills Ellie — or if Dina, who is not current within the ultimate scene, involves Ellie and Tommy’s rescue and kills Abby.

The place do Ellie and Dina stand on the finish of The Final of Us season 2? 

Within the season 2 finale, Ellie tells Dina the reality about what occurred to her and Joel in Salt Lake Metropolis. She explains that Joel killed the Fireflies after he discovered of their plan to function on Ellie to discover a treatment — a surgical procedure that she would not have survived.

Ellie goes on to disclose that Abby’s father was the surgeon who Joel shot within the head. Dina is betrayed by the information and calls for to return residence to Jackson.

Moments later, Dina offers Ellie a bracelet for good luck earlier than she and Jesse depart to seek out Tommy. This gesture appears to counsel that she nonetheless has hope for her relationship with Ellie.

What occurs to Tommy and Jesse on the finish of The Final of Us season 2? 

Abby shoots Jesse within the head on the finish of season 2. He is the one character viewers know for sure is useless earlier than the episode cuts to black.

Tommy is injured however nonetheless alive on the finish of season 2.

Jesse dies this fashion within the recreation — and in accordance with Druckmann, his “destiny was at all times sealed.”

However now, Dina and Ellie’s relationship will turn into an entire lot extra sophisticated.

“Jesse dies partly due to Ellie — however Ellie does not pull the set off, Abby does,” Mazin added. “[Dina] has gone in pursuit of Abby, out of a way of justice. So now the query is: Who does she blame?”

Will there be a season 3 of The Final of Us? 

HBO renewed The Final of Us for a 3rd season in April 2025 — simply days earlier than season 2 premiered, per Variety.

In Could 2025, Catherine O’Hara — who performs therapist Gail Lynden within the sequence — advised Variety that the season 3 plot will largely comply with “the Abby story” as she navigates life within the W.L.F.

The third installment doesn’t but have a premiere date.