Has Ellie met new friends, or foes? That’s the main thrust of the Episode 8 trailer for The Last of Us, which also sees Joel still struggling to survive after suffering a brutal abdomen laceration. Warner: Major spoilers ahead.
HBO released the newest teaser on YouTube, and it previews one of Ellie’s most impactful encounters from The Last of Us video game. A leader named David is offering her a place within their group. These new survivors seem very religious, though Troy Baker’s James thinks it may be God’s will for her to die. (Baker voices Joel in the game series.)
So David obviously doesn’t have the full support of his survivor group to bring Ellie into the fold. And for her part, she’s not just going to trust total strangers while Joel fights for his life in the basement of an abandoned house.