In ‘Day one’, fourth episode of the second season of the show that adapts Naughty Dog games, Bella Ramsey shows the talents as a singer
Much more prominent in the second season, music is one of the main elements of The Last of Us – Both in games and in the television series of HBO. In the latest episode, titled “Day one“, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) sings a song for Dina (Isabela Merced) And practically declares to the character.
What is the story of The Last of Us?
Based on the eponymous video game game, the series takes place about twenty years after the destruction of modern civilization and presents Joel (Pedro Pascal), a gross survivor, who is hired to smuggle Elliea 14 -year -old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
However, what would just be another job for Joel ends up turning into a dangerous journey and, to survive, both the smuggler and the girl will need to learn to trust each other.
In the second season of the series, inspired by the plot of The Last of Us: Part II(2020), Paschal and Ramsey win the company of Kaitlyn Duty (No one will save you), Catherine O’Hara(Ghosts still have fun: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice), Jeffrey Wright (What if …?), Isabela Merced (Madame Teia), Young Mazino (Bullshit), Danny Ramirez (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Taty Gabrielle (Uncharted: Outside the map), Ariela Barer (Fugitives) and Spencer Lord (Riverdale).
What song Ellie sings in “Dia a”, fourth episode of the second season of The Last of Us?
In Seattle, Ellie and Dina follow in the search for revenge against Abby (Duty), who killed Joel in the presence of the two. In the city, they discover that the WLF (Washington Liberation Front), a group of which the villain is part, is based on a building that belonged to a television channel before the apocalypse caused by Cordyceps.
As it was in the middle of the day, they decide to wait for dusk to invade the place. The shelter they chose was precisely an abandoned music store. On site, Ellie Coincidentally he finds a guitar in good condition and begins to play a song. Dina Watch her presentation and is very excited.
It is worth noting how this moment is a practically the same recreation of a scene of the 2020 game. Ellie Sing is “Take on me“, one of the biggest hits of the Norwegian band of New Wave and Pop Rock a-ha.
The song has appeared earlier in the series of The Last of Usin the first season, when Ellie and Riley (Storm Reid) explore an abandoned mall.
Even, music is a great connection between Joel and Ellie. The character of Pedro Pascal He dedicated himself to teaching how to play guitar to her. That is, every time Ellie Interacts with the instrument, she remembers the memories with Joel.
A pessimistic side of this is that, in the game, the scene of “Take on me“It is one of the only ones in which Ellie appears happy and optimistic after the brutal death of Joel. However, the letter relates more to the romantic relationship between Ellie and Dina.
For Second, Life is okay. #Thelastofuspic.twitter.com/dccayeyim1
– The Last of Us (@thelastofushbo) May 5, 2025
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