The Final of Us season 2 has lastly arrived, and with it comes the heartbreak that followers have anticipated. With numerous estrangements and new relationships forming between characters, viewers are dying to search out out what occurs between Joel and Ellie. After that season 1 cliffhanger, the duo is now estranged within the second season, which is about 5 years later. And as unique followers know, Joel dies within the online game storyline. So, what’s going to occur to him within the TV present?
Beneath, Hollywood Life is breaking down every thing we all know thus far about Joel’s future. (Warning: spoilers are forward on The Final of Us season 2)
Who Does Pedro Pascal Play in The Final of Us?
Pedro Pascal performs the position of Joel, who begrudgingly types an alliance with Bella Ramsey‘s character, Ellie, in season 1. However after bonding, Joel turns into Ellie’s unofficial protecting guardian as they journey throughout a ruined post-apocalyptic United States.
Is Pedro Pascal Nonetheless in The Final of Us Season 2?
Sure, Pedro stars in season 2 of The Final of Us. For the reason that season is simply starting, it’s unclear what number of episodes he seems in, nevertheless it’s protected to imagine that it’s most of them if not all.
Whereas talking at Selection‘s March 2025 press convention, Pedro avoided disclosing any spoilers about Joel, however he famous that he was “grateful to be again and but, on the similar time, this expertise, greater than every other I’ve had, is difficult for me to separate what the characters are going by means of and the way it makes me really feel, in a means that isn’t very wholesome. And so I type of really feel their ache.”
Pedro additionally mentioned his character’s relationship with Gabriel Luna‘s Tommy.
“I believe that there was only a very, very nicely positioned arc for us,” Pedro identified, referring to their characters. “I began the season with [Gabriel]. We began season 1 collectively on D-Day, proper? And so there was a type of bonding, initiation course of, moving into all of it. … I really feel prefer it was a ravishing setup by [show creators] Craig [Mazin] and Neil [Druckmann] that the very first thing that I received to shoot was simply you and I and in type of an intimate setting. There’s extremely painful distance between the 2 of them and the taking part in of the scene, however we nonetheless received to be on set and fuck round and snort and stuff like that. And that was extremely comforting, that was like coming house.”
Does Joel Die in The Final of Us Season 2?
Whereas the solid and creators have stayed quiet about Joel’s destiny, followers of the unique online game knew what was coming. In The Final of Us Half II, Joel is killed early on.
Season 2 introduces Abby (performed by Kaitlyn Dever), who makes her mission clear from the beginning: she’s out to kill Joel. Her motivation stems from the Season 1 finale, the place Joel rescues Ellie from a life-threatening operation that might have created a remedy, killing a number of Fireflies within the course of, together with Abby’s father.
In season 2, episode 2, Abby encounters Joel after being chased by a hoard of Cordyceps beasts. He shoots one in all them, saving Abby’s life, and she or he lures him and Dina again to the lodge the place the remainder of the Fireflies are hiding. Upon arriving, Abby shoots Joel within the leg and brutally beats him whereas Dina is knocked out. Ellie ultimately arrives, solely to see Abby end Joel off and kill him by stabbing him within the neck.
Joel dies, and Ellie tearfully embraces him, swearing revenge on Abby.
