In the beginning, Joel rolls his eyes at Ellie's awful puns while they siphon gas.

🚗 Brick by Brittle Brick: Why Episode 4 is the Real Heart of ‘The Last of Us’

The episode beautifully bookends itself with humor. We finally get the live-action debut of Ellie’s beloved book, No Pun Intended by Will Livingston.

Joel can't help but genuinely laugh. It is his first real, unburdened laugh since the outbreak, signaling that Ellie is successfully digging her way past his hardened exterior and into his heart. 💥 Lost Innocence and Hard Choices

By the end of the episode, as they are hiding out on the upper floor of a high-rise, Ellie drops a truly terrible joke about diarrhea being hereditary.

The peaceful road trip violently derails when the pair take a forced detour through Kansas City and stumble straight into a brutal ambush by a group of human raiders. The Last of Us HBO episode 4 recap: Ellie on her own terms

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In the beginning, Joel rolls his eyes at Ellie's awful puns while they siphon gas.

🚗 Brick by Brittle Brick: Why Episode 4 is the Real Heart of ‘The Last of Us’ The.Last.of.Us.S01E04.Please.Hold.My.Hand.1080p...

The episode beautifully bookends itself with humor. We finally get the live-action debut of Ellie’s beloved book, No Pun Intended by Will Livingston. In the beginning, Joel rolls his eyes at

Joel can't help but genuinely laugh. It is his first real, unburdened laugh since the outbreak, signaling that Ellie is successfully digging her way past his hardened exterior and into his heart. 💥 Lost Innocence and Hard Choices Joel can't help but genuinely laugh

By the end of the episode, as they are hiding out on the upper floor of a high-rise, Ellie drops a truly terrible joke about diarrhea being hereditary.

The peaceful road trip violently derails when the pair take a forced detour through Kansas City and stumble straight into a brutal ambush by a group of human raiders. The Last of Us HBO episode 4 recap: Ellie on her own terms