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S2E3
The Path
The Last of Us · 2025-04-27 · 57 min
FLICKFEEL
59
from 41 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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what happens
After Dina shares crucial information, Ellie prepares to petition the town council, even while she struggles with her deep emotional scars. On the outskirts of Seattle, a religious sect attempts to flee a war – raising questions on what lies ahead.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
22
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
39
how much it moved you
Read from 41 comments — 15 said when.
The number holds — it is read from every comment. The shape is not settled: only 15 said when something happened, and below 20 the same evidence split in half draws two different pictures. Drawn faint for that reason.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
openingending
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
Reddit24 read
“Almost halfway through Season 2 there is the same problem.”
Elkuscha▲ 288about 0–50% inread it ↗
“Bella’s screams at the flashback while in the hospital actually startled me.”
newfrontier58▲ 218about 0–10% inread it ↗
“The score during Joel’s house is phenomenal.”
newfrontier58▲ 218about 0–10% inread it ↗
“For some reason I just like the buildup and wait on leaving for Seattle, things like the punching bag and Dina mentioning Eugene talking about the WLF.”
newfrontier58▲ 218
who made it
- directed
- Peter Hoar
- written
- Craig Mazin
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Rutina Wesley as Maria
Kaitlyn Dever as Abby Anderson
Danny Ramirez as Manny Alvarez
Robert John Burke as Seth
Gillian Barber as Councilwoman
Michael Abbott Jr. as Jacob
Makena Whitlock as Constance