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Joel’s mortality and Sarah’s memories loom large in The Last of Us Episode 6

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Olivia House

Published Feb 03, 2026

Passing creates a long shaded area in The Remainder of Us Episode 6 when Joel, at this point not the young fellow he used to be, is faced with his mortality.

Over the last 5 episodes, a bond has been framed among him and Ellie (Bella Ramsay). From doubt to politeness to kinship to the place where he feels answerable for her.

The two are joined at the hip when this episode rolls around.

Joel understands that he is old, he is sick, and his heart is fragile in The Remainder of Us Episode 6. Recollections of Sarah, the little girl he was unable to safeguard, torment him. He sees her all over the place and the weight of culpability burdens him. For what reason would it be a good idea for him to be any more effective with this young lady who confides in him, puts stock in him, and in her own profane way, loves him?

This contention in The Remainder of Us Episode 6 is investigated flawlessly by entertainer professional, Pedro Pascal. 90 days after the passing of Henry and Sam, he’s on the quest for his brother. Risking upon a cottage where an old couple dwell, Joel and Ellie cruise by “The Stream of Death.”

Whereupon, Joel trusts in Ellie his fantasy about settling down and turning into a sheep rancher. Ellie’s NSFW humor is in full-show where she prods him for this “heartfelt” dream with his wooly companions.

This delicate second is broken whenever horse riders chance upon them and release a canine to test regardless of whether they are contaminated.

They are then accompanied to a gated local area with numerous components of the world that was. Sewage, plumbing, water warmers, school, laundries, and, surprisingly, the film exist!

Tommy (Gabriel Luna) has constructed another life when The Remainder of Us Episode 6 comes around. He’s with Maria, a significant individual from the local area. Furthermore, they are expecting a kid very soon. At the point when Joel finds out, rather than being thrilled at the information, he lets Tommy know that “we’ll see” about how he turns out as a dad.

While within a nearby vicinity to Ellie, Joel admits how he doesn’t have high expectations about having the option to deal with Ellie and persuades Tommy to take her to The Fireflies. In a scene straight out of the game, Ellie lets Joel know that everybody she’s really focused on has either died or left. With the exception of him. She even raises Sarah and reminds Joel that she isn’t her!

Joel appears not to say his goodbye but rather to give Ellie a decision to one or the other travel with him or his brother. In a charming second, without fluttering an eyelid, Ellie advises Joel to be her friend in this excursion across the no man’s land. Tommy tells his brother and his recently discovered companion that there will constantly be a spot for them in the community.

Finally, showing up in the Firefly base, they find the spot totally deserted. There, Joel alters his perspective on the sheep cultivating. Presently he needs to be a vocalist. However, no, he won’t sing for Ellie as of now. The exchange is amusing.

As they are studying the spot, four men show up. A fight follows and in the scuffle, Joel gets cut. While he and Ellie escape, Joel falls in the snow. In the last snapshots of the episode, Ellie admits how she doesn’t have the foggiest idea how to happen without him.

Which way’s west?

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— The Last of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) February 18, 2023

We are continually reminded at how terrible, how horrible a man Joel is all through The Remainder of Us Episode 6.

But, Pedro Pascal’s depiction of this defective person is reclaiming to such an extent that it’s difficult to see him as this once-savage feline. Ellie admitted that she’s anxious about winding up alone in the past episode, and this is on full showcase as Joel’s mortality becomes the dominant focal point.

There’s an incredible get back to the last snapshots of the main episode, as the kinds of Depeche Mode end up The Remainder of Us Episode 6: