Pedro Pascal's Powerhouse Performance

In this episode of The Last of Us, titled "Kin," Joel and Ellie come across a secure and peaceful community in Jackson, Wyoming, where Joel's brother Tommy has found a new home with friends and family. Joel is visibly happy and relieved to find his brother safe and sound, but his own grief resurfaces as he learns that Maria, Tommy's partner, is expecting a baby. Meanwhile, Ellie learns more about Joel's past and grapples with the realization that the people she's grown to care about may not be able to stay with her forever. The episode ends with Joel being impaled by a shard of a baseball bat, and Ellie desperately tending to his wound.