The Last of Us episode 6 might have just featured another Part 2 Easter egg – and this time it's a major character
Warning! This article contains mild spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2 . If you've yet to play the game and want to remain in the dark as to its storyline, turn back now.
The Last of Us episode 6 might have just featured another Easter egg – and this time, it's not a giraffe soft toy or a nod to Joel's hero shirt from the first game, it's a major character from The Last of Us Part 2.
Interestingly, one of the HBO show's bosses, Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann, teased the involvement of a mystery character in season 1 way back in March 2020. Sharing a tweet from HBO celebrating International Women's Day and the network's roster of female characters, he wrote (opens in new tab): "And now you have Ellie, Riley, Tess, Marlene, Maria" before blanking out another four-letter name and adding, "and a few others!"
At the time, those who have played the game speculated as to who he might have meant. Anna, protagonist Ellie's late mother, who was later glimpsed in a teaser for the series, was an option, as were Abby, Ellie's adversary or Dina, Ellie's romantic partner in Part 2. Now, The Last of Us episode 6 has hinted that Druckmann probably meant the latter.
In the latest installment, titled 'Kin', Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) found themselves stumbling across a self-sufficient settlement in Jackson, Wyoming – and it just so happens that Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Joel's missing brother, has been made a new life for himself there. After introducing the pair to his partner Maria (Rutina Wesley), one of the community's leaders, the foursome sit down for a hot meal in the commune's canteen.
While chowing down, Ellie spots another girl staring at her from behind a wooden pillar. "What?" she growls, to which Maria says:
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