The Last of Us episode 7: The biggest changes between the HBO show and the PlayStation game
Just like the HBO show's third episode did, The Last of Us episode 7 takes a detour from the main story and indulges us with flashbacks – this time into Ellie's past. While episode 3 filled in a lot of the blanks from the game with original content, though, 'Left Behind' directly adapts the accompanying DLC by the same name.
With that, it's pretty faithful to the source material for the most part but that doesn't mean the episode doesn't tweak things here and there, from Ellie's bestie Riley's involvement with the Fireflies and Ellie's upbringing in the FEDRA camp, to a particularly creepy corpse encounter. Below, we go into all the differences between the latest installment and the Naughty Dog game.
Unsurprisingly, this article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 7, so proceed with caution if you've yet to tune in and don't want to know exactly what happens. All up to date? Let's dive in...
By far the biggest change from game to show in Left Behind's adaptation is the framing device used to take a peek back into Ellie's past.
In the game, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is similarly treating Joel (Pedro Pascal) after he was stabbed in the side. However, Ellie holes Joel up in a mall in Colorado instead of the generic building in the show. There, Ellie fights off raiders from the same group that attacked the pair at the university to find medicine. This, inevitably, leads Ellie to recall the memory of the last time she was in a mall – just weeks before the events of The Last of Us.
In the HBO series, Ellie simply goes into another room to find supplies for Joel. She saves him by suturing his wound in pretty straightforward fashion. Well, as straightforward as life-saving surgery goes, anyway.
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