In The Last of Us TV Show and the game, Ellie is 14 years old.
"The Last of Us" is an HBO post-apocalyptic drama TV series created and penned by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. Inspired by the 2013 video game of the same name by Naughty Dog, the show centers on Joel (played by Pedro Pascal), a smuggler, and Ellie (portrayed by Bella Ramsey), a teenage girl navigating the post-apocalyptic USA. Joel's younger brother and ex-militiaman, Tommy (played by Gabriel Luna), are also part of the tale.
The series was filmed between July 2021 and June 2022 across Alberta. The first season covers the events of the initial game and debuted on January 15, 2023. While some dialogue mirrors the game, certain episodes reportedly diverge significantly. The season comprises nine episodes, and Gustavo Santaolalla returned to craft the score, reprising his role from the game.
Who is Ellie in The Last of Us?
In HBO's The Last of Us, Ellie Williams is a key character. At 14 years old, she's an orphan surviving in a post-apocalyptic America shattered by the Cordyceps brain infection. Remarkably, Ellie is immune to this infection, holding hope for a potential vaccine. Marlene assigns Joel Miller the task of smuggling Ellie from Boston to the Fireflies in pursuit of this hope.
Despite her tough exterior akin to Joel's and her anger toward the world, Ellie also yearns for a sense of family and belonging within a community. Throughout The Last of Us season 1, Ellie starts seeing Joel as a father figure, and together, they fill each other's void for family.
What happens to Ellie at the end of The Last of Us S1?
While exploring an abandoned Army hospital, Joel opens up to Ellie about a gunshot wound that wasn't from a fight but a suicide attempt after losing his daughter, Sarah. Their conversation is interrupted when they are ambushed by Fireflies from Saint Mary's Hospital. Ellie is rendered unconscious by the doctors who have been studying her unique immunity to Cordyceps.
When Ellie wakes, she finds herself in a truck with Joel, who claims the doctors had given up on finding a cure due to failed attempts with other immune subjects. He rescues Ellie during a supposed raider attack, but his story unravels as Ellie questions him about Marlene's fate. Joel's lie is exposed to the audience—Marlene discloses the truth about Ellie's surgery that would lead to her death, leading Joel to ruthlessly kill every Firefly, including Marlene and the head surgeon, to save Ellie from a fatal procedure.
At the very end of the final episode of season 1, Joel and Ellie walk to Jackson, discussing their pasts. Joel shares about Sarah, feeling she and Ellie would have connected. Approaching the town, Ellie confesses about Riley's turning and the deaths caused by their journey. She asks Joel to swear that he is telling the truth about what happened at the hospital; he does, and Ellie accepts it with a simple "Okay."
FAQs
A. In The Last of Us games, it is canon that Abby is approximately the same age as Ellie.
A. Yes, by the end of The Last of Us season 1, Joel starts to see Ellie as his daughter. Joel's love for Ellie stemmed from his own experience of grief and the loss of his biological daughter.
A. Tommy should have been around 45 years old during the main events of The Last of Us. 1.
