The second season The Last of Us finally runs on WoW/Sky. In the second episode, we will deal directly with two tragic incidents that feel even more emotional thanks to a special song. This is particularly true with the-players a nerve.
Danger! While in the first part of this article we only vague the second episode of season 2 spoilers, an important event is explicitly mentioned in the last paragraph.
The 2nd Tlou episode inspires fans with a very special Easter Eggg
That's what it's about:Anyone who read the title of the episode ("Through the Valley") was able to think that the song of the same name will also play an important role in this episode. We are dealing with a very special song here that sounds at the end of the episode and can only be heard in the game under certain conditions.
What kind of song is that?Through The Valley was heard for the very first time in the announcement trailer for The Last of Us Part 2. Ellie (or her actress Ashley Johnson) sings the song in a scene that was never seen in the game.
Here you can see the said trailer:
Apart from the PS4 trailer, Through The Valley can only be heard if you have managed to play through Tlou 2 in Permadath mode.
The song originally comes from Shawn James. The text revolves around a person who wants to do their enemies and is convinced of being wrong and owning a damn soul while changing through the valley of death shadow. Thematically, the whole thing fits perfectly with the revenge topic.
In the HBO seriesis known to be played by Ashley Johnson, but by Bella Ramsey. However, we hear the song in a version that Ashley Johnson sang - a beautiful Easter Egg, albeit due to the previous events.
But that is exactly the full intentions And Neil Druckmann was looking forward to the reactions in advance:
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The song gets an additional meaning
In the first season of the, namely also in a flashback briefly as the mother of Ellie.
Because she sings the song here, the finale of the second episode also refers to Ellie's mother in a way. The fact that both Ellie's biological mother and her father figure in the form of Joel are now dead is even more tragedy.
Did you notice the song directly and did you notice who was sung from?