The Last Of Us - Season 1- Episode 7 🏆
"Left Behind" is a risk that pays off spectacularly. It’s a smaller, quieter episode that relies entirely on character and emotion over spectacle. Storm Reid delivers a career-best performance as Riley—so full of light and life that her inevitable end feels like a personal wound.
Enter Riley (played with dazzling charisma by Storm Reid). Riley is Ellie’s older, cooler, missing best friend who has mysteriously returned after running off to join the Fireflies. She breaks into Ellie’s dorm room and, with a mischievous grin, whispers four magic words: "I want to show you something." The Last of Us - Season 1- Episode 7
If the previous episode, "Kin," was a masterclass in quiet, devastating grief, then Episode 7, "Left Behind," is a love letter written in the margins of the apocalypse. Titled after the game’s celebrated DLC, this episode takes a full step away from Joel’s knife-edge survival and plunges us headfirst into Ellie’s past. "Left Behind" is a risk that pays off spectacularly
See you next week for the finale. Bring tissues. Enter Riley (played with dazzling charisma by Storm Reid)