‘Treated’ is, perhaps, the wrong word to use here.

yo be aware of major spoilers for The Last of Us below.

We knew it was coming, but it happened perhaps sooner than many of us expected.

Pedro Pascal as Joel in TLOU season two

In the second episode of The Last of Us season two, Joel is killed by Abby.

You little miracle."

Perhaps it was harder for those coming to the show without any prior knowledge of the source material.

Pedro Pascal’s Instagram post with Kaitlyn Dever

This user seems to think so.

#TheLastOfUsgame players knew this WHOLE TIME that Joel was gonna die and you didnt warn me?!

“Does it ever keep y’all up at night knowing how Joel was ready to end it all?

Social media post showing images of Pedro Pascal as Joel with Sarah, Ellie, Dina and Abby in TLOU

to accept his fate in death, until he heard Ellie yelling for him to get up?

“THE WAY HIS FINGERS TWITCH.

HE WANTED TO REACH OUT TO HER.

Image of a person writing an email to their boss asking for time of work due to a death in the family, in this case Joel

OH MY GOD,“reads yet another post.

“Guys he got up !

He listened to Ellie !

Pedro Pascal floating in the sea

I’m not sure what episode you’re referring to.

In what I watched, the old man’s fine,“another added.

They’re watching a movie together in the next episode, actually.”

“25 long years later, theyre finally together,” wrote one viewer with a collection of images.

Also, as pointed out by several viewers online, Tommy still doesn’t know his brother is dead.

And, let’s be honest, he already isn’t exactly having the best day.

I thinkthis userhas summed things up quite well for all of us watching The Last of Us season two.

Agree, we have probably all cried an ocean’s worth since episode two aired earlier this week.

Abby said it both this episode and the first episode.

The end results have exceeded even our most ambitious goals.”