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The Last of Us – Season 2, Episode 6 The Price

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The Last of Us – Season 2, Episode 6

The Price

Aired May 18, 2025

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Joel surprises Ellie for her birthday; years later, Ellie prepares to confront Joel about her past.

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Pedro Pascal imbues Joel Miller with the essence of life itself, delivering a sobering and somber look at The Price of fatherhood.

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Neil Druckmann

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Craig Mazin

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Bella Ramsey

Ellie

Rose Lam

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Keith Phipps

New York Magazine/Vulture

May 19

5/5

...rich, challenging, and in this installment, remarkably moving.

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Caroline Siede

AV Club

May 19

A

Joel is gone, but his legacy lives on through his adoptive daughter. And this flashback episode paints a beautiful, bittersweet, brutally honest portrait of what kind of legacy that is.

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Liz Shannon Miller

Consequence

May 19

What’s so striking about the episode is how it emphasizes how fully realized a character Joel is; not just a survivor, not just a parent, but a whole person.

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Maria Lattila

Film Stories

Jul 9

I won’t ruin the satisfaction of watching the episode and Eugene’s scenes in particular, but this is where The Last Of Us season 2 is at its best. If the videogame is the bones of the whole thing, season 2 is the meat around it.

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Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

May 26

9.5/10

Add The Price to the ever-growing list of contenders for the series' best episode. There was exactly one gun fired, but even those who enjoy the magnificent pulse-pounding action of the show will appreciate its emotional and gut-wrenching brilliance.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

May 23

From Joe Pantoliano's tragic guest appearance to that final scene with Pedro Pascal, this episode is a bit of a tearjerker and features some of Bella Ramsey's best acting of the season.

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Synopsis

Joel surprises Ellie for her birthday; years later, Ellie prepares to confront Joel about her past.

Creator: Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin
Executive Producer: Neil Druckmann, Asad Qizilbash, Carolyn Strauss, Carter Swan, Evan Wells
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2025