***Spoilers ahead for the third episode of The Last of Us and some character information from the videogames. Be warned.***

The Last of Us pulled the biggest switcheroo on us all with its third episode—tricking us into clicking play on what was supposed to be yet another hour of the post-apocalyptic, zombie-riddled adventures of unwilling father-daughter duo Ellie and Joel and instead running us over with one of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching queer love stories ever put to screen. When I tell you that I was sobbing so hard by the end of it that I couldn’t see my screen, I’m not exaggerating.

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