When The Final of Us Season 2 premiered this week on HBO, viewers might have been shocked by the five-year time leap. The story takes us again to Jackson, Wyoming, a spot that was solely briefly visited within the inaugural season, the place Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Joel (Pedro Pascal) are trying to rebuild their lives – solely individually. Ellie, now 19 years previous, is carving out her personal identification, whereas Joel struggles with the emotional weight of their fractured relationship. The primary season has already launched new characters and conflicts, together with one whose loss of life looms over the bigger narrative: Eugene.