After the latest episode of The Last of Us made a pretty definitive statement about whether the Fireflies could have made a cure, series co-creator Neil Druckmann has settled the long-running debate.
The Last of Us is made up of many incredible and memorable moments, but by far the most important in the whole series is when Joel chooses to murder the Fireflies to save Ellie's life, taking a chance at a cure away from the world. It's a defining scene for Joel's character that has a massive ripple effect throughout the rest of his, Ellie's, and Abby's stories, and one that's talked about to this day.
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In the game, one of the key reasons why this choice is so debated is that it's left fairly ambiguous as to whether the Fireflies could have even made a cure by sacrificing Ellie. Fans have discussed the likelihood of one biologist being able to create a cure for such a humanity-ruining virus, something that the show recently made up its own mind about.
During the latest episode of Season 2 of The Last of Us, Joel and Ellie's beloved porch discussion was adapted and...
