‘The Last of Us’: Final Episode Produces a Pro-Life Masterpiece

The Last of Us, a show I initially celebrated and later castigated, managed a successful exit from Season One — much like an adrenaline-spiked lunge through the safe-room door in Left 4 Dead. Mid-season criticisms of the show had a lot to do with where the show-runners’ emphasis was — telling subversive love stories in the end of days — instead of progressing the plot or maintaining the integrity of the world’s internal logic. What separates the first season’s climactic end from what came before it is the jarringly pro-life messaging throughout the finale.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead)

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Luther Ray Abel

Luther Ray Abel is an Associate Editor for National Review. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Luther is a proud native of Sheboygan, Wis.

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The Last of Us, a show I initially celebrated and later castigated, managed a successful exit from Season One — much like an adrenaline-spiked lunge through the safe-room door in Left 4 Dead. Mid-season criticisms of the show had a lot to do with where the show-runners’ emphasis was — telling subversive love stories in the end of days — instead of progressing the plot or maintaining the integrity of the world’s internal logic. What separates the first season’s climactic end from what came before it is the jarringly pro-life messaging throughout the finale.

(Warning: Spoilers ahead)