The final of us launched us to many villains out to get Joel and Ellie, however the present’s eighth episode confirmed us their greatest battle for survival but as they confronted off in opposition to David and his band of followers. As Joel continued to recuperate from his accidents, Ellie tried to guide them away and we quickly uncover the actual cause they’re out to get them: revenge. All of it has to do with a thriller man named Alec, who we have truly met earlier than within the sequence. Nonetheless confused about who he’s? You are actually not alone.
This is every part you should learn about Alec van The final of us.
First and largest query: Who’s Alec?!
Truthfully, we do not blame you for questioning. It is truly been some time since we have seen him and sure, you’ve got truly met him earlier than. However we did not know his identify then.
He’s truly the person who kills Joel when he and Ellie made it to varsity to get Ellie to hitch the Fireflies. Sadly for them, that they had already left and had been noticed by a gaggle of hunters searching for them. Ellie tries to warn Joel about one in all them who was about to assault him – who we later uncover is definitely Alec – and Joel kills him within the course of, however not earlier than he will get stabbed too. In case you want extra of a refresher, this truly all occurred in Episode 6.
We’ve since discovered that he was a part of David’s band of followers. We’re nonetheless unsure why precisely they determined to assault Joel and Ellie within the Fireflies lab, however contemplating we later discover out that David’s group had been truly cannibals, nicely… you possibly can in all probability guess why …
Why did David’s group attempt to retaliate?
The primary normally has to do with simply getting again at him for killing Alec, who gave the impression to be a beloved member of the group. Even his personal daughter requested David to kill Joel and Ellie to get again at them. So it was possible that David had licensed the search to regain management and belief of the group, particularly as they tried to outlive the tough winter.
In the meantime, it might have been for meals functions too, as David and his group had been about to expire and had been determining easy methods to proceed to outlive. As David Ellie later identified, some individuals in his group already knew they had been cannibals, so it is attainable in addition they hunted them for meals.
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