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Near the end of the episode, Joel marches into the Fireflies’ operating room and proceeds to gun down the surgeon who was preparing to operate on an unconscious Ellie. The season 1 finale of The Last of Us features the easiest-to-miss cameo of the entire series. Laura Bailey as a Firefly Nurse Critical Role

That doesn’t make his appearance in episode 8 of The Last of Us any less noteworthy, though. Unlike Johnson, Baker’s role in HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us doesn’t have any major connection to the character he played in the original games, either. Unfortunately for him, Baker’s James doesn’t make it out of his Last of Us episode alive. The latter character is, notably, played by Troy Baker, who portrayed Joel in Naughty Dog and Sony’s Last of Us video games. but also his lethargic right-hand man, James. In The Last of Us episode 8, Ellie and Joel (Pedro Pascal) run into a cult of religious fanatics-turned-cannibals that are led not only by the predatory David (Scott Shepherd).

Last of Us creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin have repeatedly noted how important Johnson’s performance was to the creation and formation of Ellie as a character, which only makes her role in the HBO series as Ellie’s mother that much more moving. The BAFTA-winning actress portrayed Ellie in both of the original Last of Us video games, as well as the series’ 2014 DLC, Left Behind. However, what new fans of The Last of Us might not realize is that Ellie’s mother, Anna, is played by none other than Ashley Johnson. The sequence would be noteworthy for just those reasons alone. By the end of the tragic sequence, viewers finally know, among other things, how Ellie was born, how her mother died, and how Ellie’s immunity was (accidentally) created. The season finale’s opening minutes follow Anna Williams, the mother of Bella Ramsey’s Ellie, as she not only gives birth to her daughter, but also experiences the infected attack that resulted in her death. The Last of Us episode 9 opens with a surprising flashback. Ashley Johnson as Anna Liane Hentscher/HBO Note: This article features spoilers for The Last of Us season finale.