The latest episode for HBO’s The Last of Us series recently aired and fans finally saw The Jackson County and it appears the series is finally on track. After a bunch of small diversions and one big one, Joel and Ellie continue their journey toward Fireflies.

This latest episode showed fans much more than just a few relevant scenes inspired by the game. Fans actually got a bunch of references and callbacks to popular characters and memorable moments. But, most important of them all, it appears that the creators of the series have finally started hinting at the upcoming season 2 of this series.

The Last of Us Episode 6 is full of hints

The Last of Us game was followed by Part 2. The sequel told the story of the game’s protagonist on a quest for revenge. She is looking for some people who have wronged her and her father figure Joel.

Before everything goes wrong though, fans are given a glimpse of their life at Jackson County. How they celebrate festivals, how they eat together, and how they form relationships there.

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We are introduced to a huge hall kind of place where people eat and celebrate their good times. It’s very similar to the one shown in Part II. We are also shown a character peeking at Ellie, and she looks eerily similar to Dina.

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Yes, we might have finally gotten our first look at Dina, the better half of the series protagonist Ellie. And finally, we got a look at a very beautiful foal. A foal named Shimmer. Yes, they have teased Ellie’s future girlfriend and her future horse in this episode.

Then at one point Joel and Ellie are shown having a conversation, they start talking about careers and he tells her that he wanted to be a singer. He also tells her that once all this Firefly thing is done with, he would love to settle down on a farm with sheep.

These things play out pretty nicely in the sequel. Ellie has a guitar, Joel taught her to play and sing, and there’s even a farmhouse. And finally, let us not forget that bow the native American couple owned. Make no mistake, it was a very subtle foreshadowing.

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We might have missed a bunch, but whatever we saw is exciting enough to make any fan of the series scream in excitement. Now let us just hope we see it soon enough!