What Song Plays At The End Of The Last Of Us Episode 6 (& Who Sings It)?

Audiences might remember that Episode 1, titled "When You're Lost in the Darkness," also ended with Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again." The song played as Joel, Ellie, and Tess (Anna Torv) escaped the Boston Quarantine Zone, starting their journey towards the Fireflies. The song plays via Joel's radio in his apartment. The debut

Audiences might remember that Episode 1, titled "When You're Lost in the Darkness," also ended with Depeche Mode's "Never Let Me Down Again." The song played as Joel, Ellie, and Tess (Anna Torv) escaped the Boston Quarantine Zone, starting their journey towards the Fireflies. The song plays via Joel's radio in his apartment. The debut episode establishes that, should an 80s song play over the radio, it means that there's bad news. In "Kin," it's clear from Joel's wounds that things are pretty rough for the duo. Now, more than ever, the lyrics of the grooving 80s track speak to Ellie and Joel's growing relationship.

"I'm taking a ride with my best friend," are the first words in the song, directly speaking to Ellie's POV. "I hope he never lets me down again/He knows where he's taking me/Taking me where I want to be," the song continues. As Ellie try to wake Joel up, she says she doesn't know where to go, ultimately lost without his guidance and direction.

In the official "The Last of Us" podcast, co-creator Craig Mazin opened up about why it was important to have a cover of the Depeche Mode song play as the pivotal episode wrapped up. "I had this idea that, at the end of this episode, when Ellie is looking down at Joel, and this is the person — she was taking a ride with him, and he has let her down, even though it's 'never let me down again.' This is how it comes around," Mazin said. "I wanted to re-present that song, but in this point of view of just sadness and loss."

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