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<\/figure>\n Nicely, pals. We\u2019ve come to the tip of the highway, no less than for now. Episode 9 of HBO\u2019s The Final of Us <\/em>is the season finale, bringing us to the tip of the story informed within the first sport. Even the episode\u2019s title, \u201cSearch for the Mild,\u201d neatly closes the loop opened by that of the primary episode, \u201cWhen You\u2019re Misplaced Within the Darkness.\u201d Deeply devoted to the sport\u2019s provocative, morally ambiguous ending and different well-known story beats in its remaining chapter, the episode nonetheless departs from the supply materials in a number of key methods, beginning with its opening. Let\u2019s begin with the start of the tip.<\/p>\n Notably, that is the primary entry since episode two<\/span> that begins with a cold-open prologue quite than the title sequence. After the primary two episodes, I truly thought this was one thing the present may be dedicated to in the long run, with every episode kicking off with a unique, related glimpse of life earlier than the pandemic or another thread that might inform our understanding of what was to return. However no, the machine fell away early on, solely to make one final return for the season finale, with a flashback that doesn\u2019t exist within the sport and that provides us a brand new perspective on two key characters: Marlene, and Anna, Ellie\u2019s mom.<\/p>\n A couple of days in the past, Neil Druckmann, co-creator of the sport The Final of Us <\/em>and one of many showrunners of HBO\u2019s prediction, tweeted this:<\/p>\nAshley Johnson as Ellie\u2019s mom Anna<\/strong><\/h2>\n