Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 3 of The Last of Us Season 2.In the wake of the devastating events of last Sunday's episode of The Last of Us, this week's installment marked a new chapter for Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and the rest of the survivors of the infected horde's attack on Jackson.

The Last of Us season 2 is a bleaker, darker follow-up to the first season - and we're just getting started. After the events of The Last of Us season 2 episode 2, it's easy to see that things are about to get very,

So what’s the deal with the new cult in The Last of Us? Who exactly are the Seraphites? About 20 minutes into The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3, the action suddenly shifts from Jackson, Wyoming to a verdant forest trail.

Ellie and Dina take matters into their own hands after last week's harrowing episode, as Jackson rebuilds after the infected attack.

Then in the 1990s and 2000s, the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” creator Joss Whedon was partly responsible for changing the way TV series handle death, with heroes carrying the pain of a loss for multiple episodes — to the point where fans would anxiously wonder whether the show would ever be fun again.

Aside from the crushing absence of Pedro Pascal's name at the very start of The Last of Us ' opening credits, the sequence in Season 2, episode 3 looks pretty much the same as usual: The camera winds through a morphing, cordyceps-inspired tapestry, with fungal plants sprouting into the shape of a city alongside the names of the cast and crew.