Bella Ramsey Takes the Lead in 'The Last of Us'

It was the most shocking TV character death since Ned Stark lost his head in the first season of "Game of Thrones." In the second episode of the second season of HBO's "The Last of Us," Pedro Pascal's beloved everyman Joel is brutally murdered by a new character, Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). Viewers had fallen in love with Joel, a rugged survivor of the fungal apocalypse that turns humans into ghastly zombie-like creatures, and his fatherly bond with Bella Ramsey's Ellie, the snarky 14-year-old orphan who is immune to the cordyceps virus. Their hard-won relationship was the emotional . . .