This post contains major spoilers for "The Last of Us" season 2, episode 2.

"The Last of Us" is a show full of heartbreak, a bleak, post-apocalyptic drama about Infected (don't call them zombies) where death is at every corner. From the very first episode, where we see Joel (Pedro Pascal) lose his only child tragically, audiences were forced to get used to not getting attached to anyone. Everyone we met was probably going to get killed, whether they were old friends of Joel, Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) first crush, or friendly strangers they met on the road. No one was safe.

Season 2, however, just took that idea further than ever, with the second episode delivering without a doubt the most shocking and emotionally devastating moment of the entire show — a moment that echoes the shock and heartbreak of early "Game of Thrones." It comes during what is already a rather shocking, violent,...