The Last of Us: Storm Reid tells homophobic trolls to “get your priorities straight”
Spoilers ahead. Storm Reid has joined her The Last of Us co-star Bella Ramsey in denouncing the show’s anti-LGBTQ+ viewers. The latest episode of the HBO action-adventure introduces the Euphoria star via flashbacks as Riley Abel, Ellie’s (Ramsey) best friend who left their FEDRA boarding school to join the Fireflies, a rebel group.
In similar vein to Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman’s lauded third episode, ‘Left Behind’ marks another self-contained story about queer love, with Riley and Ellie sharing their first kiss after breaking into an abandoned mall.
The episode culminates in a gut-punch, however, when an Infected attacks and bites both Riley and Ellie moments after. Although they accept their fate and agree to sit with each other as the infection spreads, viewers are aware that Ellie is immune – meaning she has to watch her love turn into a zombified creature.
Anticipating a similar homophobic backlash to episode three, Long Long Time – which has since been hailed as one of television’s finest hours – Storm told Entertainment Weekly: “Like Bella said when episode 3 came out: If you don’t like it, don’t watch. “We are telling important stories.
