Director Kate Herron discusses Ellie and Dina's relationship in Episode 4 of Season 2, the "Take on Me" scene, the infected horde in the subway and introducing Jeffrey Wright's Isaac.

Speaking to Variety, Merced explained that the two are helping each other get through all the trauma they’ve experienced—and continue to experience living in The Last of Us‘

The actress also dished on that iconic "Take on Me" scene and why Dina's wearing a $500+ jacket in the apocalypse.

Part II—the PlayStation video game from which HBO’s The Last of Us season 2 is adapted—to be “one of the smartest games on empathy ever made,” she says. “I felt like the game was always having a conversation with you about it.

The Last of Us Season 2 has already been packed with brutal moments, but there's been some beauty in there too. Ellie (Bella Ramsey) playing a cover of A-ha's "Take On Me" to Dina