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.

Bella Ramsey as Ellie and Isabela Merced as Dina (Image: HBO) In ‘The Last of Us Part II’, Ellie and Dina’s relationship is a key emotional anchor amid the chaos and devastation of their world. One of the most pivotal moments in their journey together takes place in an abandoned theater in Seattle.