The Last of Us - Grand Finale - No Light at the End of the Tunnel

Except it's blatantly clear that Joel did not care at all about the veracity of Fireflies claims. It could have been a 100% guarantee that they will succeed and he still would not have accepted it. You're completely misconstruing the end if you try to nitpick under that lens, because that wasn't what Joel was thinking at that moment. All he cared about was not losing Ellie, nothing more. If he did, he would have told Ellie the truth, and not lied to her about her immunity.

All that rationale that you've presented is what people have built up retroactively to justify Joel's decision. And that point about the mass production and distribution is the most asinine thing I've ever read. Just knowing that producing a cure is possible would a massive step. If they get the cure to even 10 people, that's 10 lives saved that due to one human.

The only mistake that Marlene made was not ask Ellie. The game shows over and over again that Ellie is someone who is mature beyond her age. She knows what's at stake, she's seen the strife first hand.

Joel didn't do anything right.

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