‘The Last of Us’ episode 8 trailer teases a chilling human threat

The Last of Us is amping up the stakes each week, and in episode 8, Ellie’s coming face-to-face with a actually chilling human threat. (And a acquainted face!)

In HBO’s preview for the subsequent instalment, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) is valiantly caring for a wounded Joel within the center of winter. On a looking run, she encounters a group of threatening survivors led by the forebodingly creepy David.

“The others need to kill you,” he says within the trailer. “I simply need to defend you.”

And in an absolute deal with for followers of The Last of Us video games, the member of David’s crew who first confronts Ellie within the trailer is a man known as James, performed by none apart from Troy Baker, who initially voiced Joel Miller.

The Last of Us is now streaming on HBO Max. New episodes air each Sunday at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.