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 romance between Ellie and Dina is one of the most anticipated parts of The Last of Us season two, and in episode four, people are finally getting the moment they’ve been waiting for. Isabela Merced,