The song used at the end of "The Last of Us" Season 2, Episode 2 – "Through the Valley" – has an important connection to the game.

But amid all the violence, grief, and pain of episode two, there was a song that plays over the end that hit like a shotgun ...

"Through the Valley" is a sad, grim song about someone who loses themselves in death and violence. Have fun, Ellie.

The song Carter had in mind was “How Soon is Now” by The Smiths, a song that would several years later become an integral part of The CW series Charmed, albeit in the form of a cover by the band Love ...