In HBO’s The Last Of Us, Pedro Pascal plays Joel Miller, a man who has lost everything in the dystopian wasteland of America now dominated by zombies. He’s cold, calculated, and uninterested in making friends—that is, until he’s given an assignment to take Ellie Williams, a young teenage girl, across the country on a mission that could save humanity.
But it turns out, Joel’s the one that might need saving, and it’s this turn of events that makes him one of the best characters on TV right now. Here are the best 9 quotes from Pedro Pascal’s Joel on The Last Of Us.
1.
“You’re not my daughter. And I sure as hell ain’t your dad.”
— Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), Season 1 Episode 6
2.
Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal): “I have dreams.”
Tommy Miller (Gabriel Luna): “What dreams?”
Joel: “I don’t know. All I know is that when I wake up, I know I’ve lost something.”
— Season 1 Episode 6
3.
“Back then, there were basically two main ways of looking at things . Some people wanted to own everything, and some people didn’t want anyone to own anything at all.”
— Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), Season 1 Episode 6
4.
“It’s okay. It’s okay, baby girl. I got you… I got you.:
— Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), Season 1 Episode 8
5.
Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey): “So time heals all wounds, I guess.”
Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal): “It wasn’t time that did it.”
— Season 1 Episode 9
6.
“I was the guy who shot and missed. There’s no story. Sarah died… and I couldn’t see the point anymore.”
— Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), Season 1 Episode 9
7.
“Look, sometimes things don’t work out the way we hope. You can feel like… like you’ve come to an end and you don’t know what to do next. But if you just keep going, you find something new to fight for.”
— Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), Season 1 Episode 9
8.
Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey): “Swear to me. Swear to me that everything you said about the Fireflies is true.”
Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal): “I swear.”
— Season 1 Episode 9
9.
Gail (Catherine O’Hara): “Did you hurt her?”
Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal): “No. No.”
Gail: “Then what? What did you do?”
Joel: “I saved her.”
— Season 1 Episode 9