Please Hold to My Hand

"**Please Hold to My Hand**"
"Please Hold to My Hand"
The Last of Us episode
	Joel trusts Ellie enough to allow her a gun. One of few interiors in the show filmed on location, the scene was praised for Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey's performances.
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 4
Directed by	Jeremy Webb
Written by	Craig Mazin
Featured music	"Alone and Forsaken" by Hank Williams; "True Faith" by Lotte Kestner;
Cinematography by	Eben Bolter
Editing by	Timothy A. Good
Original air date	February 5, 2023
Running time	45 minutes
Guest appearances
	Lamar Johnson as Henry Burrell; Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan; Keivonn Montreal Woodard as Sam; Jeffrey Pierce as Perry; John Getz as Eldelstein; Juan Magana as Bryan;
Episode chronology
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"Please Hold to My Hand" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American post-apocalyptic drama television series The Last of Us. The episode was written by series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Jeremy Webb. It aired on HBO on February 5, 2023. In the episode, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) encounter an ambush in Kansas City, Missouri. Elsewhere in the city, bandit leader Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey), her second-in-command Perry (Jeffrey Pierce), and their group search for Henry (Lamar Johnson) and his brother Sam (Keivonn Montreal Woodard).

Kansas City replaced Pittsburgh, as seen in the video game on which the series is based, as Mazin found the production location in Calgary more closely resembled the city and the distance to Kansas City justified additional character development. The writers felt adapting to television allowed an opportunity to explore characters like Kathleen and Perry, who were not in the game. The episode received positive reviews, with praise for its writing, direction, cinematography, and performances of Lynskey, Pascal, and Ramsey. It was watched by 7.5 million viewers on its first day.

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