I recently watched the first season of The Last of Us tv show on HBO Max and having played the game first and watched it second was pretty interesting. The season finale aired this week, so if you haven't seen it (or played the game), watch out because there'll be spoliers ahead!
The episode started with Joel and Ellie bonding and feeding a giraffe, before Joel got clocked in the head. He woke up in a hospital, and there was Marlene, telling him that they were about to operate on Ellie in order to attempt to essentially extract the cure from Ellie's brain, killing her in the process. Naturally, Joel thinks that's a terrible idea, so he goes on a video-game-style (natch) killing spree through the hospital, murdering dozens of Fireflies and also killing the doctor who was going to supposedly make this cure. Joel kills Marlene and takes Ellie away, and he lies to Ellie and says that raiders attacked the hospital, and that there are tons of other people with immunity like Ellie. At the very end of the episode, Joel doubles down on that lie, swearing to Ellie that he's telling the truth... which Ellie appears to see through.
Personally Joel was right to save Ellie's life, but he should have been honest with her about it. That's what the game's story is so phenomenal. It makes you think of the ethical decisions it played.
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