Theres a lot of contrived stuff, like how ellie decides not to kill Abby after killing all those people to get ther and having her bite her fingers off or Joel letting his guard down around Abby (who he came into contact around by pure chance) despite how much it goes against his character.
Someone else could likely articulate it better than me.
that's not really contrived, though.
Ellie knew by killing Abby, she'd either have to kill Lev or save him - if she killed him, someone who she viewed as an innocent, and someone who she her life to (as well as Dina's and JJ's), she would have really lost herself. and if she saved him, she knew that the cycle of violence would have continued
and as far as Abby finding Joel goes, she was already heading out to Jackson, and she found Joel and Tommy's tracks, so she was tracking them, and the two already said they'd be heading out to deal with roaming packs, iirc. and Tommy was the one who gave up their names
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Anyone who doesnt like TLOU2s story just doesnt like women