The Last of Us series creators discuss why Season 2 ended the way it did
“This show is going to be a different show every season”
This weekend, the second season of The Last of Us ended, bringing the first half of The Last of Us Part II to the small screen. The ending, we already explored it a bit, otherwise we invite you to watch it and then click here. If you’ve already seen it, you’re probably wondering why it ends right at that point. At a recent event, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, creators of the series, talked about the details of this season, and revealed the reasons behind the small changes compared to the video game and what it’s like to bring it to television.
Warning: possible spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2 and Season 2, below.
Why does The Last of Us Part 2 close at that point?
During a talk with the press (via Polygon), Neil Druckmann, commented on the season finale. At this point, we have that scene where Abby arrives at the theater, shoots Jesse, has Tommy collapsed and takes aim at Ellie. The moment is full of tension, Abby aims at Ellie, we go to a fade to black and a gunshot is heard. After a few seconds of a fade to black, we see Abby waking up... and no, none of this is a dream, but we go back 3 days ago, and with it, we begin, as in the game, to live these 3 days in Seattle, but now from Abby’s perspective.
For Druckmann, this was always “the natural end point for the season,” and although they knew they could take more risks, they chose not to. To this, Mazin gave more context. “We have to take risks as a television show, and HBO is to back us taking risks. But then again, we just did kill Pedro Pascal. They understand that this show is going to be a different show every season, which is a sort of a tricky thing to do when you’re a hit show. You keep asking people like, ‘I know you love this, we’re taking it away and giving you this now.‘ And then, hopefully they go, ‘Oh, well, you know what, we actually really like this.’ ‘Oh, that’s nice. Now we’re giving you this now because that’s how the story works.’”
The already announced season 3 will show us the story from Abby’s point of view. But when will we see the return of The Last of Us? That has yet to be announced.
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