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With the next chapter hitting tonight , here ’s a our trailer of tonight ’s episode of HBO and Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann ’s The Last of Us Season 2 .
Tonight , it ’s the radioactive dust from last calendar week ’s unrelenting death of Joel ( Pedro Pascal ) at the hands of Abby ( Kaitlyn Dever ) and her crew , as Ellie ( Bella Ramsey ) await to map their next steps in induce them pay for what they ’ve done . That ’s where things stand up channelize into the third instalment of HBO and ShowrunnersCraig MazinandNeil Druckmann’sThe Last of UsSeason 2 , with viewers still reeling from the loss of Joel so early on in the season . mark that " every choice was on the table , " Mazin and Druckmanndiscussed withVarietywhat led to the decision to kill off Joel so early inthe season .
" Ultimately , I think we needed just to nail down back into the show . Because even in the game , there ’s like an 60 minutes or something before you get to this instant . But we also knew it need to be early enough , because this is the move incident for this story . So yes , we always pick every replacement , but the by and by it got in the time of year , it just felt we were kind of drop back our feet instead of just get to the meat of what the account is about , " Druckmann share .
Mazin continued , " There ’s a danger of dun the great unwashed . It ’s not what we desire to do . If people know it ’s coming , they will start to finger hagridden . And masses who do n’t bonk it ’s do are pop off to ascertain out it ’s coming , because people are sound to let the cat out of the bag about the fact that it has n’t show up yet . Our instinct was to ensure that when we did it , that it felt natural in the story and was not some meta - mapping of us wanting to swage people . "
The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 Preview
The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 : Directed byPeter Hoarand written byCraig Mazin , here ’s a trailer of tonight ’s chapter , pursue by the prescribed simulacrum gallery . In addition , we have a flavour back at what Pascal , Ramsey , and Dever had to share about last calendar week ’s tragic , secret plan - convert here and now :
Shortly after the episode aired , EWreleased an exclusive interview with Mazin , Druckmann , Pascal , Ramsey , and Kaitlyn Dever where they covered every face of the hideous and heartrending chapter . While you may tick out the entire visibility below , here are some of the highlights from Pascal , Ramsey , and Dever that stood out :
Ramsey ’s Reaction to First Reading The Episode ’s Script : " I ’ve never cried reading a spell of writing before , but I had such a gastral reaction to it . It ’s almost like we ’ve play that dynamic , me and Pedro , for a year , and it feel like male parent - girl in some way . I think my reaction to that being over was quite a gradual feeling . Also knowing that that would be the end of Pedro and us two working together in this capacity . "
Pascal on suffer a Hard Time Saying Goodbye : " I ’m in active denial . I realize this more and more as I get older , I receive myself slip into disaffirmation that anything is over . I know that I ’m evermore bonded to so many members of the experience and just have to see them under different condition , but never will under the circumstances of playing Joel on ' The Last of Us . ' And , no , I do n’t spend a lot of time think about it because it make me sad . "
Dever on Handling Viewers ' reaction to Abby Killing Joel : " I ’m taking all of this as it come . frankly , I do n’t know what to do . I do n’t know how to be after for it . I do n’t know how multitude are going to react . I hope that people apprize what I did with the role , and that ’s all I can really do . I sense effective sitting in that outer space just because I really do n’t have any control . It ’s done . What I did is out there ; it ’s decease to happen . I think that in play the role , I obviously want to do the game character reference Justice Department , but also bring my own authenticity to the part and humanise her in the best direction that I could . With the help of Craig and Neil developing who that character was going to be , I ’m very , very proud of it . "
Behind the television camera , Mazin and Druckmann will be joined byPeter Hoar(S01E03 : " prospicient , Long Time"),Mark Mylod(HBO’sSuccession),Nina Lopez - Corrado(HBO’sPerry Mason),Stephen Williams(HBO’sWatchmen ) , andKate Herron(Loki ) . HBO’sThe Last of Usis written and executive - produced by Mazin and Druckmann . The serial is a carbon monoxide - product with Sony Pictures Television and is also executive - produced byCarolyn Strauss , Jacqueline Lesko , Cecil O’Connor , Asad Qizilbash , Carter Swan , andEvan Wells . PlayStation Productions , Word Games , The Mighty Mint , and Naughty Dog do as the productioncompanies .
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