and the remainder of the story will make them even closer. Although Joel's death put Ellie on a dark path in the source material, Dina was the shining light that kept her grounded, something the ...

Abby makes her intentions toward Joel ... light information from the games. If you don’t want to know any of this, skip to the final heading now. In The Last of Us—Part II game, Abby’s story ...

The inciting incident, the origin of this story is Joel’s death. Any inciting incident, you have to get to it as soon as possible. What motivates this entire journey that Ellie goes on starts ...

Whether you’ve played the game or are experiencing the story for the first time, here’s a breakdown of what happened to Joel, why it matters, and what it means for the rest of the season.

He definitely sees his character’s leadership during The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 2’s battle as something that “serves the story,” setting Tommy up as Joel’s successor as a leader and ...

The first thing we hear in its premiere, titled “Future Days,” is the same demand Ellie (Bella Ramsey) made of Joel (Pedro Pascal ... thematic resonance to the story of “The Last of Us ...

How do you take that presumed certainty that Joel will not survive and use it to service the current story you’re telling? “What we try to do is preserve the aspects of canon that I would call ...

He also serves as an uncle figure to Ellie as Joel essentially took on the role of her adoptive father. While the show and the game have followed each other in story and pace fairly closely this ...

Our instinct was to make sure that when we did it, that it felt natural in the story and was not some meta-function of us wanting to upset people. HBO / Liane Hentscher Joel’s final moments are ...

When Pascal took the role, Mazin says the actor knew Joel would face this savaging in a potential Season 2. And, of course, there was a Season 2. "Loss is kind of how this story functions ...