Warning: article contains spoilers The Last of Us Part 2.
I think I realized when The Last of Us The second season will end – and this will be the perfect stop for the ambitious adaptation of the series. Part II. Starting with HBO The Last of Us It has been confirmed that the story of the second game will be divided into several seasons, and there has been a lot of discussion about when the TV show will take a break. There are several options; if it follows Ellie and Abby’s adventures in Seattle at the same time, it may be cut short when their paths unwittingly cross in the hospital.
Now that The Last of Us With the full trailer out for Season 2, the form the adaptation is taking is becoming a little clearer. With the exception of a couple of changes, the TV show seems to stick to the second game as closely as it did the first game of the first season. As an avid gamer who has dedicated over 500 hours to this franchise, I’m glad that the TV adaptation seems to stay faithful to the game as it dives into Part II. And one key frame from the trailer seems to hint at how season two will end.
I think The Last of Us season 2 will end with Abby’s backstory revealed
TV audiences need to be given a reason to care about Abby
Throughout production The Last of Us In Season 2, several leaks and on-set photos hinted at how much of the game would be covered. There were set photos covering Ally’s three days in Seattle, from her Capitol Hill battle with Dina to her trip to the aquarium with Jesse, and almost no photos of Abby actress Kaitlyn Dever. This suggested that the TV show would follow the same story structure as the game, covering Ellie’s entire journey through Seattle and then returning to show Abby’s point of view. the same three days.
The natural stopping point is when Abby arrives at the theater. confront Ellie. There’s even a built-in fade-to-black feature that lets you see the season two finale. But the more I think about it, the more This doesn’t seem like a good place to end the season.. It’s one thing in a video game where the player can immediately continue the story, but it’s a completely different matter when TV viewers have to wait two years for Season 3. Because there are still no answers when Abby arrives at the theater. Viewers will likely be disappointed by this cliffhanger.
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Based on the trailer, which shows Abby mourning at her father’s grave: I’m convinced that season two will end shortly after the theatrical confrontation with a series of flashbacks explaining Abby’s backstory.. This is an amazing gaming mat. You’ve spent hours as Ellie, relentlessly tracking down Abby and killing all of her friends along the way in a nasty pursuit of revenge, and then these flashbacks reveal that Abby had good reason to kill Joel. This will make for a more satisfying season finale (and create more excitement for Season 3). than the standard black after a shocking twist.
Why The Last of Us Season 2 Shouldn’t End in a Theater
The value of the shock will be undermined by unanswered questions
Of course, the ending will have some shock effect. The Last of Us Season 2 in the theater. After Ellie spends three days trying to find Abby, Abby comes to her. She knocks Tommy unconscious, kills Jesse, and holds Ellie at gunpoint as she tries to pull the trigger. This could have been an amazing cliffhanger, but the surprise factor would ultimately be undermined by the unanswered questions. At the moment there are still no answers to any of the riddles. – Abby’s identity and why she killed Joel in the first place – so this could be a disappointing end to season two.
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That disappointment would be even worse two years later, when season three trailers dropped, teasing a full season of Abby. If season two ends in a theater and viewers still have no idea who Abby is other than sadistic killer Joel, then they will have no reason to sympathize with her.so they won’t be thrilled that Season 3 is mostly filmed from her point of view. Instead, Season 2 should use a flashback montage to explain who Abby is and why she did what she did.
Unraveling the mystery of who Abby is before the finale ends will give season two a sense of closure that wouldn’t have been there if it ended in a theater.
Unraveling the mystery of who Abby is before the finale ends will give season two a sense of closure that wouldn’t have been there if it ended in a theater. Viewers who have been wondering who Abby is the whole time Ellie has been hunting her will finally get a satisfying answer to that question. And when season three trailers arrive, promising to show Abby’s perspective on the Seattle days, viewers will be eager to learn more about her.
Placing Abby the zebra scene in the Season 2 finale would be consistent with Ellie the giraffe scene in the Season 1 finale.
These two animal scenes show that Ellie and Abby aren’t so different
Abby’s first flashback goes back to four years ago and shows her in the park with her father Jerry, trying to find a pregnant zebra who had escaped from a nearby zoo to help her give birth. They discover that the zebra has already given birth and is trapped in barbed wire, so they free it and follow it back to the baby, where their location is finally revealed: St. Mary’s Hospital in Salt Lake City. As it turns out, the zebra escaped from the same zoo as the giraffes that Joel and Ellie saw in the film. Part I.
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Joel and Ellie have just arrived at the hospital, and Jerry is a surgeon planning to turn Ellie’s immunity into a cure. This scene not only finally explains why Abby killed Joel (and for good reason); it also highlights the similarities between Ellie and Abby. They both love their father and want nothing more than to avenge him after he is killed. To highlight these similarities, Abby the zebra scene parallels Ellie the giraffe scene—and placing it in the season two finale will create a nice parallel to the season one finale.
Why The Last of Us TV Series, Reflecting the Game’s Structure, Is a Huge Risk
The Last of Us Part II has been criticized for pacing issues
Mirroring The Last of Us Part 2The TV adaptation’s disjointed, non-linear structure poses a huge risk, as the game has been criticized for pacing issues and for taking up too much of Ellie’s time. A TV show could solve the pacing problem while also showing Ellie and Abby’s Seattle perspectives.but that would be too conventional and would take away from the unique power of the story. The whole point is for the audience to focus on Abby’s murder as much as Ellie’s.; it wouldn’t work if it kept moving into Abby’s redemption arc.
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In this case, a break between seasons 2 and 3 may help. The game features dramatic changes of pace, from Ellie sailing through a flooded city to kill her nemesis to Abby eating a burrito in the safety of a sports stadium. But after a break in the season, it would make sense. The Last of UsThe Season 3 premiere will slow down a bit after the climactic and action-packed Season 2 finale.