‘The Last of Us’ proved once again it doesn’t need nonstop action to be awesome – and heartbreaking
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“The Last of Us” executive producer Neil Druckmann speaks to CNN about Pedro Pascal’s return in Season 2, Episode 6.
It has been exactly four weeks since HBO drama “The Last of Us” stunned viewers with a major cast shakeup. Luckily, we learned in Sunday’s sixth episode, we wouldn’t have to wait long to see Pedro Pascal’s Joel again. Joel, who died in the second episode of the season at the hands of season villain Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), was heavily featured in an emotional flashback episode that took place on Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) birthdays from ages 15 to 19 and included a pivotal conversation between Ellie and Joel. The capsule episode felt reminiscent of last season’s masterful “Long, Long Time,” which showcased a devastating love story between two characters played by Nick Offerman and Murry Bartlett, a performance for which Offerman won an Emmy. “What I took away from (“Long, Long Time”) is just the confidence that we can have, in a zombie genre show, a whole episode with no action and just drama between these two characters,” creator and executive producer Neil Druckmann told CNN in a recent interview. “Watching (Joel and Ellie) wrestle with their feelings… is as suspenseful, as tense as any action sequence.” The decision to wait until the penultimate episode of Season 2, and to consolidate the birthday memories into one episode – which are instead shown intermittently throughout the video game on which the series is based – was, according to Druckmann, intentional for maximum emotional impact.
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