The events with the role of Abby in the last of us are modified and the HBO series dares everything from its first episode
The wait was long, but we finally returned to Jackson. The second season of The last of us It is here and has not lost time to break the patterns. If you expected a line adaptation by line of Part IIYou can get out of the command, because HBO and the showrunners Craig Mazin y Neil Druckmann They decided to play with the script … and with our emotions.
Instead of starting with Joel and Tommy – as happens in the game – the first episode launches us directly to the drama from another perspective. History Open with Abbyplayed by Kaitlyn DeverAccompanied by Nora, Manny, Mel and Owen. A group that already plays us if we play the sequel, but that begins to leave our mark on the screen. I’m next to improvised tombs, discussing “What Joel did” and how much it cost. There is no doubt that hatred is already sown.
Differences with the game
One of the most surprising details is that The guitar does not enter the scene as in the video game. Instead of seeing Joel give her Ellie and playing for her at a tender and symbolic moment, here we see her with the instrument already in her possession. Of course, everything indicates that this moment we will see later, probably in a flashback loaded with nostalgia.
Another important change comes with a Unexpected but very special cameo: The composer Gustavo Santaolalla seems to play the banjo in the dance of the barn. In the game we also see him, but in a very different context: sitting in a corner of Jackson, with his faithful dog next to him, simply playing while the world continues to travel.
But if there is something that really marks the tone of this second season it is Joel’s emotional state. In the game, his internal struggle was already guessed, but in the series it goes further: Joel is on therapy. Visit to Gail, Jackson’s therapist, at a time that seems necessary. In such a broken world, mental health also needs its space.
In addition, the series changed the dates of the post -Epocalyptic calendar. If the game takes place in 2038-2039, now we are in 2029, which does not change too much in terms of technology (Remember that the world stopped decades ago), but could alter the rhythm of future events.
And speaking of rhythm, one of the moments most remembered by the players, The chief of the barnIt occurs in this first episode, when in the game it appears much later as a flashback. The kiss between Ellie and Dina, the tension with Seth and Joel’s intervention are here as we remember them … but without the emotional weight he had in the game. In return, we won a scene that strengthen the relationship between Ellie and DinaAnd to clarify that this season will play their cards differently.
Not everything is dramatic in this dystopia. There is also a place for “Father” jokesThis time responsible for Dina. During a patrol, he releases Ellie: “What are the ribs of a bear? Bear-Becue” are called “. Ellie pretends not to be fun, but known in his diary. Sometimes the little things say a lot.
What comes for Ellie, Dina and Joel
The first episode clarifies that this season It will not be a trace of video gamesBut a reinterpretation with its narrative times and resources. Of course, the original material is still very present. The actions of Beautiful Ramsey as Ellie and Pedro Pascal like Joel They maintain the intensity and incorporation of new characters adds shades to the story we already know.
For those who know it well The last part of us IIThese changes can be shocking, but also offer a new way of living a story that has already made us cry with the command in hand. The risk and earnings series to do it, because the important thing is still there: Human connection, pain, love and the consequences of our decisions.
There are many episodes in the lead, and if this start has taught us something, that’s that Each scene can have a new meaning. The cards are on the table. It remains only to follow, even if it is full of scars.