Craig Mazin

And if that moment doesn't happen, then maybe the way the episode ends doesn't happen either.

And if that moment doesn't happen, then maybe the way the episode ends doesn't happen either.

She knifes a guy in the neck and kills him as if he were a clicker. And Dina shoots a man in the back of the head. Why? Well, Ellie is fighting for them both to escape. Dina I think maybe if she weren't pregnant, if she weren't falling in love with Ellie, if she hadn't heard that song, maybe Dina is scared to pull that trigger.

She knifes a guy in the neck and kills him as if he were a clicker. And Dina shoots a man in the back of the head. Why? Well, Ellie is fighting for them both to escape. Dina I think maybe if she weren't pregnant, if she weren't falling in love with Ellie, if she hadn't heard that song, maybe Dina is scared to pull that trigger.

Maybe Dina is, but no, here, now, Dina is doing this for them, you know, like out of love.

Maybe Dina is, but no, here, now, Dina is doing this for them, you know, like out of love.

Like I'm a stealth guy. I love stealth. Me too. But stealth is also a kind of gameplay that is, I think, easier to adapt to television. Running in and shooting can turn a little bit into – I used to work with David Zucker who made Airplane and I worked with him on the scary movies and he taught me everything I know about comedy.

Like I'm a stealth guy. I love stealth. Me too. But stealth is also a kind of gameplay that is, I think, easier to adapt to television. Running in and shooting can turn a little bit into – I used to work with David Zucker who made Airplane and I worked with him on the scary movies and he taught me everything I know about comedy.

And he had a great term for when things on screen were just a lot of noise and action without purpose. He would call it manic dumb show. And if you just start running around and shooting people willy-nilly, it becomes manic dumb show. Everybody has seen that a million times. It's just cops and robbers and – And stealth is suspenseful. Yeah. Stealth is exciting.

And he had a great term for when things on screen were just a lot of noise and action without purpose. He would call it manic dumb show. And if you just start running around and shooting people willy-nilly, it becomes manic dumb show. Everybody has seen that a million times. It's just cops and robbers and – And stealth is suspenseful. Yeah. Stealth is exciting.

And it was a chance, especially for me. I mean, I said to Don, hey, the TV station, let me show you how it was in the game. And let me explain why we need to make it like the game. You see where these stairs are? You see where these crates are? There's going to be a stealth thing because that's what I did. I stealthed my way up those stairs. That's what I did. And that's what we're going to do.

And it was a chance, especially for me. I mean, I said to Don, hey, the TV station, let me show you how it was in the game. And let me explain why we need to make it like the game. You see where these stairs are? You see where these crates are? There's going to be a stealth thing because that's what I did. I stealthed my way up those stairs. That's what I did. And that's what we're going to do.

But before we can get to that, there is this horrifying moment where – Ellie and Dina realize that the people that they thought were victims, and maybe the people that I think the audience members who have not played the game might think of as victims, are not just victims. They're another side of a war, and they are brutal.

But before we can get to that, there is this horrifying moment where – Ellie and Dina realize that the people that they thought were victims, and maybe the people that I think the audience members who have not played the game might think of as victims, are not just victims. They're another side of a war, and they are brutal.

They are so brutal that not only do they hang people and disembowel them, but they then took the studio lights and arranged them so that when their fellow soldiers find them, they will be horrified by this terrible pastiche. And then to make it worse, they take some of their blood and they paint these words on the wall. And that is terrifying to me.

They are so brutal that not only do they hang people and disembowel them, but they then took the studio lights and arranged them so that when their fellow soldiers find them, they will be horrified by this terrible pastiche. And then to make it worse, they take some of their blood and they paint these words on the wall. And that is terrifying to me.

That symbol that suddenly was like, what is this symbol? I've never seen before. You just think maybe these are peaceful people and this is their peaceful symbol. It is now painted in blood on the wall. And Dina says, and I believe this is straight from the game unless you tell me otherwise, Neil.

That symbol that suddenly was like, what is this symbol? I've never seen before. You just think maybe these are peaceful people and this is their peaceful symbol. It is now painted in blood on the wall. And Dina says, and I believe this is straight from the game unless you tell me otherwise, Neil.

Yeah. And a lot of fuck Seattle too. But what the fuck is wrong with Seattle is such a great bit of dialogue. You know, I love mining those things because that's when they realize they are in something that is beyond anything they've been before.

Yeah. And a lot of fuck Seattle too. But what the fuck is wrong with Seattle is such a great bit of dialogue. You know, I love mining those things because that's when they realize they are in something that is beyond anything they've been before.