Craig Mazin

But this moment where Dina gets shot, it's also a change from the game. In the game, Dina has to back away because her morning sickness is really bad. She's just laid out. She can't go anywhere. She has to stay back at the theater. And it's Ellie who gets shot in the leg. Now, because of our more hyper-realistic medium, Veli gets shot in the leg. She's not going anywhere. Right.

But this moment where Dina gets shot, it's also a change from the game. In the game, Dina has to back away because her morning sickness is really bad. She's just laid out. She can't go anywhere. She has to stay back at the theater. And it's Ellie who gets shot in the leg. Now, because of our more hyper-realistic medium, Veli gets shot in the leg. She's not going anywhere. Right.

So we thought this was an interesting way to achieve the same thing, which was to separate Dina from Ellie. And to put Dina back in the background for a bit to expose Ellie to be on her own and also to make Ellie's decision to move forward to the hospital a dangerous one in terms of what we know she knows. She's supposed to go back to that theater.

So we thought this was an interesting way to achieve the same thing, which was to separate Dina from Ellie. And to put Dina back in the background for a bit to expose Ellie to be on her own and also to make Ellie's decision to move forward to the hospital a dangerous one in terms of what we know she knows. She's supposed to go back to that theater.

She's supposed to just get out of there and meet up with them. That's what she says she's going to do. Bring her back. I'll draw them away. Just you go and I'll meet you back.

She's supposed to just get out of there and meet up with them. That's what she says she's going to do. Bring her back. I'll draw them away. Just you go and I'll meet you back.

And she sees the hospital and she turns her back on Dina and turns her back on Jesse who just came to rescue her and turns her back on Tommy who's somewhere out there looking for her and pursues Nora because she can't help herself.

And she sees the hospital and she turns her back on Dina and turns her back on Jesse who just came to rescue her and turns her back on Tommy who's somewhere out there looking for her and pursues Nora because she can't help herself.

It's one of my favorite scenes. So Tati Gabriello plays Nora. We've just gotten, you know, little bits of her. We got a little tiny bit in the first episode. We get a little tiny bit of her part as this person in this larger group. But obviously in the second episode, so much of that is about Abby. Yeah. And here we have this beautiful moment and it is, I would say, probably 85% from the game.

It's one of my favorite scenes. So Tati Gabriello plays Nora. We've just gotten, you know, little bits of her. We got a little tiny bit in the first episode. We get a little tiny bit of her part as this person in this larger group. But obviously in the second episode, so much of that is about Abby. Yeah. And here we have this beautiful moment and it is, I would say, probably 85% from the game.

And then there's this little extra 15% around where you think she's connecting with Ellie. And then we go right back to what she says in the game. Little bitch got what he deserved. And so you see here in Nora something that... I think if you are watching carefully, you suspect isn't even true for Abby. And that is a moral certainty. For Nora, this is clean. What they did there was clean.

And then there's this little extra 15% around where you think she's connecting with Ellie. And then we go right back to what she says in the game. Little bitch got what he deserved. And so you see here in Nora something that... I think if you are watching carefully, you suspect isn't even true for Abby. And that is a moral certainty. For Nora, this is clean. What they did there was clean.

And what's interesting about people that are on the same side is they all push towards one goal, but they don't always agree about how righteous their cause is. Nora is somebody that clearly agrees. But Nora also knows something. In the back of her head, it was Nora all the way back in episode one, very first scene, who said...

And what's interesting about people that are on the same side is they all push towards one goal, but they don't always agree about how righteous their cause is. Nora is somebody that clearly agrees. But Nora also knows something. In the back of her head, it was Nora all the way back in episode one, very first scene, who said...

heard rumors about a girl so Nora works in medicine we don't know if she's a doctor or a medic it doesn't matter we can imagine that she had connection to the doctors and the nurses who were working in the hospital in Salt Lake City and we can imagine that she heard a rumor that there was an immune girl And that's just this added bit of anger that could be there, you know, underneath.

heard rumors about a girl so Nora works in medicine we don't know if she's a doctor or a medic it doesn't matter we can imagine that she had connection to the doctors and the nurses who were working in the hospital in Salt Lake City and we can imagine that she heard a rumor that there was an immune girl And that's just this added bit of anger that could be there, you know, underneath.

Yeah, and she says, shoot her. The thing about moral certainty is it blinds you. So much about what the second game meant for me was not just the higher moral value of empathy but how essential it is. If we don't have it, if we cannot figure out how to be invested in the other person winning, then we are all going to lose. And Nora is missing empathy here. And you're absolutely right.

Yeah, and she says, shoot her. The thing about moral certainty is it blinds you. So much about what the second game meant for me was not just the higher moral value of empathy but how essential it is. If we don't have it, if we cannot figure out how to be invested in the other person winning, then we are all going to lose. And Nora is missing empathy here. And you're absolutely right.

She's missing it. And in her attempt to escape, this is an interesting thing. She looks at the elevator and it's slightly ajar. And there's a look on her face. I suspect that this elevator will come back perhaps in another season. But she ends up on the dreaded B2. To repeat, we do not know what is on B3. And Ellie follows her down into what I think is one of the best sequences we've put on TV.

She's missing it. And in her attempt to escape, this is an interesting thing. She looks at the elevator and it's slightly ajar. And there's a look on her face. I suspect that this elevator will come back perhaps in another season. But she ends up on the dreaded B2. To repeat, we do not know what is on B3. And Ellie follows her down into what I think is one of the best sequences we've put on TV.