Neil Druckmann

Something about that fence sequence as well, because we had a scene when, you know, Joel is escaping with Sarah in season one that was kind of inspired by that same sequence. We tried it. And now there's like, again, it's kind of like history repeating itself. It's here. But this was one of those sequences that I would pull people into my office at Naughty Dog and be like, check this out.

Something about that fence sequence as well, because we had a scene when, you know, Joel is escaping with Sarah in season one that was kind of inspired by that same sequence. We tried it. And now there's like, again, it's kind of like history repeating itself. It's here. But this was one of those sequences that I would pull people into my office at Naughty Dog and be like, check this out.

And they're like, oh, my God, you guys did it just like the game. Like, they were so excited to see their work again recreated in the TV show.

And they're like, oh, my God, you guys did it just like the game. Like, they were so excited to see their work again recreated in the TV show.

This is another one of those moments that I've, I mean, obviously this all the way to the Joel's death. Laura Bailey did such an incredible job in the game as Abby, right? that as good as I know Caitlin in, there's a nervousness that we won't capture that same essence. And again, it's like to see someone deliver on that sequence is just a very gratifying feeling.

This is another one of those moments that I've, I mean, obviously this all the way to the Joel's death. Laura Bailey did such an incredible job in the game as Abby, right? that as good as I know Caitlin in, there's a nervousness that we won't capture that same essence. And again, it's like to see someone deliver on that sequence is just a very gratifying feeling.

You know, there's certain things that are in the game, or actually, in this particular instance, the way we came across the song is when we made a trailer to reveal the existence of The Last of Us Part II. So I wrote and shot a scene that was never actually in the game of Ellie... In the middle of this, like, room where she's murdered several people, she plays this song on guitar.

You know, there's certain things that are in the game, or actually, in this particular instance, the way we came across the song is when we made a trailer to reveal the existence of The Last of Us Part II. So I wrote and shot a scene that was never actually in the game of Ellie... In the middle of this, like, room where she's murdered several people, she plays this song on guitar.

And I was looking for the right song, and I searched for, like, Johnny Cash, and I found this band that did a cover of Johnny Cash, this guy Sean James, and I found one of his original songs, Through the Valley. And there's something about the lyrics of that song that spoke very much to the theme of what we wanted to get into in the story of the game.

And I was looking for the right song, and I searched for, like, Johnny Cash, and I found this band that did a cover of Johnny Cash, this guy Sean James, and I found one of his original songs, Through the Valley. And there's something about the lyrics of that song that spoke very much to the theme of what we wanted to get into in the story of the game.

Well, it's what she promises all of them in that room. Yeah. And it's like to go back, I think is one of your earliest question in this episode of Why did we do it at this moment? Why kill Joel episode two and not later? Again, these are conversations that we had early on when we were constructing the season. And it's like, because this is the beginning of the story.

Well, it's what she promises all of them in that room. Yeah. And it's like to go back, I think is one of your earliest question in this episode of Why did we do it at this moment? Why kill Joel episode two and not later? Again, these are conversations that we had early on when we were constructing the season. And it's like, because this is the beginning of the story.

This is where the story starts in earnest.

This is where the story starts in earnest.

When we kill him. We kill him slowly.

When we kill him. We kill him slowly.

I had weird fears, which was like, I wanted to work on this and I knew we would change certain things. I was just very curious how would a TV audience would react? Is it going to be a different reaction? So there's just like a curiosity of like, what's going to happen here? So that's why I really kind of like relied on Craig in those instances to just say, what's best for the show?

I had weird fears, which was like, I wanted to work on this and I knew we would change certain things. I was just very curious how would a TV audience would react? Is it going to be a different reaction? So there's just like a curiosity of like, what's going to happen here? So that's why I really kind of like relied on Craig in those instances to just say, what's best for the show?

Like really kind of let's hold each other accountable to do what's best for the show.

Like really kind of let's hold each other accountable to do what's best for the show.