The Last of Us Season 1 proved that a video game adaptation shouldn’t just faithfully translate its source material, but expand on it. Joel and Ellie’s zombie-ridden odyssey was fleshed out with new villains like Melanie Lynskey’s Kathleen, and interludes like the episode focused on Bill and Frank’s love story.
Season 2 poses new challenges. Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have already revealed that the season will only adapt part of the sequel game, The Last of Us Part II, leaving a lot of room for new ideas. Now, we know some of that extra content will be coming from the cutting room floor.
