Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal discuss father’s daughter relationship
“The Last of Us” reveals that Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal do not enjoy the character’s alienation in season 2.
Spoiler alert! Below you will find details about HBO’s “The Last of Us” season 2 finale as well as the video game “The Last of Us Part II.”
Well, that’s one way to end the TV season.
The seventh and final episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us” season 2 brought hero Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to the brink. In one episode of her, she is almost drowned, almost lynched, kills and rescues two people, including a pregnant woman, but is soon cornered by enemy Abby (Katelyn Dever), who Ellie is on a mission to kill.
And the scene ends when the ultimate conflict between Abby and Ellie reaches the climax of bullet charging. Suddenly, we did a three-day flashback, awakening in a compound that was converted to football stadium for her militia, the Washington Liberation Front.
So, what does this mean for Season 3? Producer Craig Mazin promises that “everything will be revealed,” but clues can also be seen in video games. This season and next is based on “The Last of Us Part II.” If the series continues to track the game in close proximity as it has been, we will analyze what you can expect in Season 3. Spoiler alert: Ramsey may have a little break to kill fungal zombies for a while.
Kaitlyn Dever will take center stage in “The Last of Us” season 3
Get ready to become “Us” main star in Season 3. If the game is any indication, Ramsey’s Ellie is rarely included. The closing scene of the season 2 finale shows Abby awake at WLF headquarters on “Seattle Day.” This means that the series retains the structure of the game’s narrative.
In the game, players spend hours controlling Ellie in their quest for revenge against Abby for Joel (Pedro Pascal) murder, as depicted in the show. This culminates in the theatre with Ellie and Abby’s conflict. Millions of gamers threw controllers across the room in frustration. The game then went back in time and followed everything she was there during the three days when Ellie and Dina (played by Isabella Merced in the series) were in Seattle, assuming the player controls Abby.
From there, players stick to Abby’s perspective almost throughout the game. It takes hours for the story to return to the theatre. There, Ellie’s fate is finally revealed, and the game ends soon after.
How much of the upcoming season is dedicated to Abby will depend on whether producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman have decided to end the adaptation of “Part II.” This means that the show is finished considering there are no more games in Season 3. However, as Mazin suggests, if the game changes to more seasons, Ramsey could not do anything in Season 3 until around the finale.
Abby’s now-deceased friend returns for a support role
Also, fans should expect a shake-up of the supporting cast, given that the shift to Abby means characters like Dina and Tommy (Gabriel Luna) will be present in the next story.
However, Abby’s friends Nora (Tatty Gabriel), Owen (Spencer Lord), and Mel (Ariella Burler) are tortured and murdered by Ellie in season 2 and come back in search of a key role later in the game.
In the season 2 finale, WLF leader Isaac (Jeffrey Wright) learns that Abby’s entire crew has become AWOL, which will be a large part of her storyline in season 3.
Owen’s relationship with Abby will also be a major focus. Explore in in-game flashbacks. This could potentially get its own episodes like Joel and Ellie Flashback episodes from Season 2.
The war between Cerafite and the WLF is explored further
In season 2, viewers get a glimpse into the war between Abby’s militia and a religious cult known as the Cerafite, but they are infuriating and vague.
This conflict will be the center of the next part of the story, so it’s safe to say that Light will return as Isaac. In the season 2 finale, Isaac aims to lead the attack on Serafite. It starts on the screen as Ellie sets off to find Abby. In “Part II,” this attack was made into one of the most epic and visually stunning sequences in the game. This means that there may be a battle episode equivalent to “Game of Thrones” in Season 3.
Also note that Abby will cast news about a pair of important new characters from Rev and Yara, brother and sister Seraphytes whom she meets along her journey. In particular, the role of Lev, a trans boy, could become a star-making role for a young actor around the age of 13.
Don’t expect any more Pedro Pascal
Pedro Pascal will almost certainly not return to any of Season 3, but he may have if the show tracks the game more closely.
The show dedicated an episode of flashbacks to jump before season 2 to reveal what happened between Joel and Ellie, but the game sprinkled those flashbacks throughout the story, saving the second half. In fact, Joel and Ellie’s emotional pouch conversation from the second season episode “The Price” is the last to penultimate scene of the game.
The show could potentially be able to replace it with a new flashback scene in future episodes. But perhaps fans have really seen Joel’s end. And given Pascal’s busy schedule, including Marvel’s new “Fantastic Four” film, a new Ariastar film at the Cannes Film Festival, and more future projects, it’s not so surprising that his time in the Apocalypse will end and be forever.
