From the introduction of the Seraphites to the Timeline Jump, discover how HBO’s series adapts the story.
The Last of Us has never been afraid to bring its own vision to the table , and it ’s worked well so far for quality development and worked up drive . Season 2 , so far , has been comparatively more slack with the plot ’s timeline , and sequence 3 is the same . Here ’s a detailed feel at all the substantial ( and minor ) changes The Last of Us show has fetch to the original game . Spoiler alert : there are many spoiler below . If you ’re not up on both the serial publication and the game , you might need to defy off .
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1. The Seraphites Show Up Sooner
The Last of Us Part 2 player already know how mortal the Scars ( or Seraphites ) are . Interestingly , the serial publication introduces them sooner than the game . There is one example where a group of Scars is go stealthily through the woodland just outside Seattle , speak about “ the prophesier , ” their divine leader .
Ellie and Dina then come across some Seraphite bodies . introduce them so early on picture that the world outside is not just pernicious due to the infected , it also has fresh peril from human beings .
2. Three-Month Timeskip
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Ellie is in the infirmary , catch aesculapian arrest - ups and even meet newfangled persona Gail , who was initially written as one of the serial - only type . In the game , Ellie ca n’t even catch her breathing time before she load headfirst into retribution , so the show ’s more realistic , and a more anchor tempo is a welcome easing .
3. Tommy’s Emotional Farewell Struck Harder
One of the authoritative changes in the show is from Tommy ’s perspective during Joel ’s final moments . In the secret plan , Tommy is n’t there , he stay back in Jackson when the infect overwhelm the urban center and never get the opportunity to say a proper goodbye . He is a town councilor now , dealing with reconstruct the city and making strategic decisions instead of play on emotions .
Nonetheless , fans of the game who have followed it for a long clock time may feel somewhat thwarted . In the original story , Tommy ’s path is important , even if jolly underutilized , and many were hoping the show would permit him more space on the center stagecoach .
Despite Tommy ’s decision to bide , altering the momentum , there is still hope for his story to take flight . He could still go after Ellie and Dina in one of the succeeding episode . But these change could also have some significant effect , particularly with how substantial Tommy is in the game ’s narrative . For now , we ’ll just have to wait and see if the show gives the rooter the wages they are expecting .
Seraphites in The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
4. Ellie’s Last Memory with Joel is a Secret
During a therapy school term with Gail , Ellie inform her that the last sentence she ’d spoken with Joel was when they ’d fought at the saltation . But gamers understand that there is another major point in time between the two that has n’t yet been revealed .
Whether or not the show is guard that memory in reserve for some future disclosure or whether it ’s live to wholly rewrite that stay on to be seen . Either way , it ’s another way The Last of Us show has departed from the game .
5. Joel’s House Clings to Comforting Memories with a Twist
Ellie going to Joel ’s sign of the zodiac feels taken directly from the plot . She goes through his house , looking through his thing , finding his watch and gun in the end in a red box , just like in the game . We even see Ellie leave some coffee beans near Joel ’s grave accent to honor his memory , as the onetime handsome man loved drinking coffee . Something Ellie and Dina never understood .
But this is n’t quite the same . In The Last of Us Part II , Joel ’s grave accent was inside Jackson City . Here , it ’s far away and more tragic . And in the game , Dina is already with Ellie for this view , and Maria press them towards retrieve Tommy . The show ’s alterations are lowly , but they make everything feel somewhat dissimilar , emotionally weight .
6. Jackson’s Council Alters the Balance
One of the best changes the game never implemented , but the show did was to introduce Jackson ’s town council . Ellie and Dina have to face the council and get their permission to send a patrol into Seattle .
It reach Jackson feel like a real , know biotic community with politics and leaders problem , rather than a peaceful background for Ellie ’s narration . It also make their quest feel big and somewhat more official .
7. Ellie and Dina’s Relationship Is on a Different Speed
The serial also changes Dina and Ellie ’s human relationship from the secret plan . Since Joel had taken Dina out on patrol instead of Tommy ( a alteration made in instalment two ) , Ellie and Dina ’s relationship takes a little longer to spring up here .
In the game , they had already slept together by this point . In the series , however , their first unfeigned heart - to - heart clash and buss happen when they ’re bivouac out overnight in a tent . It ’s a dissimilar scope , but the emotional Sojourner Truth , the exposure , and intimacy between them are true to the game .
8. Seth’s Major Transformation in The Show
At the same sentence , the other supporting game character , Seth , pose a thin makeover . Seth , most notorious for puke homophobic insult at Ellie and Dina during the New Year ’s Eve saltation , is straight to that odious part of his character . But the series gives his plot line a twist .
Seth ’s apology in The Last of Us Part II is not particularly earnest . Maria , the loss leader of Jackson , jolly much ballyrag him into apologise the next morning . He awkwardly invites Ellie and Dina on patrol and gives them sandwiches , which Ellie derisorily foretell “ bigot sandwiches ” before giving them to Jesse . It ’s a short scene that shows the tensions in Jackson without really give Seth much chance at repurchase .
The HBO series , though , offer him with more profundity . In a town council encounter , Seth is one of the first people to rise up and fight back Ellie ’s motility to engage a squad against Joel ’s killers . His musical accompaniment is n’t force , as he endure with her of his own liberal will . It ’s a modest matter , but it makes us see him differently from the game .
Seraphites in The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
Bonus: Opening Change
The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 ’s credits may seem the same , but if you ’re pay close attention , you might catch a small but devastating difference by the sequence ’s final stage .
In earlier season , the concluding shooter had two little figures stepping out of the fungous wasteland , a visual symbol of the bond between Joel and Ellie . Now , there is only one small chassis . It is a tragic but touching reminder of Joel ’s end , woven seamlessly into the show . Even the opening credit mourn his death , establishing a somber , aroused timber before the episode even actually start .
Most of these changes seem reasonable and just for the story . There ’s no incertitude that The Last of Us Part II is a masterpiece , but these alteration make the story sense more alive .
Ellie in front of Joel’s grave in The Last of Us | Credits: HBO
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Tommy going for hunt in The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
Ellie and Dina from The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 1 | Credits: HBO
Joel’s grave in The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
Jackson’s Council in The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
Ellie and Dina in The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
Seth in The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3 | Credits: HBO
Joel and Ellie from The Last of Us Season 2 | Credits: HBO
