The last of us Creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have confirmed what fans of the game already expected: The last of us Season 3 will center on Abby’s history, where Kaitlyn Derver’s character takes the center.
Where The last of us Season 1 followed beats from the first game pretty faithful, the second game is more complicated and needs more time to tell its story – so where where The last of us Season 2 centered primarily about Ellie after the horrible events in episode two and only covered part of the story, the third season will make the same shift of the protagonist we experienced in the game and give us much more time with Abby.
It suggests that the rumored fourth and last season (as the show’s composer Jake Staley suggests is determined, says The last of us Podcast Savage Starlight that “there will be at least two more seasons, no doubt”) will return to Ellie for her cardiac arrest and desperately sad highlight.
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What can one expect from the last of us season 3
As Hollywood Reporter explains (with some spoilers for season 2’s big moments), Season 3 will feel different. “It’s more of a water season than a fire season,” revealed Druckmann, whom Mazin added, “it’s a wetter season than a warmer season.” And “Season three is going to play the lead role – Spoiler Alert – Kaitlyn.”
I am excited for season 3, albeit with some reservations: as someone who loved and probably was deeply traumatized by playing The last of us part III felt that season 2 of the TV show didn’t feel the game was doing.
It is inevitable with any adaptation, I know, but there were two things in particular that stood out to me (and for my teenager who is also a fan of the games): Bella Ramsay’s portrayal of Ellie and Kaitlyn Derver’s casting like Abby.
In the game, Ellies A Monster – and Abby is built as a tank, her muscular body is a huge contrast to Ellie’s more slim building. But in Season 2, Ellies is sad, not mad, and Kaitlyn Dever does not have the physical presence of her equivalent in the game. But her rage is just as scary, so maybe I should just forget the game and let the show do her own things.
I think one of the things Mazin said about the show, explains the different tone of the TV program compared to the game: “For me, this is not a show about revenge,” he said. “It’s a show about grief.” But if you’ve played the game until the end, you know it’s all about both: It’s a meditation about the injury that sorrow can do for people, both for themselves and for others.
The last of us Season 2 now streams at HBO MAX.
