The Last of Us creator Craig Mazin on that shocking death: Pedro Pascal is in Season 2 more than people might think
Spoilers ahead for the second episode of “The Last of Us” Season 2. It’s the last of Pedro Pascal. During the second episode of “The Last of Us” Season 2 (that aired Sunday, April 20) the Emmy winning HBO drama did its darkest and most shocking move yet: it killed its main character and biggest star, Joel (Pedro Pascal). During a pre-season interview with The Post, co-creator Craig Mazin compared it to when Ned Stark (Sean Bean) got killed on “Game of Thrones.” “If you look at ‘Game of Thrones,’ like everybody, I was so shocked when Ned Stark got his head chopped off.I couldn’t believe it,” Mazin exclusively told The Post. “That incident never goes away,” he added, hinting that Joel’s presence will continue to be felt on the show in a similar way. Mazin continued, “So, [Ned Stark’s] character is there, over everything from that first season [of ‘Game of Thrones’], all the way to the final moments of the last one – because that informs everything.
It changes everyone, and people keep coming back to that story over and over.”Based on a popular video game of the same name, “The Last of Us” is set in a dystopian future where society has broken down, there are zombie-like creatures, and gruff smuggler Joel (Pascal) has formed a pseudo father/daughter relationship with teen girl Ellie (Bella Ramsey).Joel was killed by the new Season 2 character, Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). He had previously killed Abby’s father during his efforts to protect Ellie.So, Abby killed Joel as revenge. After Joel saved her life, she stabbed him in the neck while Ellie watched, crying.
Ironically, since Abby killed Joel as revenge for him killing her dad, Ellie then swore that she’d kill Abby and her friends, as revenge for them killing Joel.For this reason, Abby is a polarizing character.When asked if Mazin and his co-creator Neil Druckmann took any measures to ensure that viewers wouldn’t dislike Abby, Mazin said, “People will and won�...