The Last Of Us

Summary

The first season of HBO’sThe Last of Usmade a lot of variety to the plot ’s fib without comprise the themes or emotional throughlines , but it imply skip a lot of great moments . Some scenes fromThe Last of Usmade it into the television adaptation unchanged , like Joel and Ellie ’s dramatic conversation about Sarah and their beautiful encounter with a Giraffa camelopardalis in Salt Lake City . Other function of the game were alter drastically , like substitute Joel and Ellie ’s adventure in Bill ’s town with a standalone episode about Bill ’s touching love account with Frank .

WhileThe Last of Usseason 1 follow the canonic beats of the biz , starting off with the same tragic actuate incident and ending with the same shocking massacre , but a lot of the detail got change along the way . There are nowhere near as many taint in the television set show as there are in the game , and Joel never once picks up a brick or a nursing bottle to use as a distraction / melee weapon . The Last of Usseason 1 is a near - staring adaptation of a classic telecasting game , but it ’s missing a draw of the plot ’s best moments .

The Last of Us season 2 will have to make some major changes to The Last of Us Part II in adapting the epical continuation plot for television .

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10Joel Gets Caught In One Of Bill’s Traps

This action scene showcases Joel and Ellie’s teamwork

The Last of Us ’ third sequence , “ foresighted , Long Time , ” tellingthe beautiful love story of Bill and Frank , is arguably the practiced instalment of the TV show , but it meant cutting out all the exciting action that takes place in Bill ’s town . When Joel and Ellie first arrive , Joel is caught in one of Bill ’s traps and dangles upside down , shoot at an approaching legion of infect , while Ellie tries to cut him down . Not only is this a electrifying natural action scene ; it showcases the teamwork that will get Joel and Ellie through this grueling journey .

9Ellie’s Banter With Bill

Bella Ramsey and Nick Offerman would’ve nailed Ellie and Bill’s bitter dynamic

Another injured party of the TV show ’s decision to tell Bill and Frank ’s lovemaking write up was that Ellie never got to meet Bill . In the secret plan , they have a uproariously sulfurous dynamic , always hurling insults and damn words at each other . If the TV show had adapted this portion of the biz , Bella Ramsey and Nick Offerman surely would ’ve nailed that active with a net ton of laugh - out - loud minute – they ’re masters of comical timing and they ’re great at building on - projection screen chemistry with their carbon monoxide gas - star .

8The Bloater Fight In The School Gymnasium

This was a frightening introduction to bloaters

Bloaters got a jaw - dropping introductioninThe Last of UsTV show as one showed up amongst a legion and rip Kathleen ’s right - hand man arm from limb . But they got a gravid introduction in the game , too , as Joel , Ellie , and Bill strain to escape from the school through the gymnasium . The first bloater catch in the TV show does n’t pose an immediate menace to Joel and Ellie , but the first bloater seen in the biz charges decent at them .

7Joel Gets Trapped In The Hotel Basement

This is the scariest sequence in the game

The scariest chronological succession in the game is when Joel and Ellie are make their style through a broken-down hotel and Joel falls down the lift shaft and gets trapped in the cellar . In the tar black , Joel has to regain a keycard and work out out a way to get the electricity back on so as to escape , all while being chased by a ring of stalker and an tempestuous bloater . The video show was fairly short on septic legal action , and the terrific hotel basement bent - piece would ’ve go a long way towards fixing that .

6Ellie Covers Joel With A Rifle

This scene shows Joel starting to trust Ellie

While Joel hops down into a courtyard to deal with some armed hunter , he gives Ellie a rifle to wrap up him . When the face-off is over , after being impressed with her sharpshooting , Joel gives Ellie her own shooting iron . This panorama shows Joel go to trust Ellie in a really beautiful way . It would ’ve been nice if the television receiver series had plant a elbow room to contain it . But it was also important for the show to use Ellie ’s first on - screen putting to death to foreshadow the “ leave Behind ” episode .

5Joel & Ellie’s High Five

The high five at the dam is an adorable father-daughter moment

It made sense that the TV adaptation ofThe Last of Uscut out the scenery at the dekametre , since it ’s a puzzle that works better in gameplay form . But it also meant cutting out one of the sweetest begetter - girl moments between Joel and Ellie : the eminent five that Joel gives Ellie after they compute out a way to cross the dam . The TV show could ’ve utilise the high five elsewhere – it ’s too lovely to skip .

4Tommy Tries To Give Joel A Photo Of Sarah

This scene shows how deep Joel’s denial goes

Joel show just how much he ’s closed himself off fromthe hurt of losing Sarahwhen he arrives at Tommy ’s hideout and Tommy examine to give him a photo of Sarah . Tommy run low back to Texas to see what he could scavenge and he regain the photo intact , so he held onto it to eventually give to Joel when they reunited . But Joel just say , “ I ’m good , ” like Tommy is offer him a slice of pizza , not a picture of the daughter he miss 20 years ago . This is sucha powerful yet pernicious momentin the game .

3Ellie Helps An Injured Joel Out Of The University

This intense sequence shows just how much Ellie has come to care about Joel

The Last of UsTV show does adapt the sequence in which Joel and Ellie seek out the Fireflies at a university and terminate up run afoul of some scavenger . But in the show , Joel is injured right next to the sawhorse ; in the game , Ellie has to help Joel out of the building . It ’s a really intense sequence that render just how much Ellie has come to deal about Joel , and gives Joel even more reason to save Ellie at the hospital .

2David & Ellie Fight Off A Horde Of Infected

This scene makes David seem trustworthy

In the TV show , nothing happens while Ellie and David are waiting for James to return with the medicine . But in the biz , they have to fend off a monolithic horde of infected . Not only would this action - packed set - part bring more septic into the TV show;it also makes David seem trusty , which makes the revelation of his true intent all the more shocking .

1Ellie Gives Joel The Picture Of Sarah (& This Time He Accepts It)

This beautiful full-circle moment completes Joel’s emotional journey

In the last peg of the game , with the Salt Lake infirmary in stack , Ellie reveals that she stole the film of Sarah from Tommy and leave it to Joel . This time , Joel accepts , admitting that he ca n’t outrun his past and play his emotional journey full band . SinceThe Last of UsTV show did n’t set up the photo at Tommy ’s office , it did n’t have this proceeds , either . This is a important moment in Joel ’s character arc , and in the development of Joel and Ellie ’s relationship , so it would ’ve been great to see it in the TV show .

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The Last of Us is a post - apocalyptical drama series set two decades after a global disaster . It watch over Joel , a seasoned survivor , who is tasked with escorting Ellie , a teenage girl , across a desolated United States , transforming into a harrowing journeying of survival of the fittest and companionship .

Collage of Joel and Sarah in The Last of Us game, Pedro Pascal in the TV show, and a bloater in the game

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Joel dangles upside down in The Last of Us

Bill talks to Joel and Ellie in The Last of Us

The bloater at the school gymnasium in The Last of Us

Ellie with a rifle in The Last of Us

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Joel talking to Tommy in The Last of Us

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Gabriel Luna as Tommy looking to the side next to Bella Ramsey looking shocked in The Last of Us

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Ellie wanders through an abandoned building with a gun in The Last Of Us season 2

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