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The Last of Us Show Creators Explain Why They Made Big Changes to Bill and Frank's Story - IGN
Jan 30, 2023 1 min, 21 secs
The third episode of HBO's The Last of Us marked its biggest deviation from its video game source material yet, giving a standalone installment for side characters Bill and Frank and changing their story in the most drastic – and most achingly romantic – of ways.

But the show changes that almost entirely, leaving Ellie and Joel for a bit to give us an episode devoted to telling Bill and Frank's love story.

Showrunner Craig Mazin and game creator and show executive producer Neil Druckmann spoke to IGN about the gut-wrenching episode, explaining why they chose to tell a story about two people who found love in a hopeless place.

"When we got to this part in the season, Craig brought up a really interesting point which is... there's a lot of examples of things not turning out well for people, and often those are reflections and cautionary tales for Joel of 'here's what you stand to lose," Druckmann says.

It's not the only change, of course – for example, the series has swapped spores for tendrils as the way infected spread the pandemic – but it does give us just about an entire episode of story that wasn't in the game.

Druckmann explains that they never approach their changes from the perspective of “okay, it's time to really surprise people familiar with the game.” “It's more like, where are we at with the story and what's the best chapter we could tell right now that will speak to the themes of love and help raise the stakes for what Joel and Ellie stand to gain or lose if they succeed or fail on their journey?

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