This only further demonstrates how Craig Mazin is a masterful writer.
We’re loving The Last of Us on HBO and can confidently say it’s set to be the best video game adaptation of all time. There are a lot of reasons why—the original PlayStation game was already pretty genius under the direction of Neil Druckmann. Then you add Chernobyl scribe Craig Mazin, whose writing is always character-driven and extremely emotional.
As great as the game is, the show has already made some key changes, including losing spores for creepy fungal tendrils instead and (in this episode) adding some important backstory to the outbreak.
Episode three departs pretty significantly from the game, and we’d like to discuss this change and what it does to the plot.
Spoiler warning: this story contains details from episode three of The Last of Us. Also, trigger warning: this story contains content about suicide.
Author: Jo Light
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
