🚨Warning: Spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the final episode yet. Why 'The Last of Us' showrunner refused to change that ending
has come to an end, bringing Joel and Ellie's epic journey across America to a close with a dramatic, bloody finale.show has delighted fans for weeks and has particularly delighted those who are familiar with Naughty Dog's critically acclaimed game, which the show adapts with stunning accuracy.
In a press conference held ahead of the finale's release, showrunner Craig Mazin and game co-creator Neil Druckmann spoke about the finale and why they never considered changing the game's ending despite how divisive it might be.'The Last of Us' Showrunner Refused to Change Game's Ending Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal as Ellie Williams and Joel Miller in"The Last of Us" finale. Co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann spoke in a press conference that they never considered ending the show differently to the game.has followed Joel Miller and Ellie Williams as they traveled across the dangerous landscape of post-apocalypse America after the globe was torn apart by the Cordyceps Brain Infection two decades earlier.
Joel and Ellie were on a mission to find the rebel group, the Fireflies, where they hoped to meet doctors who would be able to create a cure usingHowever, the finale ends with a veritable bloodbath when Joel learns that Firefly leader Marlene and the doctors are only able to make a cure for humanity if they kill Ellie, and Joel decides he can't lose another loved one.
Rather than sacrifice Ellie for the greater good, Joel kills everyone in the hospital and takes the teen, unconscious from the operation, back. He later lies to her about the events. Rather than be honest, Joel tells Ellie that there were others who were immune like her and the doctors were unable to find a cure so she was not needed anymore.Ramsey warned fans that it would be"massively" divisiveDruckmann, who also co-created the show, said:"No, not with this production.
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