The Last of Us Season 2 | New Trailer | Max (4K)

Pedro Pascal’s most heartbreaking Joel scene from The Last of Us season 1 will make the character’s season 2 storyline even sadder than it already is in the game. Pascal faithfully adapted all the dimensions that made Troy Baker’s Joel from the games such a compelling character: he’s a grieving father who’s closed himself off emotionally to avoid getting hurt again; he’s a hardened survivor who had to become a cold-blooded killer to keep himself and his younger brother Tommy alive in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. But Pascal also made a few key changes to the TV version of Joel.
In a video game, the main character can slaughter hundreds of people without losing the audience’s sympathy, because the audience are the ones doing all the killing. But in a TV show, viewers are far less desensitized to on-screen violence. Not only does Pascal’s TV version of Joel commit fewer murders than his video game counterpart; he also carries around a lot more remorse for the deaths he’s responsible for. TV Joel’s sensitivity was demonstrated in deeply touching fashion in Pascal’s best scene from The Last of Us season 1, and it’ll make season 2 even more heartbreaking.