The biggest problem with season 2 is that it feels like Craig just doesn’t truly understand Ellie’s character.
Most of the other characters are given better writing and are pretty layered, but Bella just isn’t given much good material to work with

And that is a big problem because the entire second season revolves around Ellie

Didn't watch all of season II but the response has been... Oooff

How you f*** up the game AND the show?
😂

Ngl...this show and its premise feel...soulless the more I think about it. idk what it is but there's something so hollow about how it tackles humanity through the cycles of violence

The second game is one of the best games ever

It just lacks all of the nuance that the game has

I think they would've been better off following a whole new group and timeline in this universe than adapting Joel and Ellie storyline

Congrats to TLOU S2 for its 10 Emmy Nominations

Can’t wait!

pedro nominated for being in 3 eps

WTF THEY KILLED Joel

THAT S*** CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD

the game like that too

tf they gonna do in episode 3

Game is 100x better but yep lol

they walked away too on some zero dark thirty type aura too

I respect her standing on buisness, shawty got her payback

my type of woman

Please dear lord just make it one long season. The whole 'break it out into two seasons and stretch the story thin to extract more shareholder value' s*** is so played out

variety.com/2025/gaming/news/neil-druckmann-last-of-us-exit-intergalactic-video-game-1236514453

At what point during "The Last of Us" Season 2 process — if it was during publicity, or when exactly — did you decide that you were going to step away and come back to Naughty Dog full-time?
It was right when we were about to start the writers' room for Season 3. I looked at what's in front of me, what would the next season might look like, and with all the various "Last of Us" things I'm working on — not just the show — with all the various games I'm working on, the biggest one that takes up most of my time is "Intergalactic: The Heretic Profit," our next big IP for Naughty Dog and PlayStation, it felt like I could better serve all of my responsibilities if I stayed at a higher level. It was quite challenging to be as involved as a co-showrunner on Season 1 and Season 2, while running a studio and working and directing and writing a game. I really appreciated at Naughty Dog how many people stepped up while I was gone working on Season 2. Specifically, I spent quite a bit of effort on Episode 206 — prepping it, writing it, directing it. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to do that again. So I felt it around that period when we're wrapping up all the press and really about to get started with earnest in Season 3, that was a good time to reassess everything.

Going into Season 3 of "The Last of Us," is there any way you're going to be involved? Have you talked to Craig Mazin about different storylines, or advised at all, especially if there was any specific backlash to Season 2 that you all looked at to address or consider something you could do different in Season 3?

We had started talking about what is left to adapt back when we were working on Season 2, because we knew we would not be able to finish it and we were gonna end on a cliffhanger. As I was saying earlier, my job now is to stay very high level. As much as I miss getting into the weeds and working on the effects shots and giving script notes and really getting into the details of it, I'm trying to just shepherd it. My hope for Season 3, and what I'd like to I think I can best contribute to it, is to make sure it's as deeply faithful as Season 1 was. Because I feel like that is the gold standard for this kind of adaptation, while enjoying all these beautiful expansions that happen naturally with the rest of the team and how they're working on Season 3. So that is where my involvement will stay is at that very, very high level.

“My hope for Season 3, and what I'd like to I think I can best contribute to it, is to make sure it's as deeply faithful as Season 1 was. Because I feel like that is the gold standard for this kind of adaptation”

Lmaooo Neil hated the changes Craig made in season 2

F***

lowkey overrated

season 1 was pretty good.
it made me play both the games.
season 2 made me hate the series adaptation.
season 1 still pretty decent, but hbo has to fire mazin... that boy don't know s***

Bella Ramsey is incredible in Time

I’ve never been anti Bella in TLOU but seeing how good she is in other stuff makes me realise the casting in TLOU just doesn’t work