One of the most oppressive elements of the game is finally preparing to appear in season 2 of The Last of Us. The next episode will be – no doubt – rich in action.
The spores finally included in the series
In episode 4 of this season 2 of The Last of Us Released this Monday, May 5, Ellie and Dina finally land in Seattle, determined to track Abby and her group. If HBO takes up the main frame of video games The Last of Us Part IIit allows itself some deviations to unroll the common thread of its intrigue. The director of the game Neil Druckman and the director Craig Mazin, both co-creators of the series, for example chose to Create new scenes (the introduction of Isaac) and Shift certain game sequences To mark the spectators more (the love scene between Ellie and Dina).
The two project showrunners still have many surprises in store for us, including for players in the Naughty Dog game, who know how this story of revenge will end up. The trailer for season 2 was teaspeating a key element in the game, just to raise the hype Among spectators: the famous spores as a vector of the cordycepts virus.
Until then, Mazin and Druckman have been careful not to include this narrative element allowing to understand the intensity of the cordycepts and how it spreads. We then expected this cartridge was used, but when? By taking a look at the trailer of episode 5, We understand that it will be for next week (the episode is expected Monday, May 12 on the Max platform). Ellie discovers the walls of a building lined with mushrooms Et an infected gradually consumed by the virus (the same images as on the official trailer of the season). It is by this consumption that the fungus releases toxic spores.
Why only integrate spores now?
It is recalled that in the game, this mode of transmission appears from the first hours. Joel and Tess inspect a building in Boston and then wear a mask to avoid contamination. In the HBO series, Spores have been replaced by a mycelium network which serves as a connector between infected people. A purely narrative and visual choice, explained – at the time – Neil Druckman.
SO Why finally integrate them into this season 2? Asked about the subject, the two creators of the series wanted to make the threat of the cordycers increasingly impactful. An escalation in the representation of the virus and infected supposed to mark the spectator. A way ofExplore a new dimension of the infection while remaining faithful to the original material. In the game, Dina and Ellie also sail in a structure plagued by spores.
It is also during this sequence that Ellie admits to her friend her immunity against the cordycepts. His mask breaks. She then removes him to prove that the infection does not reach him. HBO not yet played the spore card, The chain opted for a different way.
