HBO has released the first footage of the second season of The Last of Us, and it implies that things for Pedro Pascal’s Joel may be a little bit different than they are in the game. No, not that different, but it seems like he might be going to therapy. The brief, 24-second teaser shows a few familiar scenes originating from The Last of Us Part II.
These include the dance scene in which Bella Ramsey’s Ellie kisses Dina , flashes of characters like Jeffrey Wright’s Isaac who leads the militaristic Washington Liberation Front, and a few glimpses of the Seraphites, the Seattle cult which also occupies the city. But one character seems to be someone entirely new. This person, played by Schitt’s Creek and Home Alone actor Catherine O’Hara , seems to be Joel’s therapist.
She is shown asking if he hurt Ellie, which he denies. Instead, he insists he saved her. I saved her.
A sneak peek of Season 2 of the @HBO Original Series #TheLastOfUs , coming in 2025 to Max. pic.twitter.
com/PQljcvlOsx — Max (@StreamOnMax) August 5, 2024 This seems like a new take on the opening scene of The Last of Us Part II, in which Joel recounts the violent events of the first game’s finale to his brother Tommy. He finishes his story with the same line: “I saved her.” So it seems Joel might be confessing his murder of the Fireflies to someone other than family in the show when it premieres on Max in 2025.
The first season played things pretty close to the original, but it did make some bi.