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HBO’s The Last of Us had to speed up Abby’s reveal

The difference between a show and a game.

When the team behind the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us started thinking about introducing her for the show’s second season, they realized they didn’t have that same amount of time. “When we put out The Last of Us Part II, you have the entire story and you decide how you want to pace it out,” co-creator Neil Druckmann, who was also the writer and director on both games, tells The Verge. In the premiere episode of season 2, it’s a lot clearer from the start why Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) has tracked down Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) to the relatively safe community of Jackson and why she has revenge on her mind.

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