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It Starts On The Page (Drama): Read ‘The Last Of Us’ Episode 202 Script “Through The Valley” With Foreword By Craig Mazin
'The Last Of Us' co-creator Craig Mazin talks about Season 2 Episode "Through The Valley." Part of a series featuring scripts of top Emmy contenders.
In adapting The Last of Us Part II game for HBO with fellow co-creator Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin knew he had to break one of the cardinal rules of television: Never kill your lead (especially not when they are a complex and utterly compelling character played by Pedro Pascal). The premiere opens by introducing audiences to Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), who is hellbent on seeking revenge against Joel for his murder spree at that Salt Lake City hospital in the Season 1 finale. Here is the script for “Through The Valley” with an introduction from Mazin where he explains how he coped with the herculean tasks of both killing Joel and leveling Jackson, which he describes as akin to taking “a wrecking ball” to the beloved world that he and co-creator Neil Druckmann had built in Season 1.
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