The next article incorporates spoilers for The Final of Us season 2, episode 3.
This week’s episode of The Final of Us takes a second to grieve and breathe after final week’s showstopper. It additionally takes a bit detour from the sport; a lot of this episode depicts the response of Jackson’s individuals to the occasions they’ve simply suffered, and their vote on if they need to pursue Abby or not. That is all unique materials for the present, and so there’s really only a few scenes on this episode which might be taken straight from the sport.
There are 4 key sequences from this episode which might be recreations of moments from the sport, and right here we’ve in contrast them towards the unique supply materials, analysing what’s modified and what’s stayed the identical. You may see each variations within the video above, or learn on beneath for our written explanations.
Joel’s Home
Following the harrowing homicide of Joel in episode 2, Ellie visits her deceased father-figure’s home to mourn. As within the recreation, the entrance yard is roofed in flowers left by the residents of Jackson. Not like the sport, although, Ellie enters alone moderately than accompanied by Dina.
The present’s model of Joel’s home options lots of the identical props that embellished this location within the recreation, together with his workshop room stuffed with carved animals. In Joel’s bed room, the mattress linen is similar blue and white sheets. Extra importantly there’s the identical pink field on the mattress that incorporates his signature objects: the damaged watch and his revolver. Ellie takes these and holsters the revolver within the waistband of her denims, simply as she does within the recreation.
Tommy’s Plans
The necessity for revenge begins to rise when Ellie talks to Tommy about what occurred. Whereas the broad strokes of this scene are the identical in each present and recreation, significantly in tone, the precise setting and phrases should not recreated one-to-one. In each variations Ellie is offended and annoyed that Tommy desires to be extra wise about their subsequent transfer, and so tonally the scenes match. Nonetheless, the place within the recreation this dialog takes place in a quiet, non-public room between simply the 2 of them, within the present it’s performed out within the open with Dina current.
When it comes to dialogue there are shut matches – each variations of Ellie say that Joel “could be midway to Seattle by now” if the scenario was reversed. Each variations of Tommy additionally notice that Jackson could be left susceptible, though within the present this can be a clear reference to the prior episode’s horde assault moderately than the sport’s extra common evaluation. In each eventualities Tommy says it’s in the end as much as Maria as to in the event that they get to seek out Abby, however within the present he says that it might want to go to a full city vote, whereas the sport model says he expects there can be “people she will spare”.
The Journey to Seattle
Ellie and Dina head out to Seattle on horseback in the hunt for Abby and her group. In each variations Dina asks Ellie to recall the primary particular person she killed, and Ellie proceeds to clarify how she saved Joel from a bandit within the first recreation/season. Whereas the present’s dialogue shouldn’t be a precise match to the sport’s script, the small print are largely the identical – Joel was attacked and Ellie pulled the set off to avoid wasting him. The dialog is longer within the recreation, nevertheless, as Dina reciprocates along with her personal story of her first kill.
Later, the pair uncover an overgrown automotive, which they contemplate an indication that they’re lastly near Seattle. That is, once more, broadly just like a second from the sport, even when the dialogue line shouldn’t be a one-to-one match.
6 out of 10
Later within the episode we see Ellie and Dina camped out in a tent. Earlier than lights out, Dina asks Ellie a query: how would she charge their kiss on the dance out of 10? This second is a recreation of a scene from the sport, however the timing and content material of this dialog is notably totally different to the unique recreation model.
Within the recreation, Dina asks Ellie to charge the kiss whereas they’re smoking marijuana at Eugene’s weed den. As we all know from final week’s episode, this doesn’t occur within the present since it’s Jesse, not Dina, who accompanies Ellie to Eugene’s den. It’s not simply the time and site of this trade that’s altered, although. Within the present, Ellie says that she’d charge the kiss a six, one thing that Dina is playfully upset about. Within the recreation, it’s flipped – Ellie hesitates to reply, and so Dina says she’d rating it a “strong six”. The 2 interpretations showcase very totally different dynamics; Dina within the recreation is far more assured and is aware of easy methods to pull Ellie’s strings – she enjoys teasing her. Dina within the present, in the meantime, is depicted as extra “teenage” in her method, which emphasises the “younger women within the apocalypse” aspect of their love story.
For extra from The Final of Us, take a look at our spoiler-free season two evaluation and our spoiler-filled evaluation of the third episode. We’ve additionally checked out how the modifications to Abby have affected the way in which the present dealt with Joel’s dying, and spoken to Kaitlyn Dever about how her model of Abby is “a lot extra” than her rage.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s Senior Options Editor.
