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The Last of Us Episode 3 Deviates Drastically From the Video Game. I just played it last night .
Bill and Frank’s story is far more tragic in the game. Much like in the show, Joel and Ellie seek out Bill because they need a vehicle for their cross-country journey. They encounter Bill alive, and the player must work together with him to make it across town to get necessary equipment. Along the way, Bill mentions a former “partner” named Frank before the group discovers a body and learns that Frank has hanged himself after being bitten by the infected. Some optional digging around can lead to the player finding a letter Frank has left for Bill, telling him, “I hated your guts.”
Neil Druckmann, the series co-creator and executive producer who also wrote the original game, credits the initial idea of Bill to “The Last of Us” game director Bruce Straley. The idea behind Bill, Druckmann said, was to introduce “someone that lives on their own” who is “kind of kooky, because what are you surviving for at that point?” The Last of Us recap: Bill and Frank get the kind of love story the game denied them. For better or worse that acting and character development all lead to an emotional 1.15 minutes of first rate TV.
Photograph by Liane Hentscher/HBO Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett HBO The Last of Us Season 1 - Episode 3
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Bill and Frank’s story is far more tragic in the game. Much like in the show, Joel and Ellie seek out Bill because they need a vehicle for their cross-country journey. They encounter Bill alive, and the player must work together with him to make it across town to get necessary equipment. Along the way, Bill mentions a former “partner” named Frank before the group discovers a body and learns that Frank has hanged himself after being bitten by the infected. Some optional digging around can lead to the player finding a letter Frank has left for Bill, telling him, “I hated your guts.”
Neil Druckmann, the series co-creator and executive producer who also wrote the original game, credits the initial idea of Bill to “The Last of Us” game director Bruce Straley. The idea behind Bill, Druckmann said, was to introduce “someone that lives on their own” who is “kind of kooky, because what are you surviving for at that point?” The Last of Us recap: Bill and Frank get the kind of love story the game denied them. For better or worse that acting and character development all lead to an emotional 1.15 minutes of first rate TV.
Photograph by Liane Hentscher/HBO Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett HBO The Last of Us Season 1 - Episode 3
