Joe Pantoliano is Eugene in "The Last of Us," Season 2, episode 6. Credit: Liane Hentscher / HBO On one level, Eugene's death was traumatizing to Ellie because it proved Jackson is not entirely safe from the plague raging outside its walls. On another, Joel lied right to her face.

The special episode 6 of The Last of Us season 2 has premiered and it fixes one of the biggest problems of the game, find out more about Ellie and Joel's relationship here.

He also shares that The Last of Us‘ Eugene was a Vietnam veteran and ex-Firefly, but he didn’t want to kill people anymore. The mention of Fireflies has Ellie tense, and after The Last of Us ...

The director and co-writer Halley Gross also tell TheWrap about the key scene from the video game he was most nervous to adapt The post ‘The Last of Us’ EP Neil Druckmann on Pedro Pascal’s ‘Homecoming’ in Episode 6: ‘It Felt Nostalgic for Everybody’ appeared first on TheWrap.

Discussing the change in narrative with The Hollywood Reporter, The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann said: "If we spaced out these scenes and planted them throughout the season, I believe they wouldn’t land as powerfully because they’re short moments and work better when they’re next to each other."

Game creator and episode six director Neil Druckmann details why a major Joel and Ellie moment was moved up in the story.

The moment Ellie first confronts Nora in the hospital in the show plays out almost identically to The Last of Us Part 2, and ends with the two face to face at the end of a spore-infected corridor bathed in red light. As soon as that light went on, those who had played the game would have known exactly what was coming.