Joel has crossed these moral lines and therefore he deserves to die.

He thought it would be a more dramatic ending.

I was like, Nah, youre crazy.'

Abby in The Last of Us Part II

I had to stop him.

Can you give me just a second?

Because it literally was as if someone was telling me about how my fried has just died.

All of a sudden, it was c’mon dont take this from me yet.'

Its hard to imagine the story without Joel dying, lead editor Joe Pettinati explained.

You feel that hate.

Ellie feels that hate.

Youre one to one, youre on the stick, and that influenced the rest of the story.

HBO viewers have this same level of pain and anguish to look forward to, of course.

The character of Abby will beplayed by Kaitlyn Deverin the second season of the hit series.

If I were you, Id start saying my goodbyes to Pedro Pascal now…

The Last of Us Part II Remastered is out now on PlayStation 5.