But the series' exploration of grief and love has been just as emotional as the brutal violence that Ellie was forced to watch, and the season finale doubles down on it all.The finale sees Ellie and Jesse (Young Mazino) head to Seattle to try to find Tommy (Gabriel Luna).

Neil Druckmann, the creator of video game “The Last of Us,” is taking a step back from HBO’s TV adaptation. Druckmann, who was deeply involved in the first two seasons of the drama series as a co-showrunner alongside Craig Mazin, will be limiting his involvement in the show’s upcoming third season, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.

UPDATED with a statement from Halley Gross: There is a big creative shakeup happening on HBO’s The Last of Us as Season 3 gets underway. Neil Druckmann, who co-created and directed the Naughty Dog video games for Sony Playstation and has been quite hands on throughout the first two seasons of the TV adaptation, will …