The Last of Us: Will we see Joel in season 3?

“Joel will still be there, right?” The creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann evoke the case Pedro Pascal …

We suspect that season 3 of The Last of Us will put the focal length on Abby. And Ellie should always hold an important place. But Joel in all of this?

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Since his brutal death in episode 2 of season 2, the character embodied by Pedro Pascal Plane like a shadow on the series. Absent from episodes 3 and 4, Joel is briefly reappeared in a flash at the end of episode 5, which opened the way to episode 6, almost entirely built in flashbacks around him. But in the final of season 2, broadcast this Sunday, no sign of him. Not even a voice, an image, a memory.

So, will we see Joel in season 3? Neil Druckmann And Craig Mazinthe creators of the series give us a somewhat elusive answer:

“”Joel will still be there, right? I mean, Joel’s father is there now, Sarah has always been there. Riley is still there. We do not forget these people. We do not forget Henry and Sam. All these ghosts influence the way Ellie advances. And for Abby, even if we haven’t really encountered her yet, there is the memory of his father who hovers about all this. A large part of history talks about ghosts. “

The two showrunners cannot come forward yet and certainly do not know themselves, if Pedro Pascal – Very busy by Marvel films and Avengers To come – will have a small available niche to come and film one or two episodes in ghost mode, even a new flashback …

Besides, they suggest that season 2 has highlighted another central axis, that the rest should continue to explore: “The relationship between Ellie and Dina is the central relationship of this season, without a doubt. It is the one that begins, that develops. And what will follow should be fascinating, since we know now: Dina is pregnant, and the two are engaged towards each other.”

However, as suggested Mazinanother half of the story remains to be told: that of Abby. “There is no doubt that Abby is the heroine of her own story. Kaitlyn Dever is always the heroine of a story. When you are lucky to have Kaitlyn Dever in his casting,, We use it! What comes then … All I can say is that there will always be a central pair: whether it’s Ellie and Dina, Abby and Owen, or other new relationships. If you have played the game, you see what I’m talking about. “

As for Joel, his imprint will remain indelible:

“If we were to summarize, I would say that everything is still under the shadow or light of Joel – what Joel did to Abby, and what he did for Ellie. And that will never change.”

But do not expect the series to explore long and wide the gray areas in the past life of the dark hero (between the death of Sarah and his meeting with Ellie): “It is always good to leave certain things in the mystery, to allow the public to fill the whites with his imagination “estimated Neil Druckmann : “Even if sometimes we come back to it when it is important for the story that we want to tell … “

Craig Mazin specifies in the process that the death of Joel is “So huge, so striking that you have less margin to venture on secondary paths from its past. We really have to focus on the consequences, but also on what led at this time. That said, I think that next season, we will have a little more flexibility. We love detours. Maybe we will make a detour to Joel and Tommy terrorizing the campaign. Go know … “

Season 3 of The Last of Us will not be released before 2027 on max in France.