Will season 3 of The Last of Us be told from Abby’s point of view?

Like in video games? The last plan of season 2 opens the door to this creative choice great …

When will we see season 3 of The Last of Us ?

For the moment, we don’t know anything about it, because production has just started. The writing is underway, the shooting did not take place and it will certainly be necessary to wait until 2027, since HBO seems decided to program its big productions every two years (as is already the case with House of the Dragon Or The White Lotus). So in the meantime, fans have plenty of time to speculate. Especially since the end of season 2 of The Last of Us We left on an enigmatic image …

Attention spoilers!

Abby woke up brutally in a flashback that announces: “Seattle – Day 1 “.

For those who know The Last of Us Part IIthis visual choice is anything but trivial. This already promises a major narrative turning point.

Indeed, in the video game released in 2020, after a first act centered on Ellie, history changes and devotes itself at length to Abby. A narrative risk taking that the HBO series seems ready to kiss. Already, season 2 had moved Joel’s gaze to Ellie; Season 3 may well operate a new shift, this time to Abby.

Craig Mazinco-creator of the series alongside Neil Druckmannremains deliberately vague when he asked him: will season 3 tell the story from Abby’s point of view?

“I don’t want to answer this question yet … Even if I wanted, I also know that many things can evolve during writing. We could change my mind in two weeks … so I especially don’t want to go. All I can say is that we will still see Bella Ramsey, we will still see Kaitlyn Dever, we will still see Isabela Merced. “

That being said, Craig Mazin at the same time ensures that it is ready to “Take risks every season. HBO follows us on this. The Last of Us is a bit of a new series every season, and we ask the public to follow us too. Whatever he could love in a season, we ask him to follow us on something else, because it is our story … “

This desire to put everything into play season after season is at the heart of the title philosophy, faithful to the construction of the original games. And if we trust the structure of the second game, the story of Abby is not a simple addition, but a fundamental axis of the story, necessary to explore the themes: revenge, empathy, and dehumanization in a world in ruins.

And in addition, the two showrunners promise us that season 3 will also develop another key figure linked to Abby: Isaacembodied by Jeffrey Wright :: “He is a character with very anchored beliefs that lead him to extremes. He thinks of fighting a form of fascism, and becomes fascist along the way. We will discover where he comes from, his motivations. We have laid perfect milestones for next season. There are still so many outstanding questions.”

Among them: how did the war started between Seraphites and the Washington Liberation Front (WLF) ? Who is this “prophet” mentioned in half a word in season 2? What does Isaac really want?

“It is normal that the public still wonders about Isaac and this war. Why has it just started? Is it the Seraphites who triggered it or the WLF? Who is the prophet? What happened to him? We will clarify everything in season 3.”

As for the Seraphites themselves, Mazin recognizes that their presence was voluntarily mysterious so far: “We do not know too much if they are innocent or if they are monsters. We do not know what the camp of good is in this war. Maybe it’s neither. We don’t understand the Seraphites yet, but it will come …”

And to finish teaser fans, the showrunner evokes “This plan on a certain crane in episode 7 which says a lot … “

This should give you material for reflection for the next two years, pending season 3 of The Last of Us.