The Last of Us -sarjan toisen kauden jakso esitti odotetun näkemyksensä tutusta aiheesta, ja ohjaaja on siitä iloinen

The Last of Us -sarjan toinen kausi on käynnissä Maxilla, ja joka viikko katsova kansa tuntuu reagoivan voimakkaasti - joskin varsin odotetusti - juonenkäänteisiin, joita pelaava kansa koki viitisen vuotta sitten pelissä The Last of Us: Part II.

Viimeisimmässä jaksossa ohjaaja Kate Herron tutkailee Ellien ja Dinan seksuaalisuuden ilmentymiä lähdemateriaalille varsin uskollisesti. Asiasta kertoi Variety, jolle ohjaaja Herron ilmoitti myös olevansa biseksuaali, ja The Last of Us -pelien kova fani, joka löysi sarjan koronaviruksen jylläyksen aikana.

"I was obsessed with it. During lockdown, I bought a PlayStation, and I remember texting my friends, "OK, what should I play?" So I played the first game, and the second game had just come out. It just completely redefined for me what a game could be like, even things like the people that you attack have names. It was such a clever exploration of empathy and cycles of violence. I thought the storytelling was some of the best I had experienced in any art form."

"Truthfully, I was already on board, and then they told me which episode I was going to be doing. I hope Dina's story will connect with a lot of people. That's the joy of the game and the joy of this TV show. You don't often see queer stories told on a level this big. Quite often, it's in very niche media. There are exceptions, and "The Last of Us" is one of those exceptions."