- The opening credits for The Last of Us Season 2 have changed with the release of episode 3.
- TLOU opening credits featured a silhouette of Joel and Ellie, signifying that it's the two of them against the world.
- In The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 3, we only see Ellie's silhouette in the credits, signifying that Joel is gone and it's just her now.
The Last of Us Season 2 is landing blow after blow on fans who are still reeling from the death of Pedro Pascal’s Joel. With Episode 3 live on HBO, fans will have difficulty adjusting to their screen since there will be no more Joel in the show. However, it seems as if the creators of The Last of Us want to reinforce the death of our beloved character and have us shed more tears. If you look at the opening credits of The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 3, they have introduced a slight change in the pictography, and it hits harder than it should.
What Has Changed in TLOU Season 2 Episode 3’s Opening Credits?
We are familiar with the beloved title track of The Last of Us, which was a part of the original video game. In the opening credits of the TV series, this track plays along with a sequence of Cordyceps growing over the landscape of a city and dead bodies. By the end of this sequence, we see a silhouette of Ellie and Joel just before the title card appears on screen.
We have seen the opening credits many times and are familiar with it. However, with The Last of Us delivering a tragic suckerpunch to our guts in Episode 2, and the fans losing their beloved character, Joel, the TV series has kicked off a revengeful new chapter.
This is reflected in Season 2 Episode 3’s opening credits. We see that everything from the track to the pictography stays the same until we reach the final moments. We only see Ellie’s silhouette in the final moments of the opening credits, implying that Joel is now gone.
What Does This Change Mean for TLOU Season 2?
Even though this change is small, it signifies a tonal shift in the TV show that was also a part of the original game. Before Joel’s death, it was he and Ellie who fought against everything together, and whenever Ellie was going to make a wrong move, he was there to stop her.
However, now that she has started walking down a bloody path, she has no one to watch over her. So, now that Ellie is on her way to find Abby and exact her revenge, let’s wait and see how this arc from the video game plays in the show. All we can do is hope that it lives up to what the game fans have loved for years.
