Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for The Last of Us Part IIA new trailer for The Last of Us season 2 has already confirmed that one big fear for the video game adaptation is nothing to worry about. The Last of Us has quickly come to be known as one of the best video game adaptations ever. Almost every metric to judge a show's quality is as high as possible for The Last of Us: it boasts a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96%, it was nominated for 24 Emmys and won eight, and The Last of Us broke a Max streaming record.
The Last of Us season 1 was such a success that one of the biggest concerns for the upcoming season is that it won't be able to live up to its predecessor. Though The Last of Us season 2 has some immense shoes to fill, it now looks like it will be more than capable of matching - or even surpassing - the first season's quality. A new trailer has proven that The Last of Us season 2 is matching the first season in one key way: it will be just as faithful to the video games.
The Last Of Us Season 2 Trailer Confirms It's Maintaining Season 1's Video Game Accuracy
One of the best parts about The Last of Us season 1 was how accurate it was to the video games, and it now seems that The Last of Us season 2 has a similar level of respect for its source material. The trailer for The Last of Us season 2 included some key moments that came straight from The Last of Us Part II. There were shots of Abby crawling under a fence as the infected clawed at her, a snippet of Ellie (with her arm tattoo) singing to Dina, and even the song Joel sang to Ellie, just to name a few.
Why Being Faithful To The Last Of Us' Games Is So Important For Season 2's Story & Themes
While The Last of Us season 2's video game accuracy doesn't seem like a very big deal, it's quite important to the story. So much of what The Last of Us Part II tries to say - its messages about grief, revenge, moving on and more - are defined by precise events and small moments between those events. The exact circumstances of Joel's death, for example, are critical to Ellie viewing Abby as a villain. Changing them even a little bit would change the games' message, so it's a great sign that The Last of Us season 2 is being so faithful.
In addition to preserving The Last of Us Part II's message, being faithful to the games will also let the show include some of the franchise's best moments. Making a faithful game adaptation means that viewers of the show will get to see heartwarming moments like Ellie and Dina's first kiss, awesome action sequences like Ellie's fights with the Seraphites, and heartbreaking scenes like Joel's death. Those moments were a big reason The Last of Us is as beloved as it is, and it's good that the show will be able to include them.
While being faithful to the games will be a big benefit to The Last of Us season 2, there's also quite a bit of value in altering the narrative of The Last of Us Part II. Some of the show's best moments were different from the games, like Bill and Frank's relationship. There are already some changes coming that could do the same for season 2, like Catherine O'Hara's character in The Last of Us. Those changes, combined with how faithful The Last of Us season 2 seems to be to the games, should make for a great season.
