We’re still not over The Death of Joel (Pedro Pascal) But, like it or not, The last of us is entering a new chapter – and that means some brand new opening credits.
The change in opening credits between Season 2Episode 2 and Episode 3 isn’t a big revamp, but it’s still pretty devastating in a subtle way.
So what’s the difference?
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How are The last of us Season 2, Episode 3 Opening Credits Different?
Aside from the Crushing Absence of Pedro Pascal’s Name at the very start of The last of us‘Opening credits, The Sequence in Season 2, Episode 3 Looks Pretty Much The Same as Usual: The Camera Winds through a Morphing, Cordyceps-Inspired Tapestry, with FunGal Plants Sporting Into The shape of a city was along the names of the cast and crew.
The change, howyver, comes right at the very end. In Previous Episodes, The Camera Moved Through A Spiral of Fungus to Show a BLURRY and Overgrown Landscape, from which Two Distant Silhouettes – meaning to relalie (bellie) – Sprout up from the ground. In Episode 3, however, the smaller silhouette is the only one that remains.
Seeing the two shapes in previous episodes re-enforced the idea that it was joel and ellie against the world, two survivors struggling through a post-pocalyptic landscape togetra. Now, the message is clear: Ellie is on Her OWN Again. Joel is gone, and she’s going to have to carve out her own path.
New episodes of The last of us Season 2 Premiere on HBO and Max Sundays at 9 PM ET.