Those who didn't play "The Last of Us Part II" You may have felt a little confused at the end of the HBO adaptation season. After the whole season after Eli (White Ramsey) and Dina (Isabella Merced) in search of killing Abi (Caitlin Dever) in Seattle, the finale of Season 2 is being diverted to their last moments and shows what was Abi at the time when Aksexon first arrived.

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This is a knot of how things are going in the game, which makes the same rewinding and there are players to move through the same days they just played as Eli, but this time from Abi's point of view. And since the "Last of Us" season treats this moment as a great discovery, it seems to signal that the play will follow the same model, with at least a part (if not all) of the "last of us" season 3 after Abi and her surrounding characters during the same time schedule as the 2 season covers for Eli.

Writing that it all sounds pretty complicated, although the idea of ​​"Rashomon"-styles on the perspective is a common Chinese tool for many decades. It is also admired for the show to remain loyal to this special narrative structure of the original material. Despite all this, HBO is taking a great risk with this obvious perspective switch for season 3, not just because Abi is not the most popular character in chance. Showing the same three days from two different perspectives back to the back is one thing when it all happens flawlessly, but given the schedule to produce the production of Prestige TV as "the last of us", This live version with action can cheer more confusing than shaky.

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The power of the story "Rashomon" is the possibility of comparison. It is a little different in this case, because the journey of Abi during those three days in Seattle covers almost a different terrain than Eli, but the point is: absent greater reprootations, "previously" at times and retrospectives, many of the meaning of how these two characters are orbidden with each other.

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There is also a matter of interest to the viewer. It's no secret that many Games players do not want to play as Abi because they considered the character as a true villain after her murder at Eloel. That perspective was mostly encouraged by misogyny, hatred of transvestment, lack of media literacy and online griffs, but even without all that, playing as Abi is supposedly Being uncomfortable at the beginning. The intention of the game-and we can debate the whole day how efficiently that intention is to put you in the shoes of a zealous retaliation and then make you develop that mourning by seeing another side of things.

Again, power is in the immediate vicinity of the comparison. Most people do not take the shows shortly before a new season comes out, which means that if Season 3 is mostly consisting of Abi's story, it can feel more like an independent story with none of the characters that fans did not meet and want, rather than deliberately mixing Eli's journey.

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In short, the separation of Eli and Abi's stories between seasons is a great risk. If Season 2 was given the production capacity for 10 episodes instead of 7, it is likely that he could also work in the stories of both characters at the same time, jumping back and forth in a more traditional way, or changed to Abi for the latest episodes series. Choosing not to make it is obviously very deliberately - the creative team wants a unique effect on the hard exchange. And while it can be tougher to pull on TV than it was in play, it is possible that season 3 can totally nail.

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One of the benefits of doing this way is to keep each season relatively independent as much as the basic topics and the story. Season 2 is for Eli to fight with sadness, loss and anger on the eve of losing someone with whom he had a complicated relationship. The story of Abi, without entering spoilers, is for institutional loyalty and breaking points that people reach before doing the right thing. Standing firmly on those ideas, Season 3 can be a fantastic story on its own, especially with a driver's headquarters.

Attractive mounting and deliberate dialogue can do a lot to fill the gaps in people's memory. But even still, this is a huge swing of HBO, and only time will tell if "The Last of Us" Season 3 can pull it.

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