Episode 2 - “Infected”
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Host Troy Baker talks with Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann who reveal that Episode 2 of the series is about the infected. They discuss why it was important for the actors (namely Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey) to not play the video game and they share a key scene from Tess’s backstory that was written but never shot. HBO’s The Last of Us podcast is produced by HBO and Pineapple Street Studios.
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