Pedro Pascal Reacts to The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2's Huge Moment

Big spoilers travel for The Last of Us Season 2, Episode 2, "Through the Valley," arsenic good arsenic the games connected which the amusement is based.

Well, beauteous overmuch ever since the TV amusement adaptation of The Last of Us was archetypal announced, fans person been wondering if and erstwhile Joel would endure the aforesaid destiny successful live-action that helium did successful The Last of Us Part 2. And present we person our answer: In Season 2's 2nd episode, Pedro Pascal's Joel was brutally killed by Kaitlyn Dever's Abby, each portion Bella Ramsey's Ellie looked connected successful horror.

And present Pascal is speaking retired astir the yet inevitable decease of Joel successful some the "Making of The Last of Us" conception that followed the occurrence connected HBO and Max, arsenic good arsenic successful an interrogation with EW.

The actor, who volition soon beryllium starring successful Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps, says that helium ever knew Joel was doomed. In different words, the program was ne'er to deviate from the root worldly connected that communicative point.

"It was conscionable a substance of however and when," helium says successful the EW report.

"It's not similar they said, 'Hey, we termination you astatine the opening of Season 2,' but it was ever an knowing that it would enactment existent to the root worldly successful a circumstantial mode and that the, let's say, applicable and exclusive work would beryllium for Season 1," adds Pascal.

As fans of the crippled bid know, Dever's Abby has been connected a ngo of vengeance against Joel due to the fact that helium killed her begetter portion rescuing Ellie from the Fireflies (as seen successful the Season 1 finale). When she accidentally runs into Joel (and is rescued by him) during a siege of the infected successful the latest episode, her thirst for humor is not diminished and she beats him with a play nine earlier delivering the last decease stroke successful beforehand of Ellie.

"I knew that Joel was going to dice close from Season 1," says Ramsey successful the "Making of" segment. "But speechmaking it successful the script, I knew that it was coming arsenic I was speechmaking the episode, and I was dreading getting to that bit. And I cried, really sobbed my small bosom out. It was the archetypal clip I've ever cried from speechmaking a portion of writing."

Pascal says that helium doesn't deliberation astir what's happened to Joel each that overmuch due to the fact that it makes him sad.

"I'm successful progressive denial,” Pascal says. “I recognize this much and much arsenic I get older, I find myself slipping into denial that thing is over. I cognize that I'm everlastingly bonded to truthful galore members of the acquisition and conscionable person to spot them nether antithetic circumstances, but ne'er volition nether the circumstances of playing Joel connected The Last of Us."

Prosthetics decorator Barrie Gower recalls that aboriginal successful accumulation meetings for the episode, co-creator Craig Mazin told him Joel's beaten and battered make-up was "the astir important" of the season. "Don't screw it up," Mazin said.

And according to Pascal, the effect of Joel's bloodied look was wide connected the formed and unit erstwhile helium walked onto the acceptable to sprout the character's last surviving moments.

"Walking astir similar the ocular practice of your past breaths, it was truly absorbing to measurement into a country and spot the absorption successful people's faces," says the actor. "And it wasn't 1 of revulsion; it was heartbreak."

But arsenic EW confirms, Pascal volition instrumentality successful flashbacks this season. (Trailers person already fixed this impression.) How often he'll instrumentality remains to beryllium seen of course, but nary substance what, Joel is present dormant and the show's characters -- and actors -- indispensable determination connected from this point.

"If we've done our jobs right, you'll consciousness Joel determination a lot," Mazin tells EW.