Six supporting solid members have been introduced for the second season of HBO’s The Final of Us adaptation, giving us an thought how the present will broaden upon Half 2’s story.
As reported by Selection, Joe Pantoliano, Alanna Ubach, Ben Ahlers, Hettienne Park, Robert John Burke, and Noah Lamanna will all be becoming a member of Bella Ramsey’s Ellie and Pedro Pascal’s Joel when the second season airs subsequent month.
Pantoliano – whose earlier credit embody Unhealthy Boys for Life and The Matrix – will play Eugene, whereas Burke (Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit) stars as Jackson resident Seth, and Lamanna (Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds) is taking part in Kat. These three characters have all featured in Naughty Canine‘s The Final of Us Half 2.
The remaining three actors will all painting characters who’ve been written particularly for the present. Ubach (Euphoria) has been solid as Hanrahan, Ahlers (The Gilded Age) is taking part in Burton, and Park (Hannibal) stars as Elise Park.
Please word, there shall be some story spoilers for The Final of Us Half 2 – and subsequently probably the present – beneath.
Whereas it stays unclear how the three new characters will match into The Final of Us Half 2’s narrative, the inclusion of Eugene and Kat offers us an thought as to how the sequence is increasing upon the sport’s story.
For these unfamiliar, Kat (or Cat, as she’s identified within the recreation) was Ellie’s ex, however by no means truly appeared in particular person throughout The Final of Us Half 2 – though she was initially speculated to characteristic in the course of the Jackson dance sequence. As an alternative, she was solely talked about in passing, with Dina telling Ellie she did not suppose Cat was proper for her, amongst different issues. That is clearly going to alter within the TV sequence, and a earlier trailer appeared to indicate Ellie getting her tattoo (which got here from Cat within the recreation). I’m wondering if we will even see Kat seem within the dance sequence, as properly.
Subsequent up, now we have Eugene, who once more is talked about in The Final of Us Half 2 however would not seem in particular person, barring collectables. Eugene was a patrolman who lived in Jackson earlier than dying of a stroke aged 73. He shaped an in depth relationship with Dina (performed within the present by Isabel Merced), and extra of his story may be uncovered by discovering a letter in-game – which reveals he had a spouse and daughter, however left them to hitch the Fireflies, the place he served with Joel’s brother Tommy.
“The Fireflies shall be nice with out you. Your daughter will not,” the letter from Eugene’s spouse Claire reads. “She retains asking me once you’re coming house. I can not misinform her anymore. I miss you. However I do not understand how rather more of this I can take. Come house. Please. We love you.”
In response to Selection, Eugene’s season two look shall be just like season one’s standalone Invoice and Frank episode (and due to which I nonetheless cannot have a look at strawberries the identical approach).
In a latest interview in regards to the technique of adapting Half 2 for the sequence, it was revealed the thought to convey Eugene’s story into the combination got here from showrunner Craig Mazin, however Naughty Canine’s Neil Druckmann was all for it.
“I get excited once I see these alternatives,” he informed Selection. “I am like, ‘Oh, I don’t know Eugene that properly!’ The story we informed [in the game] was considerably superficial. The way in which this character is available in actually will get to the center of Joel and Ellie and their relationship.”
Given Druckmann’s phrases right here, and the way Invoice and Frank’s relationship was expanded upon for season one among The Final of Us, I can solely assume Eugene’s household relationship and his transfer to change into a Firefly will change into a key aspect of the present’s story. Oh, and Eugene can be very tech savvy and had a hashish lab, so fairly positive that can come up.
The second season of The Final of Us is set to kick off within the US on thirteenth April, and can comprise seven episodes, with a kind of episodes being “fairly large” in size.
It stays unclear the place the second season of The Final of Us will wrap up, however Mazin has already confirmed it is not going to cowl the whole lot of Half 2’s narrative. It should, nevertheless, characteristic much more contaminated than the primary season.
