Speculation has run rampant about how the HBO series will chop up the game.

Will it linearize the Jackson flashbacks?

Will it show Ellie and Abbys perspectives of the three days in Seattle concurrently?

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Just how faithfully will the show adapt the game?

This is the home stretch of Ellies search for Abby.

Ellie ends up abandoning Jesse to pursue Abby to the aquarium, but Abby isnt there.

Bella Ramsey as Ellie and Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us season 2 and Catherine O’Hara in Schitts creek.

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The Last of Usseason 2 will air sometime in 2025.

This would mean that Abbys three-day storyline is being saved for season 3.

However, that mightve taken some of the impact out of the storytelling.

Bella Ramsey as Ellie wearing winter clothes and holding a shotgun in The Last of Us season 2.

Throughout Ellies three days in Seattle,Abby remains more of an idea than a human being.

And then, cut to black.

The game then dives right into Abbys story.

Abby holding a gun in the theater in The Last of Us Part II

But the TV show can make that cut-to-black a jaw-dropping cliffhanger in the season 2 finale.

This bombshell twist could make for a really great season finale that leaves the audience guessing.

Some TV audiences might do the same.

Abby looking down at Joel in The Last of Us Part II

But TV shows need to keep viewers coming back every week to get to stay profitable.

Imagery from Joel in The Last of Us season 2

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Gabriel Luna as Tommy looking to the side next to Bella Ramsey looking shocked in The Last of Us

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Ellie wanders through an abandoned building with a gun in The Last Of Us season 2

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