Thanks to the series, now Bill and Frank have so much more backstory in the game, and it makes me want to play it all over again. And this actually improves the original game. By delving deeper into his relationship with Frank, which is only briefly mentioned in a hidden suicide note in the game, the series expands the world of The Last of Us. Here the show takes the character of Bill, who in the game has very little back story and is merely just a side character to help progress Joel and Ellie's journey, and transforms him into a complex being with a riveting narrative of his own. He raids his local off-license, chops down trees, steals his neighbour’s boat and sets up a whole bunch of devious booby traps to obliterate any nearby wandering infected. With everyone in the area now gone, Bill emerges from his hideout, and for lack of a better phrase, begins truly living his best life. The episode jumps back in time to the early stages of the cordyceps outbreak where we meet Bill, a gruff survivalist, who manages to dodge the evacuation of his town by hiding in a surveillance bunker that he built under his home prior to the outbreak. Their on-screen chemistry is wonderful and they play their roles with enormous sensitivity and nuance.
While the first two episodes set the overall tone of the series and introduced viewers to the two main protagonists, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), the third boldly steps away from this journey and instead explores the intimate and heartbreaking love story between Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett).Ĭasting two inherently comical and goofy stars from Parks and Recreation and The White Lotus was a surprising move from the show's creators, but one that paid off magnificently. Bill played by Nick Offerman from episode three of HBO's 'The Last of Us' Credit: HBO/Warner Media
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