The Last of Us show creators explain those big episode three changes

The third episode of HBO’s The Last of Us brought Bill and Frank to the forefront, but it made some significant changes along the way.

If you haven’t had time to check out the third episode, don’t read this yet, as it contains some major spoilers.

So far there haven’t been any huge divergences between The Last of Us show, and The Last of Us game. The first episode lets us spend a bit more time with Sarah, and Tess’ death is slightly different too, but the one of the biggest changes was always going to be Bill and Frank. That’s primarily because Frank wasn’t even much of a character in the original game, and the pair’s relationship was mostly just implied. However, Frank is fully fleshed out in the HBO show, with quite an important difference as to how his and Bill’s story ends up, which the show’s creators have explained the reasoning behind in an interview with IGN.