American Season 2 Episode 3: Comparison of TV Shows and Games

The following articles include Destroyer For the final episode of American Season 2, Episode 3.

In the last episode of the week we took a little time to sad and breathe Showstopper last week. This also requires a little detour. Much of this episode describes how Jackson people react to the events they just suffered and their vote on whether they should pursue Abby. This is all the original material for the show, so the scenes in this episode are actually rarely shot from the game.

There are four key sequences in this episode that are instant entertainment in the game, where we compare them to the original material and analyze the changes that have occurred and the same thing. You can see two versions in the video above, or read below for our written instructions.

Joel's House

Ellie visits her late father's house to mourn after the painful murder in episode 2. Just like in the game, the front yard is covered with flowers left by Jackson residents. Unlike the game, however, Ellie enters alone instead of accompanying Dina.

The show’s Joel’s house version has many of the same props that decorate the location in the game, including his workshop full of carved animals. In Joel's bedroom, the sheets are the same blue and white sheets. More importantly, the bed had the same red box containing his signature items: a broken watch and a revolver. Ellie brings these revolvers to the belt of her jeans, just like in the game.

Tommy's plan

The demand for revenge begins to rise when Ellie talks with Tommy about what happened. Although the scene's extensive strokes are the same in performance and gameplay, especially in tone, the actual settings and words are not recreated one-to-one. In both versions, Ellie is angry and frustrated that Tommy wants to be more sensitive to their next move and expresses the scene. However, in the game, this conversation takes place in a quiet private room between the two of them, and in the show, it takes place with Dina Present in the Open.

As far as dialogue goes, there is a close match-Elie's version says Joel is “half of Seattle now” if things turn around. Tommy's two versions also point out that Jackson will be vulnerable, although on the show, this clearly mentions the tribal attacks from the previous episode, rather than the game's more general evaluation. In both cases, Tommy said Maria ultimately depends on whether they were going to hunt Abby or not, but on the show, he said that it would require a citywide vote, while the game version said he wanted “people she could give up.”

Journey to Seattle

Ellie and Dina ride to Seattle to find Abby and her group. In both versions, Dina asks Ellie to recall the first person she killed, and Ellie goes on to explain how she saved Joel from the robbers in Game 1/season. While the show's dialogue matches the game script exactly, the details are basically the same – Joel is attacked and Ellie pulls the trigger to save him. But as Dina is associated with her first murder story, the conversation lasts longer.

Later, the two discovered an overgrown car that they thought was a sign they finally approached Seattle. Similarly, even if the dialogue line is not a one-on-one game, this is roughly similar to the moment of the game.

Six out of ten

Later in the episode, we see Ellie and Dina camping in a tent. Before the lights go out, Dina asks Ally a question: How can she rate their kisses in 10 dances? This moment is entertainment for the game scene, but the timing and content of the conversation are very different from the original game version.

In the game, Dina asks Ellie to rate the kiss while smoking marijuana in Eugene's Weed Den. As we know from last week's episode, this didn't happen on the show, because it was Jesse, not Dina, who accompanied Ellie to Eugene's study. However, it is not only the time and location of this communication. On the show, Ellie says she'll rate six kisses, something Dina flirted with playing. In the game, it was flipped – Ellie hesitantly answered, so Dina said she would get “six stable six.” These two explanations show completely different dynamics. Dina in the game is more confident and knows how to pull Ellie's strings – she loves to tease her. Meanwhile, Dina on the show is described as more “teenager” in her approach, which emphasizes the “young girl in the apocalypse” of their love story.

For more information about the last one of us, check out our Spoiler-free Season 2 Review And ours The third episode of spoiler review. We've seen it, too How Abby’s Changes Impact the Way of the Show Handling Joel’s DeathAnd talked to Kaitlyn Dever about how Her Abby version is “more than her anger”.

Matt Purslow is an advanced feature editor for IGN.