Abby is a main character in the game, and her primary motivation is getting revenge on Joel for killing her father. Minor spoilers for The Last of Us Part II: Abby is a character who, in the second game, is the daughter of the doctor who was about to operate on Ellie the doctor who Joel murdered. The Last of Us game star Laura Bailey is in The Last of Us HBO show's Season 1 finale Still, though, The Last of Us game players may or may not have heard a familiar voice from behind that mask: that of Laura Bailey, who provided the voice for main character Abby in the 2020 sequel, The Last of Us Part II.Īnd while Laura Bailey's brief cameo wasn't even the only Last of Us video game cameo in the Season 1 finale-the episode opened with a scene featuring Ashley Johnson, who plays Ellie in the games, as Ellie's mother, Anna, somewhat explaining Ellie's origin and Cordyceps immunity-it's certainly one that sets the table and the tone for what's to come in Season 2, which will begin to tell the story ( but not all) of The Last of Us Part II.īailey's presence in The Last of Us' Season 1 finale is a subtle nod to fans of the games-like Troy Baker, Merle Dandridge, and Jeffrey Pierce's presences before her-that HBO's show owes everything to the groundbreaking narrative style of the games, and that the creators are going to be as loyal to the source material as they possibly can be.Īnd the cosign of the people who made the games what they were goes a very long way. So we couldn't blame anyone for missing a cameo from a character whose face was almost entirely obscured by a surgical mask. There was a lot going on during The Last of Us' dramatic, thrilling, Season 1 finale, including making most viewers dig deep to determine where they stand on a number of serious moral and ethical questions.

The following story contains some spoilers for The Last of Us Season 1 finale.

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