Season 1, Episode 8 - "When We Are In Need"

HBO's The Last of Us Podcast

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Tv & Film

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Host Troy Baker and Showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann unpack the episode in which Troy has an on-screen role. They break down the character of David and how this narcissistic predator tries to manipulate Ellie. They discuss one of the darkest moments of the show so far, and Neil says why it was so important to a subvert typical narrative. HBO’s The Last of Us podcast is produced by HBO and Pineapple Street Studios. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What does Corticeps do? Is it evil? No. It's fruitful. It multiplies.
0:12.0	It feeds and protects its children. And it secures its future with violence if it must.
0:22.7	It loves.
0:31.2	Welcome to the official podcast for HBO's original series The Last of Us.
0:37.7	I am your host, Troy Baker, and I had the amazing opportunity to play Joel in the last of his video game.
0:40.6	But today I am here with the showrunners, Craig Mazin.
0:41.9	Good to be back.
0:42.9	And Neil Druckman.
0:43.6	Hey.
0:49.5	And we are discussing a very special episode, perhaps one of my favorites, episode 8, titled When We Are in Need.
0:51.2	Now, I thought you're going to say titled, I'm in this one.
0:56.7	I, that's why it's my favorite.
0:58.0	It's my favorite for many, many reasons.
1:00.3	And I'm warning you now, this is as spoilery as it gets.
1:03.5	So if you haven't watched the episode yet, you're going to want to.
1:06.9	This is a very different kind of cold open for many reasons.
1:12.4	The image that we're given is very, very cold, bitter cold.
1:19.0	And we hear something that up to this point has been absent in this world, and that is scripture.
1:25.7	Yeah.
1:26.7	So we're here in a different place and a different season,
1:31.9	and this is one of those places where Neil and I discussed how to expand the other. We've been doing
1:43.3	this all season, looking at the other that in the game
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