Here’s how the show expands the history of the Last of Us world from the game.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromThe Last of Usseason 1, episode 4.
YellowjacketsstarMelanie Lynskeydebuts on the show as Kathleen, an original character created specifically for the series adaptation.
Melanie Lynskey’s Kathleen interrogates a collaborator in ‘The Last of Us.'.Liane Hentscher/HBO
A pile-up of cars blocking the main road forces them to find another way through the city.
They encounter a man begging for help, clutching his side as if injured.
Who is Kathleen in The Last of Us?
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Lynskey’s Kathleen is the leader of the group that’s largely inspired by the Hunters.
Now that Kathleen is in charge, she’s determined to hunt Henry down.
The change makes the story morally more complex.
Melanie Lynskey’s Kathleen is the leader of a revolutionary movement in Kansas City in ‘The Last of Us.'.Liane Hentscher/HBO
“I said, ‘Ugh, I don’t know.’
He was like, ‘I felt like that would be your reaction.
Let me tell you a bit more.'”
Kathleen’s brother is “basically Jesus,” Lynskey continues.
He’s leading the world.
He’s the kindest, most decent person.
I don’t think I’m that great of a person.
I don’t really need to be anything in particular because I have this person by my side.’
And then somebody brutally kills him and it’s so unfair.
Who are you after that?"
“That’s a very interesting dynamic.”
