The Final of Us on HBO has already launched two episodes, and we already had our main post-outbreak loss with Tess (Anna Torv). Whereas we all know Tess’ operate within the story total, showrunner Craig Mazin reveals that there was truly a backstory written for the character.
Speaking to the Final of Us podcast with Troy Baker, Mazin reveals that Tess had a husband and son that obtained contaminated and he or she needed to kill them each. Mazin explains:
“We had talked about, and we wrote it, we by no means shot it, and it was slightly little bit of a backstory of Tess and the truth that Tess had a child. She had a husband and he or she had a son, and so they had been contaminated and he or she needed to kill them.”
There was apparently no room within the episode to have the sequence explaining Tess’ backstory, however the present has confirmed lots of issues that the sport has hinted at—just like the romance between Tess and Joel.
If something, Mazin does provide some extra particulars on what occurred to Tess’ household. “She killed her husband however she couldn’t kill the son. She couldn’t do it… She locked him within the basement, the place, theoretically he’s nonetheless a clicker.”
We solely obtained Tess for 2 episodes, however lots of followers have been raving in regards to the character on-line, particularly when it got here to her demise when she is kissed by an contaminated. Mazin and Neil Druckmann even have a really attention-grabbing breakdown of that scene within the podcast, and it brings your entire factor into perspective.
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