00:00It was really, really fun to come back, to see my family again,
00:06because they truly are a family at this point.
00:08To get back into it, somebody who played the games
00:11was very excited about the second season,
00:13knowing what's involved for my character, Tommy.
00:15I was just, I was champing at the bit to get at it.
00:18And just to reunite with Pedro, to reunite with Bella,
00:23Rutina, who plays my wife, was pretty special.
00:26And we were in new environs.
00:30We were in B.C. instead of Alberta.
00:31So it was just kind of a new place. We all get to learn together.
00:34I mean, once we got going, it was, we started out on a strong foot,
00:40and I think we carried it through the end.
00:42I have immense pride being involved in this project.
00:46It's, right from the jump, you sensed this devotion
00:51that the community has for the story, this great love that they have for it.
00:57And I just, after playing it myself, I was in league with them.
01:02I counted myself among them as just somebody who wants to tell this story
01:06in the best possible way to honor Neil's creation and Craig's,
01:13and Neil and Craig's creation.
01:16So I just think that it's really spectacular to think how far reaching it's been,
01:25both as a game and as a show.
01:29And pressure is a privilege.
01:31So to have all this pressure to kind of clear this very high bar we established
01:39with the first season is very exciting.
01:42And it was exciting when we were working on it.
01:44We knew what we had in front of us in terms of the work to try to match,
01:50if not exceed what we were able to do in the first season.
01:54So I love this story.
01:57I love Craig Mazin, Pedro, Bella, everyone.
02:01I love them all.
02:02I'm sure you'll talk to others here and realize that that is just a kind of a unifying force
02:09for all of us is the love we have for each other.
02:13And that is the essence of the story of The Last of Us,
02:15is the love that Joel and Ellie have for each other
02:18and how that spreads to everyone else around.
