After navigating their way past Bloaters and Runners, Joel, Ellie, and Bill come across a house on the outskirts of town, where they find a man dangling from the ceiling, having hung himself.īill remarks that this body belongs to Frank, his old partner, and upon Joel asking if he's sure Bill replies that no one else would wear a shirt like that. Bill reluctantly helps Joel and Ellie to find a vehicle and leave town, but before he sends them on their way, he discovers the fate of his old partner. In the game, Bill is portrayed as a frantic survivalist, paranoid that the presence of people in his town will lower his defenses. Players are first introduced to Bill about a quarter of the way through the first Last of Us. RELATED: How The Last of Us Multiplayer Game Could Change The Status Quo of the Series How HBO's The Last of Us Changes Bill and Frank's Relationship While Naughty Dog managed to flesh out all of its characters surprisingly well with such restricted screen time, HBO's The Last of Us show has little more leeway to finally give these beloved characters the backstory and narrative that they deserve, and Bill and Frank's relationship has certainly been changed for the better. And while HBO's The Last of Us show is certainly following the same road, its latest episode made some pretty big changes from the source material, giving Bill and Frank a surprisingly bittersweet end.Ĭharacters in The Last of Us come and go at an alarming rate, with either death or separation being core themes of the series. Throughout both games, players are constantly shown the horrors of The Last of Us' world, from beloved allies turning into infected, to protagonists meeting a horrific end.

The Last of Us is one of the most harrowing video game series of all time, unafraid to show the brutality and horror of a post-apocalyptic world in which humans will do anything to survive.

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