“She Started Broken”: ‘The Last of Us’ Creators on Whether Gail Is Right About Ellie Being “Doomed”
The Last of Us creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman breakdown Gail’s read on whether Ellie can be saved and what PTSD has done to her.

In The Last of UsSeason 2, the tragedy of Ellie’s (Bella Ramsey) journey is becoming even harder to ignore — and according to the show’s creators, that’s no accident. Speaking on the official HBO podcast for the series, Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann opened up about Ellie’s increasingly dark path, and how characters like therapist Gail (Catherine O’Hara) are starting to recognize that the damage done to Ellie might be too deep to undo.