Does Tess die in The Last of Us?

The Last of Us showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann addressed the evolution of Tess for the TV show.

Druckmann said: “And that’s one of those changes that we made from the game to the show. In the game, it was the military chasing us. But we felt like, just again, the way it was playing out, we couldn’t sustain that.

“And I believe it’s actually more dramatic and kind of interesting than what happens in the game.”

Mazin said: “Tess was a character we did quite a bit of expansion on. She doesn’t have any particular emotional connection to the world, as far as we know, so in that regard, she’s kind of a perfect survivor.

“Once she understands what Ellie is, and that Ellie represents some modicum of hope for the world, you see that there is something in her that was always there, that is ready to come back out.”

The Last of Us airs on HBO and HBO Max on Sundays at 9pm and Sky Atlantic and NOW on Mondays at 2am and 9pm