The Last Of Us Creator Neil Druckmann Shares If Series Will Return To Show Joel's Past: Never Say Never | EXCL (Image credit: HBO) Will we see Pedro Pascal's Joel again in The Last of Us? Druckmann stated in Druckmann stated in The Last of Us Season 2 finale virtual press conference about deceased characters, "Whether you will see them on screen or not, their presence will be there throughout." Later, the Naughty Dog studio head also touched upon the large chunks of Joel's life that fans don't know about.

Will those events be seen in the future episodes of the show? Initially, Druckmann said, "It’s always good to leave some things a mystery, to let the audience use their imagination to fill in the blanks. Obviously, every once in a while, we tap into those mysteries when they're important for the story we're telling here.

So, I guess, never say never." Mazin chimed in and agreed, "We definitely went pretty far down the road of at least showing a moment from that time period. So, I think Neil's right, we'd never say never.

And this season was tricky because it was so driven by this traumatic event: Joel dies. And once Joel dies, it is so big and impactful that you don't have quite as much room to sort of wander down some side streets, you really need to stick to what happens as a result of that, as well as what happened leading up to it. But I think next season, we probably will have a bit more flexibility.

We love a side trip to Indonesia, it's one of our favourite things to do, so maybe a side trip to Joel and Tommy terrorizing the countryside, we'll never know."