{"id":933808,"date":"2025-04-14T18:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T22:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/?p=933808"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:38:44","slug":"the-last-of-us-season-2-premiere-gives-near-identical-recreation-of-historic-kiss-from-video-game-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/the-last-of-us-season-2-premiere-gives-near-identical-recreation-of-historic-kiss-from-video-game-series\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Last of Us&#8217; Season 2 Premiere Gives Near-Identical Recreation of Historic Kiss From Video Game Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about the season 2 premiere of<\/em> The Last of Us.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the moment fans of <em><strong>The Last of Us<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>video game see the strung lights above Ellie&#8217;s (<strong>Bella Ramsey<\/strong>) head in a church with music playing while people dance in the background &#8212; they immediately know what is about to happen.<\/p>\n<p>It has been over two years season we have seen a drop of content from the the series adaptation of the video game starring Ramsey and <strong>Pedro Pascal<\/strong>. And what better way to kick-off the season and satiate fans thirst with one of the most memorable scenes in video game history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_933827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933827\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-933827\" src=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165707\/bella-ramsey_0.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-933827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Liane Hentscher\/HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_933828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-933828\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-933828\" src=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/14165715\/bella-ramsey-isabela-merced_0.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-933828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Liane Hentscher\/HBO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a near shot-for-shot recreation from the GLAAD Media Award-winning video game <strong><em>The Last of Us: Part 2<\/em><\/strong>, the series features Bella and Dina&#8217;s (<em>Madame Webb<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Isabela Merced<\/strong>) dance floor kiss which was interrupted by a man who throws a homophobic slur at the couple. Joel (Pascal) steps in and things almost get violent. After the dust settles, Ellie is the opposite of grateful as she jabs him with a &#8220;I don\u2019t need your f**king help!&#8221;. Nothing is resolved and everyone leaves heartbroken&#8230; but that kiss was still a moment!<\/p>\n<p>The season also features\u00a0<em>Beef\u00a0<\/em>star <strong>Young Mazino<\/strong> as Dina&#8217;s ex, Jesse and Joel&#8217;s therapist Gail, played by <strong>Catherine O&#8217;Hara<\/strong>. Gail is not a character from the video game series, but was created for the series &#8212; which is why we don&#8217;t see her in the video for the aforementioned video game scene. However, Gail is featured in the TV version of the scene.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"THE LAST OF US 2 - Ellie Dancing Kiss Scene\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1FU0mX8l1OA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Johnson<\/strong> and <strong>Shannon Woodward<\/strong>, the original voices of Ellie and Dina respectively, can be heard in the above scene where the kiss originated. 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