TheLastOfUs showrunner explains 'entirely new' Bill and Frank story in Sunday's Episode 3:
[Warning: This story contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 3,"Long Long Time."] "Once upon a time, I had somebody that I cared about. It was a partner. Somebody I had to look after," scavenger and smuggler Bill grumbles in The Last of Us game."And in this world, that sort of sh*t's good for one thing: getting you killed.
Time passes, and in present-day 2023, the elderly Bill and Frank have spent 16 reclusive years together. Suffering from a terminal illness, Frank tells Bill how he wants to spend his last day: they'll pick out suits, get married, and share a final dinner. Then Bill will mix Frank's many medicines into a glass of wine so he can peacefully pass away in his husband's arms. But Bill, not wanting to live without Frank, reveals he also drank the lethal concoction.
"Long Long Time" ends with Joel and Ellie reaching Lincoln, only to find the town's population has gone from two to zero. Ellie reads aloud the letter Bill left behind for Joel, telling him to help himself to his supplies and cache of weapons to"keep Tess safe." The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann credits co-director Bruce Straley with the game's version of Bill, whose lonely existence raises the question of:"What are you surviving for at that point?"
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