The Engine of the Last of Us

Craig Maysen and Neil Druckman do a brilliant job with this little twist because we as an audience, we're watching Bill die. We figured this is just like episode one where Joel lost his daughter. But he isn't. If you balance the familiar elements of a TV series engine right, what's amazing is that you can completely change how those elements are used to the surprise and the delight of your audience. And you can do so without making the audience feel so unmoored that they stop watching.