

This resulted in Naughty Dog scrapping the original plot and the story for The Last of Us being rewritten with Tess as a neutral character and an ally of Joel. However, Naughty Dog ultimately concluded that this version for the game's story felt too unrealistic due Tess pursuing Joel across the entire country for a year. Nevertheless, Ellie ends up saving Joel from Tess' clutches before shooting Tess dead and killing her henchmen, putting an end to Tess' revenge once and for all. The Last of Us Set Video Shows Joel, Ellie, and Tess Walking Around Thomas Collider OctoWith shooting for the new HBO’s The Last of Us series underway, fans have already gotten a few sneak peeks of what to expect. Consequently, Tess blames Joel for her brother's death and resolves to pursue Joel and Ellie for the remainder of the game across America with a crew of her own henchmen so she can kill Joel and avenge her brother.Īfter the events of the Salt Lake City chapter, Tess succeeds in capturing Joel (tying him to a chair as seen in concept art) and tortures him before trying to kill him with a knife.

However, while Joel and Tess smuggle Ellie out of the Quarantine Zone, Tess' brother gets killed in crossfire with the military during the process.

However, one of the key differences here is that Tess had a brother who supposedly worked with her and Joel in their smuggling business. In the original plot of The Last of Us, much like in the finished game, Tess was an smuggler living in a post-apocalyptic America working alongside Joel.
