Episode 4 - “Day One”

HBO's The Last of Us Podcast

HBO Max Podcasts

Tv & Film

4.9 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Host Troy Baker and The Last of Us showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann unpack this action-packed episode. How did the explosive opening scene come about? What went on behind the scenes while shooting the subway station sequence? And what crucial scene did the team feel pressure to get exactly right? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, I know you're scared.
0:07.0	Please don't.
0:08.0	But I need you to understand something.
0:10.0	Please don't think that's any harder than it has to be.
0:12.0	Wait!
0:13.0	Why did you do that? Why the fuck did you have to do that?
0:15.0	Please listen to me. I would die for you. I would.
0:18.0	But that is not what just happened.
0:28.6	I'm immune. I can't get infected.
0:40.6	Welcome back to the official podcast for the HBO original series The Last of Us.
0:45.9	I'm Troy Baker, and I'm joined as always with the showrunners of the HBO series.
0:46.6	Craig Mazen.
0:47.2	Hello.
0:48.7	And Neil Druckman.
0:49.4	Hi.
0:55.8	We are unpacking episode four of season two, which is titled Day One.
0:59.2	It was written by Craig and directed by Kate Heron wonderfully.
1:04.1	Let me start off by saying, I had no idea what to expect going into 204,
1:07.1	and it might be my favorite episode so far.
1:14.7	Whoa. All right. I'm sure that I'm going to end up eating my words.
1:18.2	But I was blown away.
1:20.6	And what I loved about the opening of this is the vibe is completely different than anything else we've ever seen.
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