You know, a real man will admit that he makes mistakes, and I am a real man, so I apologize.

I wasn't thinking I had a brain freeze and I was rushing, and as it turned out, I wound up

prepping a lot of questions for episode two, which was a mistake because not a lot happens

in episode two.

And I don't know what I was thinking, but all I could say is I'm sorry.

Howdy, I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is but all I could say is I'm sorry. Howdy.

I'm Jeff Goldsmith, and this is the Q&A.

My agenda is simple.

Each week, I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative process of storytelling.

And folks, of course, I kid, I kid.

There's so much that happens in episode two of season two of The Last of Us.

And the good news is it has received 16 Emmy nominations, including one for Outstanding Drama Series.

And I am so pleased to have our guest for today's episode, showrunner and writer Craig Mason.

You also know him from the Script Notes podcast, which he co-hosts with John August.

And we also have with us editor Timothy A. Good,

who was Emmy nominated for editing the second episode entitled Through the Valley. And you know,

if you want to take a closer look at that episode, we've put it on our blog as a script. You could

read Craig Mason's screenplay for Through the Valley at backstory..net forward slash read dash the dash last dash of

us so that's kind of fun it's online and you could read it for free so i hope you check that out

but look this was a very complicated episode it got a full range of emotions from the fan base

you don't need me to tell you that but at the end of day, so much thought was put into it and especially where it landed in the season that there's a really good chat to be had here about pulling something off like this in a TV series. And it was very unexpected to land where it does, but I think it works. Without a doubt, Craig and Tim were very forthcoming about their creative process and what it took to get this season in the cans, so I know you'll dig this episode.

And speaking of things to dig, it is my 20th year of podcasting, and I couldn't have done it without you, so thanks for tuning in.

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