The car crash
Around halfway through the original game, Joel and Ellie get a nice break from their usual slumped-over grind of gathering tape and scissors and other garbage fit for repurposing into strange weapons. With a newly acquired pickup truck, the two have a nice scenic drive through an American wasteland, only for it to be swiftly interrupted as they’re ambushed in a city, causing a head-on collision in said pickup truck with a wall.
The HBO trailer shows off something that looks very much like this scene for a brief moment. It may not be the same moment of the story, but the similarities are evident. Creative leads Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann are clearly taking their cues straight from essential moments in the game.
