Joel’s watch
In the painful opening moments of the game, Joel’s daughter gives him a watch. Unlike his daughter, the watch survives 20 years later. Broken, it’s clearly of no use for telling time. Instead it’s somewhat a reflection of Joel, a man out of time and place whose life was forever put on pause when his daughter died. He won’t move on and he won’t fix what’s broken.
The show is clearly paying attention to these essential props of the story. Right there, not even ten seconds into the trailer and we’re treated to a close up of this painful connection to Joel’s past. I look forward to the Adam Savage’s Tested-style recreations of props like this when the show premieres.
