In both The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2, spores have always been a key part of the narrative. Whenever anyone but Ellie descends into a heavily infected zone, they put on a mask to make sure they don't get exposed. However, this is the first time it's been introduced in the adaptation.

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The moment Ellie first confronts Nora in the hospital in the show plays out almost identically to The Last of Us Part 2, and ends with the two face to face at the end of a spore-infected corridor bathed in red light. As soon as that light went on, those who had played the game would have known exactly what was coming.

Neil Druckmann, the creator of both The Last Of Us games and co-showrunner of the HBO adaptation, once said that the first game was about love, and the second was about hate. That’s a pretty good way to summarize the two games,