Where Season Two Ends

I think we're getting far more changes this time around.

I feel like it's almost a guarantee season two doesn't stop anywhere near the game's natural "halftime." There's a very good chance that it’s going to stop far sooner, even without the cast and crew telling us in every interview to expect changes.

We know there will be (at least) one episode dedicated to an under or non developed support character. That’s a lock. I also think after watching the SXSW interview, time from Abby‘s youth (possibly Tracking Lesson) will be portrayed earlier. Dever mentions more time spent with Abby early on and how it's different from the original story

Wouldn't be shocked if The Birthday Gift and Tracking Lesson play out 50/50 sharing the same episode.

I think it's reasonable to assume that 1.5 to 2.5 total episodes worth of time will be dedicated to side-stories or things happening sooner than in the game. That leaves us with anywhere from 4.5 to 5.5 episodes left to tell the main story.

I don't see how they can do it all, or even come close, without axing entire chunks of main storyline.

Even if we think/hope Ep 1 and Ep 7 get 90min runtimes, it still feels impossible to get to the theater confrontation by the end. Plus Mazin has repeatedly insinuated three full seasons to cover TLOU2. It's not like they don't already know how long this will be. I think they decided on three seasons a long time ago.

I think season one might end with Ellie and Nora. And I think it'll be more graphic Which would be a hell of an S2 finale for people who are not familiar with the game