So why precisely is Mark Mylod a great option to direct an episode of “The Final of Us” that forces audiences to observe because the heroic, relatable Joel dies a very horrible, brutal loss of life? As a result of Mylod form of focuses on that form of factor. For starters, Mark Mylod directed all 4 season finales — together with for Season 4, which served because the collection finale — of one other HBO smash hit “Succession,” and in Season 4, he additionally helmed the beautiful third episode, “Connor’s Wedding ceremony.” “Succession” viewers know full nicely that, in that episode, the highly effective and spoiled Roy siblings Kendall (Jeremy Sturdy), Shiv (Sarah Snook), and Roman (Kieran Culkin) are blindsided when their terrifying, imposing father Logan Roy, performed by Brian Cox, dies all of the sudden and with out a lot fanfare whereas aboard a flight on his personal jet. The episode is essentially dedicated to the reactions of the three siblings, and Mylod went to extraordinary lengths as a director to seize essentially the most genuine moments doable.
Figuring out, as we do, that Joel’s loss of life shall be gory in addition to tragic, it is also essential to notice that Mylod put in quite a lot of time as a director on one more HBO juggernaut, “Recreation of Thrones.” Mylod directed six episodes of the fantasy collection, together with, apparently sufficient, the Season 6 episode “The Damaged Man” (which introduces Lyanna Mormont, performed by Bella Ramsey). The director is definitely no stranger to emotional but brutal loss of life sequences, so he is good for this string of early episodes within the second season of “The Final of Us.”