Catherine O’Hara played Gail in The Last of Us Season 2, and she was planned to return for Season 3 before her recent passing.
Gail is Joel’s therapist in Season 2, and the role was created for the TV show. Gail was a supporting character in Season 2, and while she didn’t have all that many scenes, the time she was on screen was memorable due to O’Hara’s impressive performance.
“I don’t think it’s a big spoiler to say that she was gonna be in our show again, because of course she was,” Mazin said in an appearance on the Scriptnotes podcast (via GamesRadar). “She’s so good. But she was stolen from all of us. The thing that’s upsetting me is I don’t get to see her in other stuff. I don’t care about my show. I wanted to see her in other things, cause what else was gonna happen?”
