'The Last of Us' Star Gabriel Luna unpacks Joel's death and what's next for Tommy

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 3 of “The Last of Us,” which aired April 27.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 3 of “The Last of Us,” which aired April 27.

The lives of the “The Last of Us” characters will never be the same following Joel’s death.

Pedro Pascal’s character took his last breath in the second episode, the people of Jackson, including Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), are still reeling from his loss (not to mention the show’s bereft fans).

“Whenever you have that type of abrupt shift in your family dynamic, it changes your life,” Gabriel Luna told TODAY.com at a special screening of the show’s third episode hosted by Max and Complex.

Gabriel Luna in "The Last of Us."Liane Hentscher / HBOLuna said that from now on, there is “an absolute, seismic shift in the way the rest of the family interacts with each other.”