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In response to mounting criticism, The Last of Us co-creator Craig Mason addressed the backlash. His comments revealed an unusually self-congratulatory tone, as he framed the failure as a consequence of the immense expectations set by season one. Mason acknowledged that they "set the bar so high" with the initial run, implying that the second season's shortcomings were a result of overambition or perhaps the natural difficulty of exceeding their own success.