For Season 1 of HBO Max's The Last of Us, Digital Domain Visual Effects Supervisor Mitch Drain and his team were tasked with creating the environment for the post-apocalyptic city seen in episode 4. The team added overgrowth, decay and debris along with abandoned cars, FedEx trucks, military vehicles, and more to truly set the scene.

For the season finale, The VFX team wrapped up its work creating a backdrop of CG environments, as Joel and Ellie drive pass a digitally created sign that reads “Welcome to Wyoming,” signifying the end and beginning of their journey.