Pierce felt that Tommy convincing Ellie to chase Abby at the farm is him attempting to erase his shame, comparing it to "bombing the shit out of Iraq after &lt;a href="9/11"&gt;9/11&lt;/a&gt;", which is "not quite the right target there, but ... made some people feel righteous". He described the actions as "Greek tragedy-level stupidity", but felt that it was a human action. Early iterations of the scene had Maria visit Ellie, but she was replaced with Tommy so that Ellie "would have to face Abby's impact". When designing Tommy for "Part II", the team wanted to show his advanced age while maintaining his identity from the first game. For his work on the game, Pierce was nominated for Performer in a Supporting Role at the 17th British Academy Games Awards.