"We haven't heard the last of The Last of Us.

HBO has officially renewed the post-apocalyptic drama starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey for season 2, the network announced on Friday. Gamers can already guess where things are heading.

Season 1 adapts the main events of 2013's The Last of Us video game. Twenty years after a zombie-like fungal plague has ravaged the globe, Joel (Pascal), a survivor living in a militarized Boston quarantine zone, is tasked by the Fireflies rebel group with smuggling out a young girl, Ellie (Ramsey), to their allies on the outside.

The stakes are raised when Joel learns that his cargo is miraculously immune to the fungal brain infection and may be the key to cracking a vaccine. This unlikely pair is forced to traverse what's left of America, dodging the mutated Infected, as well as human raiders, slavers, and other unfriendly survivors.

Series writers and executive producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have indicated that they plan to adapt the events of the second video game, 2020's The Last of Us Part II, should the show get more seasons — which now it will.

It's difficult to describe the plot of Part II without spoiling it, so we'll just say there are two major twists that triggered such a strong and immediate reaction from players that Druckmann, who developed both games, received death threats.

"We have no plans to tell any stories beyond adapting the games," Druckmann previously told The Hollywood Reporter. "We won't run into the same issue as Game of Thrones since Part II doesn't end on a cliffhanger."

The Last of Us was watched by 4.7 million viewers across linear TV and HBO Max streaming the night the drama premiered on Jan. 15. By the second day, that number rose to 10 million viewers. By the end of the week, it became 18 million. The premiere episode has now surpassed 22 million viewers domestically, by HBO's estimates.

Ratings for episode 2 started off even stronger. On the night of its debut, The Last of Us tallied 5.7 million viewers, which marked a 22 percent increase from the first episode. That's the largest second-week growth in HBO's history.



"I'm humbled, honored, and frankly overwhelmed that so many people have tuned in and connected with our retelling of Joel and Ellie's journey," Druckmann said in a statement. "The collaboration with Craig Mazin, our incredible cast & crew, and HBO exceeded my already high expectations. Now we have the absolute pleasure of being able to do it again with season two! On behalf of everyone at Naughty Dog & PlayStation, thank you!"

The original games were developed by studio Naughty Dog and released on PlayStation platforms. PlayStation Productions now helps produce the live-action adaptations of the company's library.

"I'm so grateful to Neil Druckmann and HBO for our partnership, and I'm even more grateful to the millions of people who have joined us on this journey," Mazin added. "The audience has given us the chance to continue, and as a fan of the characters and world Neil and Naughty Dog created, I couldn't be more ready to dive back in."


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arent they only doing two seasons anyway?

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So the rumor of there being a second and third season covering part 2 don’t seem to be true.

Wonder how they’re gonna do this cause doing what they did to open part 2 seems wild to do in episode 10 to a tv audience

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get it done!

That may be the saddest scene in tv history

SPdaGOAT said So the rumor of there being a second and third season covering part 2 don’t seem to be true. Wonder how they’re gonna do this cause doing what they did to open part 2 seems wild to do in episode 10 to a tv audience

It'll be shocking and will work


Game of thrones did it with Ned in the first season of GOT

ReedAboutME said It'll be shocking and will work Game of thrones did it with Ned in the first season of GOT

You’re prolly right. A lot of the hate for the game seem to stem from dumb sh*t gamers want/expect and it’s a different audience than tv watchers

SPdaGOAT said You’re prolly right. A lot of the hate for the game seem to stem from dumb sh*t gamers want/expect and it’s a different audience than tv watchers

5 season in I could see the hate but just one I don't think ppl will get attach to Joel especially how this season likely to end.


Hell even now he's not that likable on the show.

ReedAboutME said 5 season in I could see the hate but just one I don't think ppl will get attach to Joel especially how this season likely to end. Hell even now he's not that likable on the show.

Last sentence is absolute facts lmao. I kinda hate how he reacted to Tess being infected tbh, that man ain’t have a care in the world compared to how it played out in the game

With how they are fleshing out the story I wouldn’t be surprised if Joel doesn’t get k*lled untill the end of the second season

If it's anything like the games you be lucky if you don't get season 1 the remastered edition

They botched the casting for Ellie

they probably have to show Abby side of the story first then before what happens in the 2nd game

especially for the people who dont know who she is

Pedro Pascal getting his head beat in is gonna go triple platinum

Maisie Williams would’ve been a good Ellie

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not yet man

TheConnect said They botched the casting for Ellie

It's only been 2 episodes but her acting has been average at best.

There's been scenes where she plays Ellie perfectly but then there are scenes where she's cringy & forced

2 episodes in though, hopefully she gets better

Puppet Master said It's only been 2 episodes but her acting has been average at best. There's been scenes where she plays Ellie perfectly but then there are scenes where she's cringy & forced 2 episodes in though, hopefully she gets better

Yeah I hope she does honestly turn it around. I liked her in Game of Thrones, she played the part perfectly

He deserved it.

Understand this was already known the day of first screening the schedule the announcement and naughty dog already had it in the pipeline now when they roll it out watch how you get a code for 2 months free of HBO max

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Abby disrespect will not be tolerated

Ole girl should've been replaced for ellie, but it's whatever since it's going to Season 2. Might as well get her for season two now...

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Sadly I have never played the game, but I've always wanted to. Those that have played it, would I like it better if I actually played the game? I love the show so far.

Im not ready