Summary
The Last of Usviewers have been waiting to find out when new episodes will be released since the series concluded its first season back in 2023. Season 2 is set to return to HBO in 2025 and the network has confirmed the official release date with a series of new posters.
Season 1 ofThe Last of Usconcluded two years ago, and it’s been a long wait for fans who are eager to see the second of Naughty Dog’s video games adapted to the screen. Season 2 will jump forward five years, picking up with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) in Jackson, where they’ve been living with Joel’s brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) since the events of the last season. The new episodes are expected to cover at least part of the narrative fromThe Last of Us: Part 2,with theseries expanding the story across several seasonsuntil it reaches the conclusion of the second game.
HBO’s The Last of Us Return Date Revealed By New Posters
After a long lead-up of teaser trailers and posters over the past few months, HBO has finally confirmed the release date forThe Last of UsSeason 2. As expected, the new season ofThe Last of Uswill begin in the week followingThe White Lotus’Season 3 finale, whichputs its release date as April 13. Thenew season comprises seven episodes(two less than Season 1) that will be released weekly on Max, meaning the show will conclude in late May.
The release date was confirmed on a trio of new posters forThe Last of UsSeason 2, released viaHBO’s social channels, each containing one of the show’s major cast members. Each of the posters contains the line “Every Path has a Price” and features one of Joel, Ellie, and Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) with their backs turned. Ellie’s poster sees her walking along a path made up of a guitar, with a rifle over her shoulder and her switchblade in hand. Abby, anew character who will be introduced in Season 2, is identifiable by her long braid and walks along a path made up of a Firefly pendant. Meanwhile, Joel’s poster features his broken watch, and notably, he is shown looking to the left, while Abby and Ellie look to the right, which is a subtle hint at their journeys to come.
Marketing for Season 2 ofThe Last of Ushas already raised questions among fans over how the show plans to tackle thecomplicated timeline of the second game. Similar to the first season,The Last of UsSeason 2 is expected to contain deviations from the source material, along with some additional content that was cut from the game, which will help to keep things surprising for those familiar with its story. Onedeviation involving the character of Abbyis already causing division among fans and the justification from showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann suggests that Season 2 will contain less “moment to moment” action. Now that the series has an official release date, audiences won’t have to wait long to find out what that looks like.
The Last of UsSeason 2 will be released on April 13 on Max.
The Last Of Us
Based on Naughty Dog’s popular PlayStation game, HBO’s The Last of Us takes place decades after a fungal infection eradicated most of humanity. When a teenage girl named Ellie is found to be immune to the disease, Joel agrees to smuggle her across the United States.
