Sorry to report, but The Last of Us season 2 is shorter than the first.
In June 2024 — almost a year before its premiere — creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckman revealed that the HBO show’s second season would only be seven episodes long. The duo told Deadline at the time that each installment would be “quite big” in length, but does that make up for two fewer episodes?
“The story material that we got from Part II of the game is way more than the story material that was in the first game, so part of what we had to do from the start was figure out how to tell that story across seasons,” Mazin explained at the time. “When you do that, you look for natural breakpoints, and as we laid it out, this season, the national breakpoint felt like it came after seven episodes.”
He added: “One thing is absolutely for sure, I don’t see how we could tell the story that remains after season 2 is complete in one more season.”
The cocreator and director has more recently spoken about the potential for the show to continue for a season 3 — and even a season 4.
“Neil and I really are focused on telling the story that’s there, and it will come to an end, whether it is in season 3 or season 4,” he told People late last month.
The Last of Us became a fan favorite quickly following its January 2023 premiere. In addition to those who played the PlayStation video game on which the show is based, the drama series has racked up a huge following. It also skyrocketed both Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who play Joel and Ellie, respectively, to fame.
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The season 1 finale ended with Joel lying to Ellie about what happened when he took her to see the Fireflies in Salt Lake City. Ellie ends the season thinking that her immunity wasn’t needed after the group found a cure for the cordyceps infection ravaging their post-apocalyptic world. What actually happened is that Joel went on a murderous rampage after finding out the Fireflies planned to extract a cure from Ellie’s brain, which would have killed her.
The second season trailer hints at Joel dealing with the aftermath of his betrayal.
“You swore,” Ramsey’s Ellie says to Pascal’s Joel, teasing a rift between the pseudo father-daughter duo.
The Last of Us season 2 premieres on HBO Sunday, April 13, at 9 p.m. ET.
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