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The Last of Us
GenrePost-apocalypticDramaThriller
Created byCraig MazinNeil Druckmann
Based onThe Last of Us
by Naughty Dog[a]
ShowrunnersCraig MazinNeil Druckmann
Written byCraig MazinNeil DruckmannHalley Gross
StarringPedro PascalBella RamseyGabriel LunaIsabela MercedYoung Mazino
Theme music composerGustavo Santaolalla
ComposersGustavo SantaolallaDavid Fleming
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersCraig MazinNeil DruckmannCarolyn StraussRose LamEvan WellsCarter SwanAsad QizilbashJacqueline LeskoCecil O’Connor
ProducersGreg SpenceCecil O’ConnorAllen Marshall PalmerJulie Herrin
Production locationCanada
CinematographyKsenia SeredaEben BolterChristine A. MaierNadim CarlsenCatherine Goldschmidt
EditorsTimothy A. GoodMark HartzellEmily MendezCindy MolloSimon Smith
Running time43–81 minutes
Production companiesThe Mighty MintWord GamesPlayStation ProductionsNaughty DogSony Pictures Television Studios
Original release
NetworkHBO
ReleaseJanuary 15, 2023 –
present

The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog, the series is set twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which causes its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and causes the collapse of society. It follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), who travel across the United States in the first season, based on 2013’s The Last of Us. In the second season, based on 2020’s The Last of Us Part II, they have settled in Jackson, Wyoming, with Joel’s brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna) and Ellie’s friends Dina (Isabela Merced) and Jesse (Young Mazino).

Guest stars include Rutina Wesley as Tommy’s wife Maria, while the first season features Nico Parker as Joel’s daughter Sarah, Merle Dandridge as resistance leader Marlene, Anna Torv as Joel’s partner Tess, Lamar Johnson and Keivonn Montreal Woodard as brothers Henry and Sam, and Melanie Lynskey and Jeffrey Pierce as resistance leader Kathleen and her second-in-command Perry. The second season introduces Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, who seeks revenge against Joel, and Spencer Lord, Tati Gabrielle, Ariela Barer, and Danny Ramirez as her friends Owen, Nora, Mel, and Manny, respectively.

The first season was filmed in Alberta from July 2021 to June 2022, while the second season was filmed in British Columbia from February to August 2024. One of the most expensive television series, it is a joint production by Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, the Mighty Mint, and Word Games. Druckmann, who wrote and co-directed the games, assisted Mazin with scriptwriting for the first season’s nine episodes, joined by Halley Gross, who co-wrote the second game, and Bo Shim for the second season’s seven episodes. The score was composed by Gustavo Santaolalla, who composed for the games, and David Fleming.

The Last of Us premiered on January 15, 2023. It received acclaim from critics, who praised the performances, writing, production design, direction, and score; several called it the best adaptation of a video game. It won several awards, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards out of 24 nominations. Across linear channels and HBO Max, the series premiere was watched by almost 40 million viewers within two months; the series averaged almost 32 million viewers per episode by May, and it became HBO’s most watched debut season. The second season premiered on April 13, 2025, and a third season is in development.

Cast and characters

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For a more comprehensive list, see Characters of The Last of Us (TV series).

Main

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Pedro Pascal smiling to the right
Bella Ramsey looking to the left

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey portray the lead characters, Joel and Ellie.[5][6]

  • Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller, a hardened middle-aged survivor who is tormented by the trauma of his past.[5][7] Joel is tasked with smuggling a young girl, Ellie, out of a quarantine zone and across the United States.[5] Joel is portrayed as more physically vulnerable in the series compared to the game—he is hard of hearing in one ear and his knees ache when he stands.[8]
  • Bella Ramsey as Ellie, a teenage girl who displays defiance and anger but has a private need for kinship and belonging.[6] She is strong-willed but playful, bonding easily with children, and has a fondness for puns.[9][10][11] She is immune to the Cordyceps infection and may be the key to creating a vaccine.[6] In the second season, her relationship with Joel has become strained.[12]
  • Gabriel Luna as Tommy (season 2; guest season 1), Joel’s younger brother, who maintains idealism in hoping for a better world.[13] A former Firefly, Tommy gave up on their cause and runs a commune with his wife in Jackson, Wyoming.[14] He and Maria have a son named Benjamin.[15]
  • Isabela Merced as Dina (season 2), Ellie’s romantic interest and Jesse’s ex. She is a freewheeling spirit with a loyalty towards Ellie, which is challenged by the world’s brutality.[16]
  • Young Mazino as Jesse (season 2), an important member of Jackson whose selflessness sometimes comes at a cost.[17] Having lost everything prior to joining Jackson, he values its sense of community and works hard to ensure it is not lost.[18]

Guest

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Season 1

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  • Nico Parker as Sarah, Joel’s 14-year-old daughter.[22][23] She cares for her father, playfully teasing him over his behavior and attitude.[24]
  • John Hannah as Dr. Neuman, an epidemiologist who issues a warning about the threat of fungi during a talk show in 1968.[25]
  • Merle Dandridge as Marlene, the head of the Fireflies, a resistance movement hoping to gain freedom from the military. Dandridge reprises her role from the video games.[26]
  • Christopher Heyerdahl as Dr. Schoenheiss, an epidemiologist on the 1968 talk show who is skeptical of Neuman’s warning.[27]
  • Brendan Fletcher as Robert, a thug and black market arms dealer in the Boston Quarantine Zone.[28] Robert fears Joel’s retribution against his actions.[29]
  • Anna Torv as Tess, a hardened survivor and Joel’s partner.[30] Tess is respected in the Boston Quarantine Zone, largely out of fear. She is protective of Ellie during their escort mission.[31]
  • Christine Hakim as Ratna Pertiwi, a mycology professor who advises the Indonesian government to bomb Jakarta to slow the spread of the infection,[32] for which she feels hopeless.[33][34]
  • Nick Offerman as Bill, a misanthropic survivalist.[35] Bill’s paranoia and distrust of the government left him prepared for the pandemic, protected in an underground bunker.[36]
  • Murray Bartlett as Frank, a survivalist living in an isolated town with Bill.[37] Frank is friendlier and more trusting than Bill, forming a close bond with Tess and Joel.[38]
  • Lamar Johnson as Henry Burrell, who is hiding from a revolutionary movement in Kansas City.[39] Henry is hurt by his own actions but ultimately does them to protect his younger brother Sam.[40]
  • Melanie Lynskey as Kathleen Coghlan, the leader of a revolutionary movement in Kansas City.[41] Kathleen is soft-spoken and outwardly sweet but an intelligent and often ruthless leader.[42][43]
  • Keivonn Montreal Woodard as Sam, a deaf, artistic eight-year-old child who is hiding with his brother Henry.[39][44][45] Sam was diagnosed with leukemia at a young age.[46]
  • Jeffrey Pierce as Perry, a revolutionary rebel in a quarantine zone and former military member, who is Kathleen’s second-in-command.[37][47][48] Pierce portrayed Tommy in the video games.[37]
  • John Getz as Edelstein, a Kansas City doctor who protects Henry and Sam from Kathleen and the rebels.[49][50]
  • Graham Greene as Marlon, a Native American hunter who has lived with his wife Florence in the wilderness of Wyoming since before the pandemic.[39][51] Marlon is resourceful and untrusting of strangers.[51]
  • Elaine Miles as Florence, who lives with her husband Marlon.[39] Florence is calm and humorous. Unlike Marlon, she did not want to isolate in the wilderness.[51]
  • Storm Reid as Riley Abel, an orphaned girl who is Ellie’s best friend at military school in post-apocalyptic Boston.[52][53] Riley ran away from military school to join the Fireflies, considering the former to be fascists.[54]
  • Scott Shepherd as David, a preacher who leads a struggling community.[55] David is calm and acts as a caring leader,[56] but is manipulative and abusive.[57] He claims to have found God after the outbreak and views the virus as a form of divine justice.[57]
  • Troy Baker as James, David’s aide.[58] James lacks faith in David but wants to be considered his equal, feeling threatened when Ellie’s capabilities threaten to usurp his position.[55] Baker previously portrayed Joel in the video games.[59]
  • Ashley Johnson as Anna, Ellie’s mother.[60] Anna is resourceful, killing an infected while giving birth. She is close with Marlene; upon giving birth to Ellie, she tasks Marlene with caring for Ellie after she becomes infected.[60] Johnson previously portrayed Ellie in the video games.[59]

Season 2

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  • Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, a soldier who seeks revenge against Joel for the death of her father and subsequently has her worldview challenged[61][62]
  • Robert John Burke as Seth, a former police officer who runs a bar in Jackson.[63][64] He has traditional values, advocating for revenge to defend Jackson’s reputation and drunkenly using a homophobic slur at the New Year’s Eve party, for which he expresses remorse.[65][66][67]
  • Spencer Lord as Owen, a former Firefly who witnessed Joel’s massacre in Salt Lake City.[68] A gentle person whose physical strength forces him to fight enemies he does not hate,[69] he supports Abby in her quest for revenge but seeks to discourage her upon realizing their opponents’ strength.[70]
  • Tati Gabrielle as Nora, a former Firefly.[68] She is a military medic who has difficulty accepting her past behavior.[69]
  • Ariela Barer as Mel, a former Firefly and Owen’s girlfriend.[68] She is a doctor committed to her role while struggling with the realities of war,[69] reluctant to hurt others.[71]
  • Danny Ramirez as Manny, a former Firefly.[68] A loyal soldier who fears failing his friends, he maintains a jovial attitude despite the pain of his past.[69]
  • Noah Lamanna as Kat, Ellie’s ex and the only other openly queer member of Jackson.[63][72] She is only mentioned in the video game.[72]
  • Catherine O’Hara as Gail, Joel’s therapist and Eugene’s wife.[73][74] She is cynical, not deceived by Joel’s posturing.[75]
  • Jeffrey Wright as Isaac Dixon, the leader of a militia who face a war in their pursuit for liberty. Wright reprises his role from the video game.[76]
  • Joe Pantoliano as Eugene Lynden, Gail’s husband.[74] The character is only seen in a photograph in the game.[63]
  • Alanna Ubach as Hanrahan, an original character[63]
  • Ben Ahlers as Burton, an original character[63]
  • Hettienne Park as Elise Park, an original character[63]

Episodes

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SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
19January 15, 2023March 12, 2023
2[77]7April 13, 2025May 25, 2025

Season 1 (2023)

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Main article: The Last of Us season 1

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11“When You’re Lost in the Darkness“Craig MazinCraig Mazin & Neil DruckmannJanuary 15, 20230.588[78]
22“Infected“Neil DruckmannCraig MazinJanuary 22, 20230.633[79]
33“Long, Long Time“Peter HoarCraig MazinJanuary 29, 20230.747[80]
44“Please Hold to My Hand“Jeremy WebbCraig MazinFebruary 5, 20230.991[81]
55“Endure and Survive“Jeremy WebbCraig MazinFebruary 12, 2023[b]0.382[83]
66“Kin“Jasmila ŽbanićCraig MazinFebruary 19, 20230.841[84]
77“Left Behind“Liza JohnsonNeil DruckmannFebruary 26, 20231.083[85]
88“When We Are in Need“Ali AbbasiCraig MazinMarch 5, 20231.039[86]
99“Look for the Light“Ali AbbasiCraig Mazin & Neil DruckmannMarch 12, 20231.040[87]

Season 2 (2025)

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Main article: The Last of Us season 2

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected by [89]Written by [88]Original release date [77]U.S. viewers
(millions)
101“Future Days“Craig MazinCraig MazinApril 13, 20250.938[90]
112“Through the Valley“Mark MylodCraig MazinApril 20, 20250.643[91]
123“The Path“Peter HoarCraig MazinApril 27, 20250.768[92]
134“Day One“Kate HerronCraig MazinMay 4, 2025TBD
145TBAStephen WilliamsCraig MazinMay 11, 2025TBD
156TBANeil DruckmannNeil Druckmann & Halley Gross & Craig MazinMay 18, 2025TBD
167TBANina Lopez-CorradoNeil Druckmann & Halley Gross & Craig MazinMay 25, 2025TBD

Production

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Development

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Craig Mazin smiling
Neil Druckmann smirking

The Last of Us was created by Craig Mazin (left) and Neil Druckmann (right). Druckmann wrote and co-directed the video games.[93]

A film adaptation of Naughty Dog‘s 2013 video game The Last of Us was announced in 2014, to be written by original writer and creative director Neil Druckmann;[94] it entered development hell by 2016,[95] and the rights had relinquished by 2019,[96] when Druckmann met Craig Mazin.[96] They agreed The Last of Us required a television series’s length and pacing.[97] HBO announced the series was in planning stages in March 2020, written by Mazin and Druckmann, also serving as executive producers with Carolyn Strauss and Evan Wells.[93] It is PlayStation Productions‘s first show,[93][98] announced as a joint production with Sony Pictures Television and Naughty Dog.[99] HBO greenlit the series in November, adding executive producers Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan and production company Word Games,[99] followed by production company the Mighty Mint in January 2021[100] and executive producer Rose Lam in February.[13] Produced by Greg Spence and Cecil O’Connor,[101] the first season‘s ten-episode count was reduced to nine during production.[102][103]

On January 27, 2023, less than two weeks after the premiere, HBO renewed the series for a second season.[104] While the first season covers the events of the first game and its downloadable expansion The Last of Us: Left Behind (2014),[105] the second immediately covers the sequel, The Last of Us Part II (2020), to avoid filler.[106] Part II is expected to span multiple seasons; Mazin confirmed plans for a “significantly larger” third season if the second is successful, and suspected the story may require a fourth.[107] The series’s narrative is not set to overtake the games.[107] Jacqueline Lesko was named an executive producer in March 2023,[108] and O’Connor by February 2024.[109] In January 2024, Kate Herron, Nina Lopez-Corrado, Mark Mylod, and Stephen Williams were announced as directors for the second season alongside Druckmann, Hoar, and Mazin.[110] In June, Mazin and Druckmann revealed the season would consist of seven episodes.[107] HBO renewed the series for a third season on April 9, 2025, ahead of the premiere of the second.[111]

The Last of Us is the largest television production to be filmed in Alberta[112] and possibly the largest in Canadian history,[113][114][115] generating CA$182 million for Alberta and creating 1,490 jobs.[116] According to Canadian artists union IATSE 212, the production led to a 30 percent increase in union membership and employment.[117] The first season’s budget of over CA$100 million—more than $10 million per episode[115][118]—exceeded that of each of Game of Thrones‘s first five seasons,[8] making it one of the most expensive television series.[119][120][121] The budget increased for the second season.[122]

Casting

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Two men with dark hair, both wearing thick jackets, embracing each other

Pedro Pascal and Gabriel Luna filming the first season in Canmore in November 2021

Film set of an actor walking among broken cars

Bella Ramsey filming the second season in Downtown Vancouver in August 2024

Casting for the first season took place virtually through Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[123] Casting director Victoria Thomas wanted to honor the game without being limited by it.[124] On February 10, 2021, Pascal and Ramsey were cast as Joel and Ellie.[5][6] The producers sought actors who could embody Joel and Ellie individually and imitate their relationship.[125]: 14:42  Though both were featured on Game of Thrones, Pascal and Ramsey had not met before the filming of The Last of Us began but found they had instant chemistry, which developed over production.[126]

Mazin and Thomas sought high-profile guest stars; Thomas said many of the actors “don’t usually do one-episode guest spots”.[127] Guest roles were announced throughout 2021: Luna in April,[128] Dandridge in May,[26] Parker in June,[22] Pierce, Bartlett, and Torv in July,[37][30] and Offerman in December.[35] This was followed by Reid in January 2022,[52] Baker and Ashley Johnson in June,[59] Lamar Johnson, Woodard, Greene, and Miles in August,[39] Lynskey in September,[41] Shepherd in December,[129] and Wesley in January 2023.[20]

Casting for the second season was put on hold in May 2023 due to the Writers Guild of America strike; actors had been auditioning with scenes from The Last of Us Part II due to an absence of scripts.[130] The production team wanted to start the second season’s casting with Abby.[122][131] Dever, Mazino, and Merced’s casting was announced in January 2024,[61][17][16] followed by O’Hara’s in February,[109] Ramirez, Barer, Gabrielle, and Lord’s in March,[69] and Wright’s in May.[76] Ahlers, Burke, Lamanna, Pantoliano, Park, and Ubach’s castings were announced in March 2025.[63]

Writing

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Halley Gross, who co-wrote The Last of Us Part II, joined the writers’ room for the second season.[4]

The Last of Us is a post-apocalyptic drama and thriller.[132][133][134] Mazin wrote all first-season episodes except the premiere and finale, which he co-wrote with Druckmann, and the seventh episode, written by Druckmann.[135] A writers’ room was established for the second season,[136] with Mazin and Druckmann joined by Halley Gross, who co-wrote Part II with Druckmann, and Bo Shim, a new writer.[4] Mazin wrote the second season’s first five episodes and co-wrote the final two with Druckmann and Gross.[88] The writers avoided making “a zombie show”,[137] considering the infected creatures a vessel through which characters are pressured to make interesting decisions and reveal their true selves.[123] Content cut from the game was added to the show;[138] Mazin compared the process to adapting a novel, with identical emotional beats despite different narrative events.[139] Some action-heavy sequences were changed to focus on character drama at HBO’s encouragement.[140] The second season’s additional characters granted a broader focus, allowing more action sequences;[141]: 41:25  Mazin expects even more in the third season.[142]

Druckmann wanted the adaptation to “keep the soul” from the games, particularly character relationships.[143] He was open to changing aspects but wanted a strong reason,[144] ensuring they considered impacts on later narrative events.[105] The game’s outbreak takes place in 2013 with its post-apocalyptic narrative in 2033; this was changed to 2003 and 2023 as the writers felt the events taking place simultaneously with broadcast was more interesting and did not fundamentally change the story.[145][146] They added the outbreak’s origins to ground the narrative; following COVID-19, they recognized audiences are more knowledgeable about viral pandemics.[137] In the first season, the writers replaced spores—the vector through which infection is spread in the games—with tendrils forming a unified network, inspired by the idea of mycelium;[137] spores are set to return in the second season.[142] The writers found the series an opportunity to delve into backstories of characters who the game otherwise ignored, wanting to better understand their motivations.[147] The second season explores themes of tribalism,[18] and highlights themes of change and growth, demonstrated in characters, communities, and the infected.[148] Mazin had not started writing the third season by April 2025, planning to begin after the second airs.[149]

Filming

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A street with dirty, damaged cars and broken concrete, behind an orange and black "Road Closed" sign
A tall wooden gate covered in snow, with a traffic controller in midground and crane with crew members in background

Season 1 was filmed in Alberta from July 2021 to June 2022.[150]

Ksenia Sereda is the lead director of photography, working with multiple directors on the series.[75] The first season filmed for 218 days,[141]: 37:32  with around 18–19 days per episode, amounting to 2–3 pages of script per day.[96] Filming began in Calgary, Alberta, on July 12, 2021.[150][151] It moved to High River and Fort Macleod in July,[152][153] and Calgary in August.[114] Around CA$372,000 was spent for a four-day shoot in Downtown Edmonton in October.[154] Filming moved to Calgary in October and November,[155][156] and Canmore in November.[157] Production took place in Okotoks and Waterton Lakes National Park in February 2022,[158][159] Calgary from March to May,[160][161][162] Olds in May and June,[163] and High River in June.[164] Production concluded on June 11,[165][166] followed by additional photography in Kansas City in October.[167]

Distant film set with film members on snow
Film set of broken cars with growing foliage

Season 2 filmed in British Columbia from February to August 2024.[168]

The second season was filmed in British Columbia under the working title Mega Sword.[169][170][171] Delayed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes,[172] production began on February 12, 2024,[168][173] with filming taking place in Kamloops, Mission, Fort Langley, and Langley.[174][175][176] Production returned to Calgary in March, including in Exshaw and along Highway 1A,[177] and moved to Britannia Beach in April, June, and July,[178][179] Downtown Eastside and Nanaimo in May,[180][181] Chinatown, Downtown Vancouver, and New Westminster in July,[182][183][184] and Gastown in August.[185] Production concluded on August 23,[186] followed by additional photography in Downtown Vancouver in September.[187]

According to Production Bulletin, the third season is expected to begin filming in Vancouver in mid-2025.[188]

Music

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Main article: Music of The Last of Us (TV series)

Gustavo Santaolalla, who worked on the video games, composed the score for the television series.[189]

Gustavo Santaolalla and David Fleming composed the score for the television series;[189][190] Santaolalla, who worked on the video games, wrote its opening theme.[191] He said Latino viewers “will recognize touches” of his music,[192] and drew on his experiences in film and television, having composed the themes and some tracks for Jane the Virgin (2014–2019) and Making a Murderer (2015–2018).[192] He primarily recrafted his previous work instead of creating new music, focusing on elements he found interesting.[193] Fleming’s work was inspired by real-world sounds within a decayed civilization.[190] A 66-track soundtrack album for the series was released digitally on February 27, 2023.[193]

The first episode features the song “Never Let Me Down Again” by Depeche Mode due to its blend of upbeat sounds and dark lyrics;[194][195]: 40:25  it returned in the sixth episode, performed by Mazin’s daughter Jessica, to demonstrate Ellie feeling let down by Joel.[196][197] The third episode uses “Long, Long Time” by Linda Ronstadt, which exhibits themes of unfulfilled love and how time heals wounds, echoing Bill and Frank’s relationship;[198] streams increased significantly following the episode’s broadcast.[199][200][201] The fourth episode‘s title references the lyrics of “Alone and Forsaken” by Hank Williams.[202]: 1:01  The seventh episode features “All or None” by Pearl Jam to represent Ellie’s loneliness and uncomfortability,[203]: 7:28  reuses Etta James‘s version of “I Got You Babe” from Left Behind as its romantic lyrics hidden by joyous music mirrored Ellie and Riley’s feelings,[203]: 56:28  and uses A-ha‘s “Take On Me” to reflect their feelings towards each other and illustrate Ellie’s journey.[204]

Design and post-production

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Film set of broken cars with growing foliage

Edmonton, August 2021

Film set of broken cars with growing foliage

Vancouver, August 2024

Several teams worked on the series’s set design to make the world look appropriately aged and damaged.[205]

Five art directors and hundreds of technicians worked on the first season,[115] and the game’s artists provided feedback on costumes and sets.[123] Costume designer Cynthia Ann Summers found the series more difficult than fantasy or period pieces as the costumes had to be integral to the story without standing out.[206] Production designer John Paino referenced the game but focused on Naughty Dog’s own references. He created an image collage which included a photograph of reassembled chairs, which Mazin considered the show’s mandate: “the built world is unbuilt and rebuilt”.[207]

Barrie and Sarah Gower, with whom Mazin had worked on Chernobyl, created the prosthetics for the infected.[208]: 0:31 [209][210] Mazin wanted the clickers to resemble the in-game design through prosthetics; he felt using visual effects would have lessened their impact.[211]: 18:24  Choreographer Terry Notary wanted the creatures’ movements to imitate each other, akin to schools of fish.[212] Misty Lee and Phillip Kovats, who had worked on the games,[c] returned to voice the clickers for the series.[213]

Timothy A. Good is the series’s lead editor,[214][215] working alongside Emily Mendez,[8] who was his assistant editor[216] before becoming his co-editor for the first season[217]: 27:35  and an editor for the second.[218][219] Mark Hartzell and Cindy Mollo each edited a first-season episode,[220][101][221] and Simon Smith edited two in the second season.[222] Sixteen visual effects teams worked on the series,[223][224] supervised by Alex Wang.[8] The first season had over 3,000 visual effects shots;[169] most episodes had around 250.[223] The 650-person team at DNEG worked on 535 shots for the season over 18 months, primarily focusing on environmental effects; field trips were conducted to gather resources, and the team regularly referenced the video games.[225] The visual effects teams consulted with Naughty Dog’s concept artists when creating the infected,[8] and used timelapse videos of Cordyceps growth as animation references.[212] Design studio Elastic created the title sequence to demonstrate the “unrelenting nature” of the fungus.[226][227]

Release

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Broadcast and home media

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The first season premiered in the United States on January 15, 2023.[103] It was broadcast on HBO in the United States,[228] and is available to stream in 4K resolution on HBO Max.[229] The first episode received its red carpet world premiere in Westwood, Los Angeles, on January 9,[230] followed by theater screenings in Budapest and Sydney on January 11,[231][232] and New York City on January 12.[233] Behind-the-scenes videos, titled Inside the Episode, were released on HBO Max and YouTube following each episode,[234][235] and Naughty Dog released Building The Last of Us, featuring interviews with the cast and crew of the series and games.[236][237] The first season was released digitally and on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray in the United Kingdom on July 17,[238] and in the United States on July 18,[239] containing behind-the-scenes featurettes including a short film about adapting the game, a conversation with microbiology and parasitology experts, and the Inside the Episode series.[240]

The Last of Us is HBO’s first original content to have an American Sign Language version, performed by Daniel Durant and directed by Leila Hanaumi; the first season was released on Max on March 31, 2025, and the second season is released alongside each episode,[241] which premiered on April 13.[242] The first episode of the second season received its red carpet premiere in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on March 24,[243][244] followed by red carpet and theater screenings in Sydney on April 2,[245] Paris on April 5,[246] and London on April 10.[247]

Promotion

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To promote the show, Troy Baker, Ashley Johnson, Bella Ramsey, and Pedro Pascal presented Best Action Game at the Game Awards in December 2022.[248]

The Last of Us‘s marketing campaign utilised “breadcrumb content”: small teases to maintain engagement.[249] Emily Giannusa, HBO vice president of marketing, planned promotional material to prove faithfulness to the source but discovered it was unnecessary as fans created it themselves.[249] The marketing team conducted social listening from 2020 to identify non-gaming influencers interested in the series.[250] HBO shared the first image of Pascal and Ramsey in costume in September 2021.[251] The first footage was revealed in a HBO Max trailer during the premiere of House of the Dragon in August 2022.[252][253] The first teaser trailer was released in September,[41] receiving over 17 million views in less than 24 hours[254] and over 57 million organic views in 72 hours, the most-watched promotional video in HBO’s history.[249]

Three people sitting on a stage
Pedro Pascal, Kaitlyn Dever, and Gabriel Luna promoting the second season at SXSW[141]

The first full trailer was released at CCXP in December,[129][255] marking the promotional campaign “kicking into high gear”.[250] Pascal, Ramsey, Baker, and Ashley Johnson presented at the Game Awards 2022 on December 8.[248] A season trailer was released after the airing of the first episode on January 15.[256] Pascal, Ramsey, Bartlett, and Offerman appeared on several talk shows to promote the series,[257][258][259][260] and Pascal and Ramsey appeared on covers of The Hollywood Reporter and Wired.[106][7] On January 27, the first episode was released for free on HBO Max in the United States, and on Sky’s YouTube channel in the United Kingdom.[261][262] Baker hosts a companion podcast alongside the series, featuring Mazin and Druckmann.[263]

For the second season, Sony Pictures Consumer Products partnered with several brands to match the narrative’s themes and content.[264] HBO shared images of Pascal and Ramsey in May 2024,[265] the first footage in August,[266] and the first trailer and posters in September.[12] A trailer was released at Sony’s Consumer Electronics Show presentation in January 2025,[267] followed by character posters for Abby, Ellie, and Joel in February,[242] and a full trailer at SXSW in March;[268] footage was precisely selected to avoid spoilers.[269] The worldwide press tour—including London, Los Angeles, Paris, and Sydney—ran from March 24 to April 13.[270] Pascal and Ramsey appeared on talk shows to promote the season,[271][272][273] and Ramsey appeared on the cover of British Vogue.[274]

Reception

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Critical response

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Nico Parker smiling
Anna Torv smiling
Nick Offerman smiling
Murray Bartlett smiling
Melanie Lynskey looking to the right
Lamar Johnson smiling
Keivonn Montreal Woodard looking to the right
Gabriel Luna smiling
Storm Reid looking to the right
Scott Shepherd looking to the right

Critics widely praised the first-season guest performances of Nico Parker, Anna Torv, Nick Offerman, Murray Bartlett, Melanie Lynskey (top), Lamar Johnson, Keivonn Montreal Woodard, Gabriel Luna, Storm Reid, and Scott Shepherd (bottom).[d]

The Last of Us has an average approval rating of 95% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes[275] and a weighted average score of 83/100 on Metacritic, indicating “universal acclaim”.[276] The first season has a 96% approval on Rotten Tomatoes based on 487 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10,[277] and a Metacritic score of 84 based on 44 reviews.[278] Several reviewers considered it the best adaptation of a video game;[279][280][281] GameSpot‘s Mark Delaney called it “the beginning of a new era” for the genre.[191] Reviewers praised the differences from the game’s narrative,[191][282][283] and some believed the scenes lifted directly were among the weakest and led to pacing issues.[284][283][285] Critics overwhelmingly considered the third episode the season’s best,[286][287][288] and some named it among the greatest television episodes in recent years;[281][289] The Hollywood Reporter‘s Daniel Fienberg felt it elevated the series to a new level,[290] and Empire‘s John Nugent called it “one of the finest hours of television in recent memory”.[291] The production design was lauded for matching the game.[288][291][292]

The cast’s performances in the first season received widespread acclaim, with critics singling out Pascal and Ramsey’s chemistry.[279][293][294] Some considered Pascal’s performance his career-best, citing his ability to portray nuance and rare vulnerability,[286][291] and several found Ramsey gave the show’s breakout performance for their balance of comedy and emotion.[281][282][295] Guest performances were highly praised,[296][288][295] including Parker for her likeability,[297] Torv for being sophisticated and heartbreaking,[298] and Lynskey for juxtaposing humanity and viciousness.[299][300] Critics enjoyed the chemistry between Pascal and Luna,[301][302] and Ramsey and Reid.[303][304] Offerman and Bartlett’s performances were described by Complex‘s William Goodman as “career-best”.[292] IGN‘s Simon Cardy lauded Lamar Johnson’s emotional performance in his final scene,[305] and Total Film‘s Bradley Russell felt the naivety of Woodard’s role intensified the narrative.[306] The A.V. Club‘s David Cote called Shepherd’s performance “masterful in its wry, understated charm”.[307]

Isabela Merced looking to the left
Kaitlyn Dever smiling to the left
Catherine O'Hara smiling

The performances of (left to right) Isabela Merced, Kaitlyn Dever, and Catherine O’Hara were praised in the second season.[308][309][310]

The second season has a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 95% based on 162 reviews,[311] and a Metacritic score of 81 out of 100 based on 42 reviews.[312] Critics felt the season reinforced The Last of Us as the best video game adaptation;[308][310] /Film‘s Jeremy Mathai felt it “sets a new standard for every video game adaptation” and lauded the unified creative vision of each production department,[313] and Collider‘s Ross Bonaime declared it “one of 2025’s best seasons of TV”.[308] Several reviewers compared the second episode’s action sequences to Game of Thrones at its best,[314][315][316] and many considered the sixth episode the standout for highlighting Joel and Ellie’s relationship.[308][317][62] The deeper themes and more complex characters were praised,[318][319][320] though some reviewers felt the lack of scenes with Joel and Ellie left the second season weaker than the first,[321][322] and others found the quicker pace detrimental and the narrative unsatisfyingly incomplete.[321][309][323]

The cast’s performances in the second season received acclaim,[324][325][326] with Pascal and Ramsey’s chemistry continuing to receive praise;[314][327][328] Rolling Stone‘s Alan Sepinwall found some episodes weaker for their absence.[322] Critics lauded Pascal for bringing warmth, charisma, and hardiness to Joel,[329][310][321] and Ramsey for developing Ellie into a traumatized young adult while maintaining emotional immaturity and playfulness.[330][331][332] Many reviewers considered Merced the season’s highlight for her compassion and humor,[308][309][333] as well as her chemistry with Ramsey,[315][328][325] and Dever’s performance was lauded for her portrayal of grief, rage, and hatred;[308][329][334] some felt her performance upstaged others’.[309][314] Several critics applauded O’Hara’s dramatic acting abilities,[310][322][327] and praise was directed towards the performances of Luna, Mazino, Wesley, and Wright,[309][313][318][325] though some reviewers considered them underserved and the characters underdeveloped;[315][335][325] Inverse‘s Valerie Ettenhofer found some interactions “strangely artificial” in contrast to the first season.[333]

Ratings

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The premiere episode had 4.7 million viewers in the United States on its first night of availability, including linear viewers and streams on HBO Max, making it the second-largest debut for HBO since 2010, behind House of the Dragon.[336] The total viewing figure increased to almost 40 million within two months.[337] In Latin America, the series premiere was the biggest HBO Max debut ever.[338] The video games increased their sales following the premiere.[339][340] The second episode had 5.7 million viewers on its first night, an increase of 22 percent from the previous week, the largest second-week audience growth for an original HBO drama series in the network’s history.[341] The first two episodes averaged 21.3 million viewers by January 31,[342] the first five almost 30 million by March 6,[343] and the first six 30.4 million by March 12, the highest figure for an HBO series since Game of Thrones‘s eighth season, surpassing House of the Dragon‘s ten-episode average.[344] With over three million viewers in the United Kingdom, the ninth episode became Sky’s most-viewed finale for an American debut series, topping House of the Dragon‘s first-season finale.[345] The series broke HBO’s subscription video on demand viewer ratings in Europe, and became the most-watched show on HBO Max in Europe and Latin America.[346][347] By May, the series averaged almost 32 million viewers per episode in the United States.[347] It was HBO’s most-watched debut season ever.[348]

Viewership for the first season surged by 150% in the week preceding the second-season premiere.[349] The episode had 5.3 million viewers in the United States on its first night—a 13% increase from the first-season premiere.[350] The season was the most-viewed across all streaming services the following week.[351]

Awards and nominations

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of accolades received by The Last of Us (TV series).

The Last of Us is the first live-action video game adaptation to receive major awards consideration.[352] It was nominated for 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, with a leading eight wins at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, including for Offerman and Reid.[353] From major guilds, it won two awards at the Screen Actors Guild Awards (including Best Actor for Pascal)[354] and one at the Directors Guild of America Awards[355] and Writers Guild of America Awards,[356] and received two nominations at the Producers Guild of America Awards.[357] It was nominated for three Critics’ Choice Television Awards,[358] three Golden Globe Awards,[359] and five TCA Awards,[360] and led the Astra Creative Arts TV Awards with six nominations.[361] In genre awards, the series was nominated for five Saturn Awards.[362] It led the MTV Movie & TV Awards with three wins, including Best Show,[363] and was nominated for six awards at the People’s Choice Awards, including Show of the Year.[364] The series earned the biannual Seal of Authentic Representation from the Ruderman Family Foundation for Woodard’s role as Sam.[365]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Last of Us was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.[1] Neil Druckmann was the writer and creative director, serving alongside game directors Bruce Straley for the first game and Anthony Newman and Kurt Margenau for the second.[2][3] Halley Gross co-wrote the second.[4]
  2. ^ The episode was released online on HBO Max and HBO on Demand on February 10, 2023, ahead of its broadcast on television to avoid conflicting with Super Bowl LVII.[82]
  3. ^ In addition to providing clicker noises, Phillip Kovats was the audio director of the first game.[213]
  4. ^ Attributed to multiple references, per guest actor:

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