| The Last of Us | |
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| Information | |
| Title: | The Last of Us |
| Format: | Live-action |
| Genres: | Drama Horror |
| Rating: | TV-MA |
| Running time: | 60 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | HBO Max MAX |
| Seasons: | 1+ |
| Episodes: | 9+ |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Naughty Dog Word Games The Mighty Mint PlayStation Productions Sony Pictures Television |
| Executive producers: | Neil Druckmann; Craig Mazin; Evan Wells; Asad Qizilbash; Carolyn Strauss; Carter Swan; Jacqueline Lesko; Rose Lam |
| Producers: | Greg Spence; Cecil O'Connor; Jane Allison Hooper |
| Principal cast: | Pedro Pascal; Bella Ramsey |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | January 15th, 2023 |
The Last of Us is an American live-action television series of the drama and survival horror genres. It is based on the 2013 action-adventure video game of the same name developed by Naughty Dog. The show was created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann and produced by Naughty Dog, PlayStation Productions, Word Games and Sony Pictures Television. The series premiered on HBO Max, which later changed its title to just MAX. Season one of the show began on January 15th, 2023 and spanned nine episodes. The show has received numerous accolades from viewers and critics and was nominated for twenty-four Primetime Emmy Awards. The Last of Us stars Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller with Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams. The premise of the show involves the mutation of Cordyceps fungi, which leads to a global viral outbreak that turns the infected into mindless, murderous pseudo-zombies. Twenty years after Outbreak Day, Joel Miller operates as a smuggler based out of a quarantine zone in Boston. He is charged with protecting a 14-year-old girl named Ellie Williams, who appears to be immune to infection, and may just hold the key to a cure. Miller embarks on a journey to bring Ellie to a settlement where they hope that salvation may be found.
Episodes
Season One
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x01 | "When You're Lost in the Darkness" | January 15th, 2023 |
| 1x02 | "Infected" | January 22nd, 2023 |
| 1x03 | "Long, Long Time" | January 29th, 2023 |
| 1x04 | "Please Hold to My Hand" | February 5th, 2023 |
| 1x05 | "Endure and Survive" | February 12th, 2023 |
| 1x06 | "Kin" | February 19th, 2023 |
| 1x07 | "Left Behind" | February 26th, 2023 |
| 1x08 | "When We Are in Need" | March 5th, 2023 |
| 1x09 | "Look for the Light" | March 12th, 2023 |
Notes & Trivia
- The Last of Us redirects to this page.
- The tagline for this series is "When you're lost in the darkness, look for the light", which is a mantra repeated by several characters throughout the show.
- The Last of Us was filmed in Alberta, Canada.
- On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, season one of The Last of Us holds a Tomatometer rating of 96% with an audience score of 89%.
- The inciting incident that prompts the events of this series is identified as "Outbreak Day", which occurred on Friday evening, September 23rd, 2006. It is believed that the Cordyceps fungi had mutated and tainted supplies of wheat and grain which had been transported all across the world for consumption. By the following Monday, the Cordyceps virus had become a global pandemic. The Federal Disaster Response Agency (FEDRA) set up quarantine zones all across the United States, maintaining strict ordinances and curfews. Combating the efforts of the interim government are pockets of resistance fighters known as Fireflies.
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