The Last of Us: Season 1

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: January 15, 2023

Summary: Set 20 years after the destruction of civilization, Joel (Pedro Pascal) is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of a quarantine zone in this drama series based on the PlayStation video game of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Suspense, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E4. Please Hold to My Hand
Air Date: February 5, 2023
4.8
S1:E3. Long Long Time
Air Date: January 29, 2023
8.6
S1:E2. Infected
Air Date: January 22, 2023

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The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Jan 17, 2023

I loved its balance of horror and heart. It burrows under the skin and refuses to leave. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 10, 2023

As heartbreakingly faithful as it is riveting and suspenseful, The Last of Us is a triumph that ends any further debate about the all-time best video game adaptation. ... At once familiar and original, action-packed and mournful. Barring some Armageddon-grade calamity, it seems destined to be HBO’s next big blockbuster. Read full review

Dave Nemetz

Jan 10, 2023

It requires a strong stomach, for one thing. (I can’t imagine binge-watching more than one episode at a time.) But for those who are up for it, it’s a highly compelling and artfully crafted step forward for the zombie genre — and for television in general. Read full review

The Telegraph Ed Cumming

Jan 10, 2023

At nine episodes, it feels a little long, even if it is truncated compared to its source material. But in its scale, depiction of dread and its believable vision of friendship in disaster, The Last of Us is a rare piece of television: an adaptation that makes you want to rush out and play the game. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Jan 19, 2023

The show’s rough-hewn center is the surrogate father-daughter bond between Joel and Ellie, but the series works best as an anthropological travelogue of post-catastrophe subcultures, teasing out the disparate ways that survivors rebuild mini-societies and create new alignments of power. Read full review

The Independent Nick Hilton

Jan 10, 2023

The Last of Us is undoubtedly a new landmark in the seemingly impossible task of adapting video games. It’s too early to say whether it will satisfy the legions of fans who believe that Druckmann’s survivalist game is high art, in itself. But Druckmann, working with Mazin, has his fingerprints all over this tender, well-crafted and blackly comic piece. Read full review

Pat Brown

Jan 10, 2023

In the end, by stripping out the gameplay from a vivid genre game that’s fleshed out by cinematic and televisual tropes, the series ends up as mostly just the latter: all flesh, no bones. Read full review

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SiRiuSgames

Jan 15, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Facilmente a melhor adaptação de vídeo games já feita,uma obra de arte uma história contada melhor que o próprio jogo,simplesmente THE LAST OF US.… Expand

23 of 59 users found this helpful2336

Kalishnicov

Jan 16, 2023

Finalmente uma adaptação redentora. Primeiro episódio fantástico.
Como já fiquei sabendo que não haverá muita ação, espero que na segunda temporada tenha mais, pois o jogo é repleto de cenas memoráveis de ação.

7 of 18 users found this helpful711

StrictlyChristo

Feb 2, 2023

This show is the best screen adaptation of a game EVER. Hands down, no question. It's awesome!

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

buggu

Jan 15, 2023

Beautiful and heartbreaking first episode. Thanks to Naughty Dog for creating this masterpiece

12 of 28 users found this helpful1216

Fabiancsc

Jan 16, 2023

Of the few or only times, in which a great video game is adequately and efficiently adapted. The performances are adequate and the argument governs the quality

3 of 17 users found this helpful314

shoulderoforion

Jan 16, 2023

being exposed (see what i did there) to the canon for the first time, i'm like, alright, this is nothing the walking dead hasn't done before, only there are wwz fast zombies here, great, got it. not sure i'm into the last of us for the long haul, there is so much great tv to watch, and ibeing exposed (see what i did there) to the canon for the first time, i'm like, alright, this is nothing the walking dead hasn't done before, only there are wwz fast zombies here, great, got it. not sure i'm into the last of us for the long haul, there is so much great tv to watch, and i expected so much more from all the hype around the game and into the show being released. will check it out next week, but if i'm not wowed i'm pretty sure i'm not going to make it to episode 3.… Expand

12 of 25 users found this helpful1213

Badadaptation

Feb 1, 2023

Its a bad adaptation, could be a good tv show but if you want to experience the story at its peak quality go play the game. Its leagues ahead in writing. All the changes of the show are for worse:

the cordyceps and those **** spaghettis in mouth (like WTF) and hive mindset makes theIts a bad adaptation, could be a good tv show but if you want to experience the story at its peak quality go play the game. Its leagues ahead in writing. All the changes of the show are for worse:

the cordyceps and those **** spaghettis in mouth (like WTF) and hive mindset makes the concept to be like any other zombi movie/show instead the natural infection of the game that occurs in real life.

The character of Tess has nothing to do with the game one, she was badass, as dangerous as Joel (nearly killed Ellie when she knew she was infected), almost the gangster queen of the quarentine zone. In the show is so soft, bad survivor and absolute idiot in that final scene that its a bad joke comparing to the one of the game.

Bill its also nerfed in the show. In the game he is so badass he had the controll of a entire town, but the town itself is dangerous full of traps, clickers and runners, even a bloater, (he even use some infected as defense against the hunters surrounding Lincoln). In the show its only a neighborhood and its as clean as a todays stores showcase, even after 20 years of apocalypse.
He is so incompetent as a survivor that he exposed himself in the middle of the road tho get a shot!
Game's Bill would have killed this **** tv Bill in one second. Also he didnt even meet Ellie, what a disappointment, they had a really interesting interaction.

And after 3 episodes Ellie is still a non like able girl, very badly portrayed by the actress and the changes on her behaviour makes her a worse character (even if they are subtle changes, all of them are for worse and are killing the characters evolution that is so well done in the game). It hurts but after the expectations, Bella Ramsey its one of the worst casting choices ever made, period.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

84
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 15, 2023
- tbd
  S1:E4. Please Hold to My Hand
  Air Date: February 5, 2023
- 4.8
  S1:E3. Long Long Time
  Air Date: January 29, 2023
- 8.6
  S1:E2. Infected
  Air Date: January 22, 2023
- 8.6
  S1:E1. When You're Lost in the Darkness
  Air Date: January 15, 2023