Great news about the return of one of the most popular television shows in recent memory. HBO Max The Last of Us, based on the popular video game franchise of the same name, recently released a new preview of the upcoming second season with a release date window!
Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, both of Game of Thrones fame, as main protagonists Joel Miller and Ellie, The Last of Us transports viewers to the post-apocalyptic United States, where a fungus has infected the population, turning them into zombie-like monsters. It has been 20 years since the apocalypse began which means humanity has found a way to survive.
But it's far from perfect as survivors are either on their own, left to fend against the infected, raiders and other threatening people, or live within the chaotic walls of QZ's, where government-run FEDRA and rebel group Fireflies battle each other constantly. However, hope may still be achievable if Joel can deliver Ellie to the Fireflies due to her immunity to infected bites.
Can the cold-hearted, spurned Joel, who lost his only daughter on the first night of the world ending, be able to deliver the wise-cracking, swearing Ellie? Or will their growing father-daughter bond change everything?
In a time where audiences could understandably have zombie fatigue from years of films and television shows about the zombie apocalypse, The Last of Us is surprisingly refreshing, compelling, and unbelievably realistic, from the story itself to the character's motivations. But what will season 2 bring?
Will it follow the video game The Last of Us Part II, for better or for worse? The brief preview begins rather eerily with a blaring alarm echoing off the walls of a dark space lit only by a red light.
What follows is what we can assume is Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) monologuing about how everyone knows the difference between right and wrong without needing a code to follow. The rest of the preview is a compilation of scenes Max has previously released of infected attacking the wall surrounding Jackson, Tommy, and Maria sharing a touching moment, the harsh winter landscapes, Joel crying, and so on.
The preview does end in the same situation as the opening, only with Ellie in the space, armed and scared. The preview concludes with the reveal that The Last of Us season 2 will be released in April of this year.
It seems we'll have to wait for a more specific release date as well as the official trailer. You can watch the new preview below!
The Last of Us is currently streaming on HBO MAX.