The Last of Us Season 2 received Crave’s third-largest premiere to date, Bell has confirmed.
In a press release, Bell said only the premieres for fellow HBO series House of the Dragon Season 2 and Game of Thrones Season 8 surpassed The Last of Us Season 2 premiere’s first-day viewership on April 13. Additionally, Bell noted that The Last of Us Season 2’s debut episode saw a 23 percent increase in streaming viewership over the series’ pilot in January 2023.
The Last of Us‘ seven-episode second season partially adapts the acclaimed 2020 PlayStation game, The Last of Us Part II. Set five years after the events of the first season, The Last of Us Season 2 follows Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as their quiet life in Jackson is upended by the arrival of a mysterious group.
Gabriel Luna (Tommy) also returns from the first season, while Isabela Merced (Ellie’s love interest Dina), Young Mazino (Ellie’s friend Jesse) and Kaitlyn Dever (a militia member named Abby) are some of the new cast members. Toronto’s own Catherine O’Hara also has a recurring role as Joel’s therapist, Gail. But the Schitt’s Creek star isn’t the series’ only big Canadian connection; it was also filmed in and around Vancouver, after the first season was shot in Alberta.
In related news, HBO has renewed The Last of Us for a third season, which is set to adapt more of The Last of Us Part II, which was significantly larger and more ambitious than the first game upon which Season 1 was based. Craig Mazin, the series’ co-creator, co-showrunner, writer and director, has teased that a fourth season may also be made to fully cover the events of the sequel.
For more on The Last of Us, check out our spoiler-free review of Season 2.
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Source: Bell
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