The season finale of HBO’s The Last of Us aired in the UK on Monday, bringing to a close of the most acclaimed television shows in recent memory. The hit post-apocalyptic drama – based on the 2013 video game of the same name – follows smuggler Joel (Pedro Pascal) and 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) on a treacherous journey across the United States after a mutated fungus has left the human race all but extinct.
Episode nine – titled Look for the Light – saw the unlikely duo reach their destination of Salt Lake City, Utah, where a group of doctors are working to find a cure for the Cordyceps infection. The finale reached an impressive 8.2m viewers when it aired in the US on Sunday night, marking a new series high.
Co-creators and executive producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have assembled a stellar cast for the series, centred around stars Pascal and Ramsey. The showrunners were also keen to have stars of the video game return for its live-action adaptation.
