The season finale of The Last of Us is just around the corner, bringing to a close one of the most successful TV shows in recent years. Based on the acclaimed 2013 video game of the same name, HBO’s post-apocalyptic drama takes place 20 years after modern civilisation has been destroyed.
It follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, as he is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie (Bella Ramsey) out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they travel across America and depend on each other for survival.
The first episode of The Last of Us became HBO’s second biggest premiere since 2010 – behind House of the Dragon – attracting 4.7m viewers in the US across HBO and streaming platform HBO Max. Viewership of the second episode rose to 5.7m viewers – a 22 percent increase – marking the largest second-week audience growth for an original HBO drama series in the network’s history.
