The Last of Us
The series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
- Metascore83
- 2023-2027
- 3 seasons
- HBO Max
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense
- TV-MA
The series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 2023
Episode 1
When You're Lost in the Darkness
Sun, Jan 15, 2023 81 mins
2003. As a parasitic fungal outbreak begins to ravage the country and the world, Joel Miller attempts to escape the escalating chaos with his daughter and brother. Twenty years later, a now hardened Joel and his partner Tess fight to survive under a totalitarian regime, while the insurgent Fireflies harbor a teenage girl with a unique gift.
Episode 2
Infected
Sun, Jan 22, 2023 53 mins
Joel and Tess escort their unexpected cargo through a ravaged Boston, where the ruins hold more than memories. Buildings that once pulsed with life now stand as monuments to collapse, their corridors choked with fungal nightmares. Ellie becomes the fulcrum of a bitter debate: commodity, weapon, or something neither smuggler wants to name. The city forces choices. Every darkened doorway promises violence or revelation, and the line between protecting someone and using them grows thinner with each crumbling block they traverse together.
Episode 3
Long, Long Time
Sun, Jan 29, 2023 76 mins
After the death of Tess, Joel and Ellie head to the house of his friends Frank and Bill. They stop at a gas station where Joel has stashed supplies. They proceed their journey and find a pit of skeletons and bones where FEDRA has killed many citizens since the quarantine zone was crowded. Meanwhile, in flashback, the encounter of Bill and Frank in Lincoln is disclosed till their deaths.
Episode 4
Please Hold to My Hand
Sun, Feb 5, 2023 46 mins
After a harrowing trek across a desolate United States, Joel and Ellie find themselves navigating a dangerous Kansas City on foot. Later, rebel leader Kathleen instigates a manhunt - one that pits her violent civilian militia against the world's best hope.
Episode 5
Endure and Survive
Fri, Feb 10, 2023 60 mins
On the streets of a newly free Kansas City, Henry fights to protect his brother Sam from rebel soldiers who will stop at nothing to appease their ruthless leader. As her manhunt continues, Kathleen doubles down on her quest for revenge, while Ellie forms a meaningful friendship.
Episode 6
Kin
Sun, Feb 19, 2023 59 mins
After burying Henry and Sam, Joel and Ellie head for three months to Wyoming to look for Tommy. They meet an old couple that advises them to not cross the "River of Death". However, they do and stumble upon an armed group of men riding horses. Joel explains that he is looking for his brother Tommy and wants to cross their land peacefully. They bring Joel and Ellie to their fortress where he finds Tommy, who married Maria. Now this group lives in the commune Jackson, organized by the survivors, with duties and obligations. They welcome Joel and Ellie to stay with them, but Joel believes the immunity of Ellie may save the human race. Joel tries to convince Tommy, who is younger and stronger than he, to go to the University of Colorado, where the Fireflies have a base and may study Ellie, but Tommy says that Maria is pregnant and he will be a father.
Episode 7
Left Behind
Sun, Feb 26, 2023 56 mins
As Joel fights to survive, Ellie's struggle stirs memories of her life weeks before meeting Joel, where she and her best friend Riley embark on a night to remember... one that will change their lives forever.
Episode 8
When We Are in Need
Sun, Mar 5, 2023 51 mins
Ellie is taking care of Joel's wound in an abandoned house. She takes his rifle to hunt an animal to eat. When she sees a deer, she shots the animal. However, two men, David and James, from a group of survivors that is starving, see the dead animal and try to carry it to their village. But Ellie aims the men with her rifle and proposes an exchange per penicillin. She stays with David while James brings the medicine. Then she runs back to Joel and injects the penicillin into him. Meanwhile David organizes a party to hunt down Joel, who killed one man of his group in "Kin".
Episode 9
Look for the Light
Sun, Mar 12, 2023 44 mins
The pregnant Anna flees from an infected man and locks inside a room. When the man breaks in, she stabs him to death. At the same time, she delivers her baby girl. Out of the blue, Marlene and the Fireflies arrive and Anna delivers the baby Ellie to her and asks Marlene to shoot her before the transformation. Joel and Ellie are emotionally attached to each other and continue their journey to find the hospital where the Fireflies will research Ellie to find the cure. They are surprised by a group of men that hit Joel on the head. When he awakes, he sees Marlene and learns that he was captured by the Fireflies. He asks her how Ellie is, and Marlene tells him that she will be sacrificed by the doctor to create the cure to the mankind. Will Joel accept the fate of Ellie?
