'The Last of Us' Release Schedule: When Does Episode 2 Drop on HBO Max? - CNET

Joel and Ellie's apocalyptic travel arrived connected HBO Max over the weekend, arsenic the archetypal occurrence of The Last of Us came to the streaming service. 

The amusement adapts the legendary PlayStation video crippled series from developer Naughty Dog, with the nine-episode play 1 focusing connected the archetypal introduction successful the franchise.

The amusement premiered Sunday, drawing an assemblage of 4.7 million, with episodes coming each week until March 12.

The Last of Us merchandise dates and times

Here's the afloat merchandise docket for The Last of Us connected HBO Max. We'll set this if the institution announces immoderate changes oregon breaks. New episodes volition get astatine 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET), which you mightiness retrieve arsenic the clip slot occupied by House of the Dragon past year.

• Episode 1: Available now
• Episode 2: Sunday, Jan. 22
• Episode 3: Sunday, Jan. 29
• Episode 4: Sunday, Feb. 5
• Episode 5: Sunday, Feb. 12
• Episode 6: Sunday, Feb. 19
• Episode 7: Sunday, Feb. 26
• Episode 8: Sunday, March 5
• Episode 9: Sunday, March 12

Where is The Last of Us disposable extracurricular the US?

The amusement drops globally astatine the aforesaid time, truthful determination are the times for respective regions:

• Canada, Crave astatine 9 p.m. Sunday
• UK and Ireland: Sky Atlantic and Now astatine 2 a.m. Monday
• Australia: Binge and Foxtel astatine 1 p.m. AEDT Monday
• New Zealand: Neon astatine 3 p.m. Monday

What is The Last of Us?

Set successful a satellite wherever an unnervingly believable fungal encephalon infection transforms astir of the world's colonisation into convulsive cannibals, the games travel grumpy smuggler Joel and his upbeat teen pal Ellie arsenic they question crossed a ruined US. 

Mysterious teen Ellie (left) could alteration the destiny of the satellite successful The Last of Us.

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Who's successful it?

The bid stars The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal arsenic Joel, with his chap Game of Thrones alumnus Bella Ramsey arsenic Ellie. Parks and Recreation histrion Nick Offerman, Anna Torv from Fringe and Yellowjackets' Melanie Lynskey show up too.

Is determination trailers?

HBO gave america a fewer tastes of the show. The most caller trailer arrived successful December.

How scary is it?

It's much thriller than horror, with plentifulness of aggravated moments. The infected don't amusement up often -- Joel and Ellie look much quality survivors than monsters -- but are utilized to large effect erstwhile they do.

Do I request to person played the games?

No, the amusement retells the events of the archetypal crippled (which came retired successful 2013) with immoderate storylines and inheritance elements expanded. 

Writers Craig Mazin (creator of HBO's Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann (the games series' originative director) added a flashback country to springiness newcomers a steadfast grounding in the story's origins.  

However, The Last of Us and its 2020 sequel are immoderate of the astir engaging games ever made. You should decidedly dive successful if the amusement intrigues you. The archetypal crippled is disposable connected PS3, PS4 and PS5 (a PC mentation is coming retired March 3), portion the 2nd is presently lone connected PS4.