- Starring
- Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey
- Creators
- Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Genre
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Horor, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Release date
- April 14, 2025
- Where to watch
- MAX
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Rating Summary
The second season of The Last of Us on Max picks up five years after the events of the first season, with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) settled in the community of Jackson, Wyoming. Their fragile peace is disrupted when past choices resurface, straining their relationship and drawing them into conflict with new threats, including the vengeful Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) and other survivors. As Ellie grapples with truth and loss, the season explores themes of revenge, justice, and survival in a brutal, post-apocalyptic world, adapting key elements from The Last of Us Part II across seven episodes.
The Last of Us Review (S2:E1)
For those who weren’t run off by the continually diminishing returns of season one of The Last of Us, the second season’s first episode might just do the job.
At least in this episode, Joel is a clinically depressed afterthought whose tearful moping is only missing a pink housecoat, fuzzy slippers, and some bon-bons upon which to munch while he genuinely sits on his front porch rocking chair and sulks. Meanwhile, Ellie, already a problematic emotional sell, has gone full steel-toed ball-busting mode and is one of the most unlikable TV characters since Skylar White.
Getting even less screentime than Joel, the fungus zombies are now mere inconveniences whose presence is used as a minor plot device (and some foreshadowing) rather than as genuine terrors. It doesn’t help that the Clickers in this particular episode look like they are wearing cheap rubber heads.
Very little happens in this episode, as its primary purpose is both to establish the current dismal state of Joel and Ellie’s relationship and to remind the audience that Ellie is a teenage lesbian.
Notwithstanding perfectly adequate direction and performances, there’s very little reason to watch the season thus far.
P.S. Have we not yet grown enough as a people that audiences can handle an accurate portrayal of the use of a shotgun? It’s one scene, but if you know what to look for, it will drive you insane.
The Last of Us Review (S2:E2)
Simply by virtue of having almost no story and being a 30-minute monster battle, the second episode is a massive upgrade from the celluloid sadness of the previous one. That doesn’t excuse the series from continuing to fail in its mission to make you care about the characters. What good are giant monster battles and bigger “twists” if the audience isn’t emotionally invested in those to whom “X” is happening? None– but that’s what episode 2 of The Last of Us delivers.
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James Carrick
James Carrick is a passionate film enthusiast with a degree in theater and philosophy. James approaches dramatic criticism from a philosophic foundation grounded in aesthetics and ethics, offering insight and analysis that reveals layers of cinematic narrative with a touch of irreverence and a dash of snark.
Season 2 is woke as feck. Starts off with a female saying she’s going to kill Joel slowly…of course, acting all hard. Then it flips to Ellie beating a guy 3 times her size in a practice fight saying ‘don’t pull your punches’ (as if she could handle it). The it flips to Kevin’s mum from Home Alone talking to Joel because he’s in therapy….of course, he’s a white, tough male in season 1 and we can’t be having that can we….feck me.
The show is already screwed and it’s just 1 episode in. I know audiences are going to switch off in droves as the season goes on….yawn.
what happened to the review of the last episodes?
See: S2:E4 Woke Elements
lol cry about it – proud woker
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