Joel and Ellie’s bleak journey is rolling out on HBO Max. The primary six episodes of The Final of Us can be found on the streaming service now — episode 6 got here out final Sunday and episode 7 arrives this weekend.
The present adapts the legendary PlayStation online game sequence from developer Naughty Canine, with the nine-episode season 1 specializing in the preliminary entry within the franchise. It is also been renewed for a second season.
The present premiered on Jan. 15, drawing an viewers of 10 million in its first two days, with episodes coming every week till March 12. The remaining six episodes are scheduled to launch on Sundays.
The Final of Us launch dates and occasions
This is the total launch schedule for The Final of Us on HBO Max. We’ll modify this if the corporate proclaims any modifications or breaks. New episodes will arrive at 6 p.m. PT (9 p.m. ET), which you may keep in mind because the time slot occupied by Home of the Dragon final 12 months.
Episode 1: Accessible nowEpisode 2: Accessible nowEpisode 3: Accessible nowEpisode 4: Accessible nowEpisode 5: Accessible nowEpisode 6: Accessible nowEpisode 7: Sunday, Feb. 26Episode 8: Sunday, March 5Episode 9: Sunday, March 12
The place is The Final of Us accessible outdoors the US?
The present drops globally on the identical time, so there are the occasions for a number of areas:
Canada: Crave at 9 p.m. SundayUK and Eire: Sky Atlantic and Now at 2 a.m. MondayAustralia: Binge and Foxtel at 1 p.m. AEDT MondayNew Zealand: Neon at 3 p.m. Monday
What’s The Final of Us?
Set in a world the place an unnervingly plausible fungal mind an infection transforms many of the world’s inhabitants into violent cannibals, the video games observe grumpy smuggler Joel and his upbeat teen pal Ellie as they journey throughout a ruined US.
Ellie and Joel sometimes get moments to relaxation.
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Who’s in it?
The sequence stars The Mandalorian’s Pedro Pascal as Joel, together with his fellow Sport of Thrones alumnus Bella Ramsey as Ellie. Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman, Anna Torv from Fringe and Yellowjackets’ Melanie Lynskey present up too.
Are there trailers?
HBO gave us a couple of tastes of the present. The newest trailer arrived in December, and the corporate has been dropping episode previews forward of every new installment.
How scary is it?
It is extra thriller than horror, with loads of intense moments. The contaminated do not present up typically — Joel and Ellie face extra human survivors than monsters — however are used to nice impact after they do.
Do I have to have performed the video games?
No. The present retells the occasions of the primary recreation, which got here out in 2013, with some storylines and background parts expanded.
Writers Craig Mazin (creator of HBO’s Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann (the video games sequence’ artistic director) added a flashback scene to offer newcomers a agency grounding within the story’s origins.
Nonetheless, The Final of Us and its 2020 sequel are among the most partaking video games ever made. It’s best to undoubtedly dive in if the present intrigues you. The unique recreation is on the market on PS3, PS4 and PS5 (a PC model is popping out March 3), whereas the second is presently solely on PS4.
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