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The Last of Us

★ 8.4 745K votes 2023–present 2 seasons · 16 episodes Returning Series HBO
Post-apocalypticLife after civilization's collapse.This show: 10/10SurvivalStaying alive against nature, scarcity or pursuit.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Gut punchWilling to devastate you, and remembered for it.This show: 8/10BleakGrim and heavy, with little easy relief. These shows sit with suffering instead of softening it.This show: 8/10Found familyUnrelated people slowly becoming each other's family.This show: 8/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Bella RamseyPedro PascalGabriel LunaIsabela MercedYoung MazinoRutina Wesley
Written by
Neil DruckmannCraig Mazin
Starring
Bella RamseyPedro PascalGabriel LunaIsabela MercedYoung MazinoRutina Wesley
Written by
Neil DruckmannCraig Mazin
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About

"A zombie show that's really about grief"

Twenty years after a fungal pandemic turns most of humanity into feral hosts, a hardened smuggler is hired to escort a teenage girl across a ruined United States. What starts as a survival trek becomes something quieter and more devastating: a story about grief, found family, and what people justify to protect who they love. The infected are frightening, but the show's real tension lives in conversations, silences, and impossible choices. Expect slow-burn character work, occasional brutal violence, and an emotional weight that lingers well past the episode's end.

Watch it for

the aching, slow-built relationship between its two leads carries every plot turn.

Maybe skip if

you want fast-paced action over quiet, dialogue-heavy emotional drama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12023
8.6917K98h 46m
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
Season 22025
7.4270K76h 21m
After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie's collective past catches up to them, drawing them into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bella Ramsey Ellie Williams
Pedro Pascal Joel Miller
Gabriel Luna Tommy Miller
Isabela Merced Dina
Young Mazino Jesse
Rutina Wesley Maria Miller
Robert John Burke Seth
Danny Ramirez Manny Alvarez
Samuel Hoeksema Clicker, Museum Clicker
Kaitlyn Dever Abby Anderson

Crew

Neil Druckmann
Craig Mazin

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