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- Season 1 overviewJan 15-Mar 12, 20239 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. When You're Lost in the Darkness Jan 15, 2023
- As a parasitic fungal outbreak begins to ravage the world, Joel attempts to escape the chaos.
- 2. Infected Jan 22, 2023
- An Indonesian scientist makes a devastating discovery; Joel and Tess clash over Ellie's fate.
- 3. Long, Long Time Jan 29, 2023
- When a stranger approaches his compound, survivalist Bill forges an unlikely connection.
- 4. Please Hold My Hand Feb 5, 2023
- Joel and Ellie attempt to escape without drawing the attention of a vindictive rebel leader.
- 5. Endure and Survive Feb 10, 2023
- Joel and Ellie cross paths with the most wanted man in Kansas City.
- 6. Kin Feb 19, 2023
- After ignoring the advice of locals, Joel and Ellie venture further to search for the Fireflies.
- 7. Left Behind Feb 26, 2023
- As Joel fights to survive, Ellie flashes back to the night that changed everything.
- 8. When We Are in Need Mar 5, 2023
- Ellie's fighting spirit draws unwanted attention from its leader.
- 9. Look for the Light Mar 12, 2023
- Joel and Ellie arrive at the Firefly's base but learn that they have to make one last sacrifice.
The Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog, the series is set twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which causes its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and collapses society.
- The Last of Us
The Last of Us is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by...
- Joel
Joel Miller is a character in the video game series The Last...
- Pedro Pascal
José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (Spanish: [xoˈse ˈpeðɾo...
- Anna Torv
Anna Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress. Her...
- Tess
The two lead characters of The Last of Us, Ellie (left) and...
- Frank
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- The Last of Us season 2
The second season, based on the 2020 game The Last of Us...
- The Last of Us season 1
The first season, based on the 2013 game The Last of Us,...
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Traveling on foot to Lincoln, Massachusetts, Joel searches for his stashed provisions while Ellie enters the basement and stabs a trapped infected to death. Encountering a pile of human skeletons, Joel explains the military culledsome survivors to conserve food and living space. Twenty years earlier, in Lincoln, Bill monitors the evacuation from an...
Conception and writing
"Long, Long Time" was written by The Last of Us series co-creator Craig Mazin and directed by Peter Hoar. The Directors Guild of Canada revealed Hoar was assigned to direct an episode in July 2021. Hoar had played The Last of Us (2013), the video game on which the series is based, but not its sequel The Last of Us Part II (2020). He "dreamed about being part of" the series after it was announced, and was contacted by executive producer Rose Lam about directing an episode. Rotten Tomatoes reve...
Casting and characters
Bartlett and Con O'Neill's casting as Frank and Bill was announced on July 15, 2021. Bartlett was unfamiliar with the source material but was drawn to the show after he read the script. He researched the game after receiving the role and found it cinematic, citing the characters, narrative, and themes. According to Mazin, the producers cried during Bartlett's audition. Druckmann expected some fans to be upset by Frank's inclusion in the show due to the divergence from the game's narrative. On...
Music
Mazin wanted Bill and Frank to initially connect through a song about lonely heartache: 16:40 and "making your peace with the fact that you will always be alone". Struggling to find a song, he spoke to his friend Seth Rudetsky in February 2021, requesting a show tune like "I Miss the Music" from the musical Curtains (2006). Rudetsky suggested "Her Face" from Carnival! (1961), which Mazin felt was "perfect". After discovering the scenario involved a closeted man singing to an openly gay man, R...
Broadcast and ratings
The episode aired on HBO on January 29, 2023. Annie Wersching, who portrayed Tess in the video game, died on the same day; the episode was altered several days later to add a dedication. The episode had 6.4 million viewers in the United States on its first night, including linear viewers and streams on HBO Max—an increase of 12 percent from the previous week and 37 percent from the premiere. On linear television, it had 747,000 viewers on its first night, with a 0.21 ratings share.
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, "Long, Long Time" has an approval rating of 98 percent based on 50 reviews, with an average rating of 9.9/10. The website's critical consensus said the episode "richly deepens" the show's story, "beautifully played" by Offerman and Bartlett. Critics overwhelmingly considered the episode the season's best, and some named it among the greatest television episodes in recent years; The Hollywood Reporter's Daniel Fienberg felt it elevated the series to a new...
Accolades
At the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, Offerman won Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for which Bartlett was also nominated, while the episode was nominated for Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)[b] and Contemporary Hairstyling,[c] and Mazin, Hoar, and Gustavo Santaolalla for Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Music Composition, respectively. Offerman won Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 1st Astra Creative Arts TV Awards and Best Supporting Performance...
"Long, Long Time" at IMDbOfficial screenplay via Deadline HollywoodThe Last of Us is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created and written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game of the same name, developed by Naughty Dog, the series follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting Ellie (Bella...
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