The Last of Us Season 2 Premiere: Release Date, Streaming Times, Cast, and Story Details Revealed
When and Where to Watch The Last of Us Season 2
Ask any TV fan—there’s huge anticipation for The Last of Us Season 2. Mark your calendars for April 13, 2025. That’s when the first episode drops in the US at 9:00 PM Eastern and Pacific on HBO and Max. If catching it live isn’t your thing or you’re somewhere else in the world, the episode is available pretty much everywhere, just at different local times:
- Canada: 9:00 PM (Crave)
- Brazil: 10:00 PM
- UK and Portugal: 2:00 AM on April 14 (Sky/Now TV)
- Central Europe (Spain): 3:00 AM
- Eastern Europe (Bulgaria): 4:00 AM
- India: 6:30 AM
- Australia (Binge): 11:00 AM
- New Zealand (Sky SoHo): 1:00 PM
It doesn’t matter where you live—if you’ve got the right platform, you won’t have to wait long after the US premiere to see what happens next with Joel and Ellie.
New Faces, Familiar Heroes, and More Story to Tell
The cast is stacked. Pedro Pascal brings back his hard-edged but wounded Joel, and Bella Ramsey returns as Ellie—each getting plenty of screen time in what promises to be an emotional and brutal follow-up. Gabriel Luna is back as Tommy, and the new season also spotlights Isabela Merced as Dina and Young Mazino as Jesse, both key characters if you’ve played the video game. With big names behind the camera—Craig Mazin (of Chernobyl fame) and Neil Druckmann (who wrote the games)—expect a TV adaptation with plenty of game DNA.
Season 2 covers the first half of The Last of Us Part II game. That means you won’t get the entire sequel story in one go. There are seven episodes this time, shorter than last season but packed with content. Each hour digs deeper into life five years after the first season, with Joel and Ellie now living in Jackson, Wyoming. The world still isn’t safe. Survival and the messy, blurry lines between right and wrong remain at the heart of every episode.
If you’re into behind-the-scenes stuff, here’s a nugget: the entire season was filmed in British Columbia, with production wrapping up in August 2024. Direction comes from a handful of talents, including Kate Herron (from Loki), Nina Lopez-Corrado, and Mark Mylod, who worked on Succession. You can expect high-quality storytelling and visuals.
The show’s creators aren’t shying away from dark, complicated themes. Get ready for new faces, shifting alliances, and tough choices that’ll leave fans talking till the next season rolls around.