The hotly anticipated second season of Max’s The Last of Us will finally grace screens in April—and we have all the nitty gritty details on the show's plot, trailers, cast, and release date.
The first season arrived all the way back in January 2023 with amazing performances from series leads Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie, cementing the series as one of the best video game adaptations of all time. The bar is high for creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann as they deliver new episodes of the sci-fi favorite.
The conclusion of Season 1 finds Joel and Ellie captured by the revolutionary militia group the Fireflies. As Joel realizes the group’s plan to find a cure for the world-altering Cordyceps infection includes the murder of Ellie, he takes drastic measures to save her life.
Get all the info on the soon-to-come episodes below.
The Last of Us Season 2 Release Date
The second season of the post-apocalyptic pulse-pounding series will premiere in April 2025 on Max.
How Many Episodes Will The Last of Us Season 2 Have?
Seven episodes will make up Season 2 drawing on material from the Part II video game. This is a bit shorter compared to the first season’s nine episodes.
The Last of Us Season 2 Trailers
A pair of trailers has been released in advance of the second season. The first is a longer teaser giving whiffs of key plot developments. Along with Joel and Ellie are new cast members played by Kaitlyn Dever, Jeffrey Wright, and Isabela Merced.
The second trailer runs nearly half as short as the first and sounds as if Kaitlyn Dever's new character, Abby, is narrating. The clip is full of action-packed quick cuts—lots of running away from and into danger.
The Last of Us Season 2 Cast
As Season 2 is deriving its plot from The Last of Us Part II video game, many new characters are entering the TV world for these episodes. Find out who’s who below.
- Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller
- Bella Ramsey as Ellie Williams
- Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller (Joel’s brother)
- Rutina Wesley as Maria Miller (Tommy’s wife)
- Kaitlyn Dever as Abby (a revenge-seeking soldier)
- Isabella Merced as Dina (a love interest of Ellie’s)
- Young Mazino as Jesse (a patrol group leader in Jackson, WO)
- Catherine O’Hara as an unknown new cast member (rumored to be Joel’s therapist)
- Danny Ramirez as Manny (a loyal soldier)
- Tati Gabrielle as Nora (a military medic)
- Ariela Barer as Mel (a young doctor)
- Spencer Lord as Owen (a reluctant fighter and Abby’s ex)
The Last of Us Season 2 Plot
According to Max, the second season picks up five years after the first ended. “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.”
Series creators Mazin and Druckman have said the new episodes come from the Part II video game (they also said seven episodes wouldn’t be enough to tell all of that story, hinting at future seasons).
The Last of Us Part II video game also picks up five years after the first installment as “Ellie embarks on another journey through a post-apocalyptic America on a mission of vengeance against a mysterious militia,” according to IMDB.
“The story material we got from Part II of the game is way more than the story material that was in the first game,” Mazin told Deadline.
