'The Last of Us' Season 2's Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Has Sunk to New Depths

HBO's The Last of Us Season 2 has officially come to an end, with the dust having now settled on a divisive finale in a controversial season that has seen the video game adaptation become the talking point of the television world. With Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Abby's (Kaitlyn Dever) tale far from over, and with the show renewed for Season 3 before Season 2 had even premiered, there are still plenty of reasons to keep the series on fans' minds.

However, seemingly for many viewers worldwide, the thought of Season 2 is something they'd rather leave behind, illustrated by its ever-declining audience score on Rotten Tomatoes that has plagued the show since Season 2 began. With some pointing to the ever-increasing problem of review bombing as the catalyst for such a poor response, others will simply say the quality of Season 2 was missing, with a controversial finale doing nothing to help.

After the audience score for the season had dropped to 43% at the early May mid-way mark, that score has now dropped even further following the finale. Currently, The Last of Us Season 2 sits on a remarkably low 37%, even despite Collider's Ross Bonaime calling it "the strongest video game adaptation ever," in his 10/10 review. The future of The Last of Us is, indeed, confirmed, but when it might begin production is anyone's guess, with the higher-ups at HBO possibly choosing to take the series out of the spotlight for some time before returning it to the public consciousness in the hope of a more positive response.