The Last of Us has delivered an nearly flawless run on HBO and HBO Max, rising its viewership week-on-week and managing to take care of an exceptionally excessive score regardless of some rocky moments. The season one finale ensured the present takes its break on a excessive after posting the very best same-day viewers figures for the collection up to now. As reported by Deadline, The Last of Us was watched by 8.2 million folks throughout each HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, simply beating the 8.1 million who tuned in for the penultimate episode final week.
The Last of Us has been on a powerful run since making its debut with 4.7 million viewers watching its premiere episode. This signifies that over the next episodes the same-day viewership has elevated by a large 74%. According to the most recent figures, the present’s common viewer quantity for the primary six episodes sits simply over 30 million, whereas the season premiere has nearly reached 40 million.
Based on the Playstation online game of the identical title, The Last of Us has surpassed expectations and develop into one of many highest rated online game variations ever. While the collection has drawn criticism from some gamers of the sport who’ve been upset by a number of the adjustments made to the storyline, it has continued to preserve a excessive score from each critics and audiences, and for a time overtook Breaking Bad as the very best rated collection ever on IMDb.
The Last of Us Season Two Will Not Adapt All of the Second Video Game
Although The Last of Us Creator Neil Druckmann initially instructed that The Last of Us could be a reasonably contained present, and wouldn’t run on for an extreme size of time, Craig Mazin just lately mentioned that the adaption of The Last of Us Part II would require a number of seasons to inform the story appropriately. He mentioned:
“It’s more than one season. You have noted correctly that we will not say how many. But more than one is factually correct. [Laughs].”
Druckman added that he needed to convey the emotions of the sport into the second season in as some ways as doable. He mentioned:
“Some of the stuff I’m most excited for [in Part 2] are the adjustments we have mentioned and seeing the story come to life once more on this different model. And I feel it is thrilling as a result of it leans into these emotions you had from the sport, actually closely, in a brand new approach.”
Having been launched in 2020 and profitable lots of of awards, The Last of Us Part II is a a lot bigger sport than the unique, and it will not be the final, with The Last of Us Part III at the moment being mentioned to be in early improvement. If this new installment does come to fruition, then it might be doable that The Last of Us can proceed to run for a number of years to come back.
The first season of The Last of Us is now out there in its entirety on HBO Max.