After only two episodes (the first of which you can watch for free) HBO has renewed the post-apocalyptic survival show The last of us for a second seas on. News broke this morning that the adaptation of Joel and Ellie’s story is moving forward after completing its nine-part run in March. While there aren’t many details about what a second season will look like, that doesn’t mean we can’t speculate.
The most obvious assumption would be that a second season could follow the events of The Last of Us Part II as series director Neil Druckmann alluded to on Twitter alongside the announcement. The sequel focuses on an older version of Ellie after the murder of someone close to her sends her on a revenge spree across Seattle. However, with so many years between the story of the original game and its sequel, it would be reasonable to wait maybe a season or two before jumping straight into this story and waiting for Bell Ramsey, the actor who plays Ellie, to be a little older.
Conversely, a season focused on the years before the events Part II would be doable and would also let Ramsey play Ellie when she gets older. It would be a format change compared to the game, since Part II presents these stories through flashbacks interspersed between today’s segments. But changing the structure of the story could result in the show spending more time on characters and relationships Part II had to be glossed over because of its time jump. So if HBO and Sony choose not to jump straight into the sequel’s story, there are plenty of gaps to be filled between the two games.
HBO version of The last of us could also take a note of the games and play with perspective. The Last of Us Part II
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Whatever the show ends up doing, it’s unclear if the last of us Games will continue past Part IIsince Naughty Dog doesn’t seem interested in simply continuing the series for the sake of continuity, and need a worthwhile story to make another game set in his post-apocalyptic universe.