Season two of The Last of Us has — at last — a specific premiere date.
The seven-episode season of the drama will debut April 13 on HBO. That means the season will complete its run in late May, just under the wire for Emmy eligibility this year.
The premiere will come two years and one month after the finale of The Last of Us‘ first season in March 2023. That season was one of HBO’s biggest since the end of Game of Thrones, drawing some 30 million cross-platform viewers per episode and won eight Emmys, including guest acting awards for Storm Reid and Nick Offerman.
The season two logline reads, “Five years after the events of the first season, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind.”
Along with Pascal and Ramsey, the season two cast includes returnees Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley and newcomers Kaitlyn Dever, Isabela Merced, Young Mazino, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle, Spencer Lord, Danny Ramirez and Jeffrey Wright. Catherine O’Hara guest stars.
Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) and Neil Druckmann, who developed the Last of Us video game, are writers and executive producers of the series. Carolyn Strauss, Jacqueline Lesko, Cecil O’Connor, Asad Qizilbash, Carter Swan and Evan Wells also executive produce; Halley Gross is a writer and co-EP. Sony Pictures Television and HBO co-produce.