‘The Last of Us’ Season 1 Recap: What To Remember Ahead Of Season 2

The Last of Us returns to HBO and Max Sunday for a seven-episode second season based on the videogame. With Season 1’s debut in January 2023, the two-year plus gap between installments might leave some details fuzzy.
Below find a full recap of The Last of Us Season 1 and the most salient points to remember ahead of Season 2’s arrival this weekend.
Outbreak Day
On September 26, 2013, the Cordyceps brain infection reached critical mass, manifesting in all people without discrimination. The fungus, which had previously been unable to survive in the human body because our internal temperature was too hot for it, evolved and mutated as the world got warmer due to climate change, making it able to take hold in humans and override their brains to turn them into mushroom-ridden zombies.
Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), a humble contractor living in Austin, Texas, at the time with his daughter Sarah (Nico Parker...
Below find a full recap of The Last of Us Season 1 and the most salient points to remember ahead of Season 2’s arrival this weekend.
Outbreak Day
On September 26, 2013, the Cordyceps brain infection reached critical mass, manifesting in all people without discrimination. The fungus, which had previously been unable to survive in the human body because our internal temperature was too hot for it, evolved and mutated as the world got warmer due to climate change, making it able to take hold in humans and override their brains to turn them into mushroom-ridden zombies.
Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), a humble contractor living in Austin, Texas, at the time with his daughter Sarah (Nico Parker...
- 4/12/2025
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
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