‘The Last of Us’ Episode 5 Will Debut Early

The Last of Us has hooked viewers with it story of humanity’s ragged survivors battling the fungus-infected undead, and one another. And if you’re one of these viewers that finds your self counting down the times till the following Sunday night time when the brand new episode premieres, nicely, this week you gained’t have to attend fairly so lengthy. That’s supplied you’ve acquired an HBO Max subscription.

That’s as a result of Episode 5 of The Last of Us will premiere early on HBO Max. Instead of the same old Sunday night time premiere, Episode 5 debuts on Friday, February 10 at 9PM ET (and 6 PM PT). If you watch The Last of Us on linear HBO, you’ll have to attend to the same old time of Sunday, February 12 at 9PM ET. After this, one week — which simply so occurs to be Super Bowl Sunday, when just about your entire nation will probably be watching soccer and commercials and never zombie hordes — the present will return to its common schedule.

Next week’s episode appears to be like to be an excellent one too, with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) stranded in Kansas City after their truck will get wrecked by revolutionaries who’ve overthrown the native authorities. And these blokes who are actually in cost, led by the brutal Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey), is likely to be even worse than the brutal FEDRA regime that they toppled. Here’s the preview of what’s in retailer subsequent week:

And when you’re recent off watching Episode 4, right here’s the “Inside the Episode” that reveals some of the pondering behind the adjustments to the story from the sport — together with the addition of Lynskey’s Kathleen character.

There are solely 9 episodes in Season 1 of The Last of Us. (Season 2 has already been ordered.) Which means after subsequent Friday (at the very least on HBO Max), the present will already be greater than midway finished.

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