The Last of Us Season 2’s New Trailer Asks Us If We’re Ready to Hurt Again

During CES, Sony and naughty dog HBO has released a new trailer for the second season of the Emmy-winning series our endStarring Pedro Pascal and Bela Ramsay. And now we know when it’s coming.

This is our first glimpse at the future of the show since a teaser trailer was released at the very end of September. The two-minute teaser, which draws many referential parallels to its 2020 Game of the Year-winning forebear, picks up five years later. The climactic event of the first season. In it, we watch Joel (Miller) and Ellie (Ramsey) unravel their found-family relationship after the pair are separated from that iconic moment in the season one finale.

Unfortunately, the age-old adage of no rest for the wicked extends to the dead and the living as the pair fight for survival. Time will tell if the upcoming season will be anything like its first season our end Will follow the story beats of its source material dogmatically or play with them in innovative and elaborate ways. We are hoping for the end.

Joining Pascal and Ramsay to complete the show’s cast are Caitlin Dever as Abby, Isabella Merced as Dina (Ellie’s new love interest), and Young Mazzino as Jessie. Similar to the previous season, the second season featured cameos from the video game Joel and Ellie actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson. our end Jeffrey Wright will be seen reprising his role as Isaac from the game. Additional cast members for the season include Ariella Berrer as Mel, Tati Gabriel as Nora, Spencer Lord as Wayne, Danny Ramirez as Manny, and fellow returning actors Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley as Tommy and Maria, respectively.

In io9’s review our endWe hailed the show as the best video game adaptation of all time, writing, “The season has a few peaks and valleys, but the valleys are never that low, and the peaks are incredibly high, resulting in an unprecedented season of television, destined to be one of the best of the year.” “

our end Season two is set to premiere on HBO and Max sometime soon April.

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