Was ‘The Last Of Us' Cancelled? What We Know About ‘TLOU' Part 3
Basically, The Last of Us Season 2 did all it could to bum us out. Did TLOU go too far? Was The Last of Us cancelled?!?
There was not a new episode of The Last of Us on HBO or MAX last week, meaning fans have been left with a devastating cliffhanger. The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 7 ends with Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) tracking Ellie down to the theater she and her friends are using as a temporary base. Abby kills Jesse (Young Mazino) and threatens Tommy (Gabriel Luna). The last we see of this tense stand off is Abby shooting in Ellie's direction. Then, we flashback to what Abby was doing three days earlier, i.e. the day Ellie and Dina (Isabela Merced) arrive in Seattle.
So what comes next? Will The Last of Us come back? Here's everything we know about the future of The Last of Us…
Nope! There is no new episode of The Last of Us on HBO or MAX tonight.
There were a total of seven episodes in The Last of Us Season 2. That means that The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 7 'Convergence' was the season finale.
Nope! In fact, HBO renewed The Last of Us for a third season all the way back on April 9, 2025. We are definitely getting Abby's side of the story…eventually.
Yes, HBO is making The Last of Us Season 3. While The Last of Us's co-creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have tried to play coy about what comes next, they did confirm some fan theories during a recent virtual press conference DECIDER attended.
As fans of the video games might expect, The Last of Us Season 3 will adapt the rest of The Last of Us II. Meaning Season 3 will tackle what Abby was up to during those three tumultuous days in Seattle.
'There is another side to this story that we have yet to really delve into,' The Last of Us co-creator and co-showrunner Craig Mazin said. 'There's no question that Abby is the hero of her story. Kaitlyn Dever is the hero of a story always, you know? I mean, if you have Kaitlyn Dever, you use a Kaitlyn Dever.'
Mazin also teased that the third season will answer many questions sparked in Season 2.
'What is going on? How did that war start? How did the Seraphites start? Who is the prophet? What happened to her? What does Isaac want? What's happening at the end of Episode 7? What is this explosion? What is all of it?' Mazin said. 'And all of that will become clear.'
We might already know that there will be a third season of The Last of Us, but we don't yet know exactly when it will be back. However, we have some theories.
The first two seasons of the show both took approximately two years to go from scripts to the screen. Logic would state that The Last of Us Season 3 will come out in 2027.
That said, production on the first two seasons of The Last of Us was delayed due to COVID-19 and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, respectively. That means there's a chance there could be a tighter turnaround for the third season. We think the earliest TLOU Season 3 could come out would be late 2026, but 2027 is our safe bet.
Worried that The Last of Us Season 2 ends with Ellie's death? Still trying to convince yourself that Jesse is okay? Wondering why Mel's (Ariela Barer) death was actually so much worse in the show than it was in the game? Check out DECIDER's breakdown of The Last of Us Season 2 finale to learn more!
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