"The Last of Us" is not just a fantastic video game adaptation, it's also a terrible TV show alone. Puts a unique spin on the zombie genre by making its world virus as a fungal infection rather than raised carcasses. This, however, makes its infected even worse Because they are part of a fungal life cycle.

Indeed, although there are many similarities between the tones and the worlds of the "last of us" and, let's say, "The Walking Dead" or "28 days later", the first stands out for the fungal apocalypse of Cordypse. It informs the world of the show because the infected really die alone after a long time. However, as every zombie fan knows, what makes the genre interesting are living people struggling with undead - and each other.

While video games "Last of Us" are full of interesting characters, they do not spend much time on their associated players. Also, it is only natural, that with the games they are to move to the next level as quickly as possible. The TV adaptation, on the other hand, does not have that limit and can spend more time researching the side stories. This is exactly what he did in the episode of the many celebrities Bill (Nick Oldman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett) (Huge hour on TV that season 2 will not try to replicate).

There are other accompanying characters who could make more time on the series screen, also not only by all Tommy (Gabriel Luna). As it turns out, however, we almost got much more time with Tommy in the original games, as he almost got his own spin-off.

In the TV series "Last of Us", Tommy Miller is Elloel's brother Pedro Pascal. After being traumatized by his time with the Fireflies militia, Tommy eventually created Acksecson's commune with his partner Maria (Routina Wesley). Acksexone serves as a safe shelter, providing a shine of hope in a fairly nihilist and gloomy show. In "The Last of Us Part II", as the game's fans know, Tommy's bow goes for a darker turn to anger and despair (something Luna acknowledged to be a challenge in season 2 "The Last of Us").

In "Founded II", a documentary on the production of "Last of Us Part II" (which you can watch Here), Games Director Neil Drakman talks about some of the rumors about the larger franchise and its future. Specifically, he referred to the previous interview he did where he mentioned "We wrote a story that was going after" The Last of Us 2 "(s) Tommy Stars." At the time, Drukman said he hoped to make that game. In the documentary, however, he explained that he spoke to a smaller spin. In his own words:

"The headlines throughout the industry were like," a naughty dog ​​pointed out "the last of us part III", and that's actually wrong. It was always a small story, it was never a complete title. At that time, we had higher priorities for Naughty Dog to fix our pipeline, to fix the problems with work balance and life. Only on the basis of where we were, I didn't want to prioritize the story so that story was sheltered. And I still believe one day, you will see the light of day. I don't know if it will be a game or a show, TBD. "

So if we don't get the game for spin-off Tommy any time soon, what brings the future for the "last of us" property? Well, when it comes to video games, Drukman had disappointing news to share during an interview with Diversity:

"I guess the only thing I would say is not to bet there is more than" last of us ". This can be that. "

After the way the "Last of Us Part II" ended, this should not be a big surprise. She plays exactly not a screaming sequel, and simply to look away from the main characters will reduce the story of ELOEL, Eli and Abi. However, Drukman does not address the possibility of side stories (as a game focused on Tommy), which would be a good way to expand the world without judging the main story.

As for HBO adaptation, don't count on the series that works too long. For some time it is known that "The Last of Us" won't do what Game of Thrones did and investing outside the events of its original material; "Our focus is both matches," as Drukman had previously put. However, until this excludes original elements such as season 1 prologue or Bill and Frank's episode, we should not expect the show to speculate on what is happening over the two games so far.

The "Last of Us" season was presented on April 13, 2025, at HBO and MAX.