The Last of Us
The post-apocalypse, and one episode that stopped everyone.
On this list almost entirely for "Long, Long Time", and that is enough.
- 2023–now
- 96% on Rotten Tomatoes
- 8.5 on IMDb
- #drama
- #new
Our take
A prestige adaptation of the video game, in which a smuggler escorts a teenage girl across a ruined America. It is well made throughout, but it is here for its third episode, which leaves the plot entirely to follow Bill and Frank, two men who meet after the collapse and spend twenty years together in a fortified town.
Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett got an hour of television about a long, ordinary, quietly happy gay marriage at the end of the world, and it became one of the most talked-about episodes in years. Ellie’s own story develops across the series; start with episode three and you will stay for the rest.
Where to watch The Last of Us
Stream
HBO Max Amazon Channel
YouTube TV
Spectrum On Demand
HBO Max
Buy
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
Fandango At Home
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Scores
Ours
- Jibbi Score — 4 out of 5 rainbows. On this list almost entirely for "Long, Long Time", and that is enough.
Everyone else’s
- Rotten Tomatoes — 96%, as recorded on Wikidata — Rotten Tomatoes has no public API, so this is the openly licensed figure rather than a live reading.
- IMDb — 8.5 out of 10 from 734,061 votes, via OMDb.
- TMDB — 8.4 out of 10 from 7,202 votes, refreshed daily.
The plot, officially
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
Synopsis and poster via TMDB.