The first episode of HBO's The Last of Us 2 became one of the worst in the series

The premiere of the episode “Future Days” garnered 5.3 million views on release day—10% more than the debut of the first season, which had 4.7 million viewers. However, the increased attention resulted in a sharp rise in dissatisfaction.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the second season has a 96% score from professional critics. Viewers were less forgiving: at first, the audience score held at 63%, but soon dropped to 55% (over 500 reviews). The reasons — dissatisfaction with the casting choices, reshuffling of the timeline of events, and acting in several scenes.

The situation on IMDb is similar: the episode “Future Days” received an average rating of 7.7, becoming the second-lowest in the history of the series. Below it is only the seventh episode of the first season, “Left Behind”, with a rating of 7.4. These are the show’s only episodes rated below 8.

Although interest in the project is growing, HBO is facing sharp criticism, just as Naughty Dog once did.

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