No fun, just fungus: The continuing traumas of 'The Last Of Us' season two

By Linda Holmes,

Eric Deggans, Hafsa Fathima, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy

Published May 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM EDT

Bella Ramsey in The Last of Us. — Bella Ramsey in *The Last of Us.*

Season two of The Last of Us just ended, and to say the story has gone in some new directions is an understatement. The HBO series starring Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal continues to push forward with its complex story while still and always putting the "ick" in "post-apocalyptic."

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Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

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Eric Deggans

Eric Deggans is NPR's first full-time TV critic.

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