Publications
- The fifth episode of the widely popular HBO Original drama series The Last of Us will premiere earlier this week to make way for the Super Bowl.
- This week's episode will be on DStv Catch Up on Saturday, 11 February, at 04:00 in advance of the M-Net linear premiere on Monday, 13 February, at 21:00.
- New episodes of the series will then continue to air as per the usual schedule from Monday, 20 February.
The fifth episode of the widely popular HBO Original drama series The Last of Us will premiere earlier this week to make way for the Super Bowl.
The Last of Us is an Express from the US title and airs on M-Net (DStv 101) Mondays at 03:00 and then again at 21:00 during prime time.
However, this week, the episode will be on DStv Catch Up on Saturday, 11 February, at 04:00 in advance of the M-Net linear premiere on Monday, 13 February, at 21:00.
New episodes of the series will continue to air as per the usual schedule from Monday, 20 February, on M-Net (DStv 101) and will be available to stream on Showmax the very next day.
The Last of Us, based on a video game of the same name, takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the US and depend on each other for survival.
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With a 96% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, The Last of Us has been declared "HBO's next big hit" by Rolling Stone, with Variety noting, "one sees the near future in which the show winds up among television's best."
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