‘The Last of Us’: Chapter 8, the penultimate of the season, is the most watched of the series

‘The Last of Us’ is taking HBO Max by storm by launching a chapter every week, in a format that had already triumphed in the most watched series of all 2022, ‘The House of the Dragon’, on the same platform. It will be next morning Monday March 13 when we get to the end of the first seasonand more and more fans, whether or not they knew the original video game, are joining the audience.

‘In our lowest hours’ is the title of the eighth installment in the series, and according to Warner Bros. Discovery is the most watched of the entire series with 8.1 million views in its premiere, which in US time is Sunday evening. This represents a 74% increase in viewership over the January 15 series pilot. IMDb users gave it a 9.5 out of ten, crowning it the highest rated episode on the platform along with the fifth episode, ‘Resist and Survive’, even though it records the fewest votes, which aren’t always representative .

The multinational has not revealed the data relating to episodes 5, 6 and 7, even if according to the words of Warner Bros. Discovery they would not exceed the eighth. Otherwise, we know ‘The Last of Us’ had already broken its own record in the fourth episodewhich stood at 7.5 million views despite competing at the Grammy Awards gala.

No fear of the Oscars

With the pace of “The Last of Us,” it wouldn’t be surprising if the season finale surpasses those 8.1 million views next Sunday in the US, although it won’t be without competition: the program coincides with the transmission of the Oscar gala. Still, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin’s series won’t let itself be intimidated, as it did by strategically pre-empting Episode 5 so it doesn’t coincide with the Super Bowl, and intends to come out as graceful as it did on Grammy night. Keep in mind that the movie awards audience may not pose much of a threat, considering its yearly loss of viewers.