‘The Final of Us’ Episode 5 Will Debut Early

The Final of Us has hooked viewers with it story of humanity’s ragged survivors battling the fungus-infected undead, and one another. And in case you are a type of viewers that finds your self counting down the times till the following Sunday night time when the brand new episode premieres, effectively, this week you received’t have to attend fairly so lengthy. That’s supplied you’ve received an HBO Max subscription.

That’s as a result of Episode 5 of The Final of Us will premiere early on HBO Max. As a substitute of the same old Sunday night time premiere, Episode 5 debuts on Friday, February 10 at 9PM ET (and 6 PM PT). Should you watch The Final of Us on linear HBO, you’ll have to attend to the same old time of Sunday, February 12 at 9PM ET. After this, one week — which simply so occurs to be Tremendous Bowl Sunday, when just about your complete nation can be watching soccer and commercials and never zombie hordes — the present will return to its common schedule.

Subsequent week’s episode seems to be to be a very good one too, with Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) stranded in Kansas Metropolis after their truck will get wrecked by revolutionaries who’ve overthrown the native authorities. And these blokes who at the moment are in cost, led by the brutal Kathleen (Melanie Lynskey), may be even worse than the brutal FEDRA regime that they toppled. Right here’s the preview of what’s in retailer subsequent week:

And in case you’re recent off watching Episode 4, right here’s the “Contained in the Episode” that reveals a number of the pondering behind the adjustments to the story from the sport — together with the addition of Lynskey’s Kathleen character.

There are solely 9 episodes in Season 1 of The Final of Us. (Season 2 has already been ordered.) Which suggests after subsequent Friday (a minimum of on HBO Max), the present will already be greater than midway completed.