The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 5: Release date news, time, streaming details, and more

The Last of Us Season 2's fourth episode, "Day One", finally aired on May 4, 2025, on HBO and Max. This episode felt more like a traditional The Last of Us episode in which danger lurks in every corner for our characters. Moreover, this episode also confirmed some important plot points that were a part of the game, such as Dina's pregnancy and her learning about Ellie's immunity.

HBO has now released the preview for the upcoming fifth episode, which is untitled for now. In this preview for the fifth The Last of Us Season 2 episode, we are teased with the introduction of a major factor from the games, the spores. This has fans hyped as the episode will be accessible on Sunday, May 11, 2025.

What is the release date for The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 5?

As stated before, the next episode of The Last of Us Season 2, i.e., the fifth episode, will be released on HBO and Max simultaneously on May 11, 2025. Here is when you can watch the fifth episode across the world:

1. Pacific Standard Time: 06:00 PM, May 11, 2025
2. Eastern Standard Time: 09:00 PM, May 11, 2025
3. Greenwich Mean Time +1: 02:00 AM, May 12, 2025
4. Central European Time: 03:00 AM, May 12, 2025
5. Indian Standard Time: 06:35 AM, May 12, 2025
6. Australian Eastern Standard Time: 11:00 AM, May 12, 2025

How to watch the fifth episode of The Last of Us Season 2?

The fifth episode of the show will air on HBO at the times mentioned above. Apart from that, episode 5 of The Last of Us Season 2 will be available to stream on the OTT platform Max. Based on the preview released by HBO on YouTube, it seems that the show makers are attempting to draw in the fans by including a major plot point from the games.

The Last of Us Season 2 episode 5 will introduce the spores:

This preview teases that the upcoming episode will be darker than episodes 3 and 4. It also seems that the episode will finally introduce the concept of spores from the games. Back in season 1, a lot of the game's fans were disappointed that the show decided to change the spores to cordyceps tendrils. Both Niel Druckmann and Craig Mazin addressed this change in a January 2023 Variety interview.

Druckmann began:

"It started with Craig hating zombies — I’m kidding. But we had talked about how we’re in a genre that’s popular, and there are a lot of different versions of stories of an outbreak. We did our best to find what’s unique about our story and world. For our clickers, we lifted them from the game, and kept them as is. But for the more recently infected, we had a lot of conversations about what else can we do with the vector other than bites.

He continued,

We looked at concept art where there’s this implication of the fungus growing under the skin. What if that was the thing? It’s not so much about the bite, they just need these tendrils to go from one host to another and that’s how the infection spreads."

Then Mazin followed up with:

"If you listen carefully, the word “spores” is mentioned. I don’t necessarily know if we’re going to see any spores this time around, but to say that our world is devoid of them would not be accurate. We don’t quite know yet. That’s part of the fun of adaptation, leaving these blurry edges of the map for our characters to discover as the adventure continues."

Based on the preview, it looks like the show seems to hint that the Cordyceps virus is evolving, which will force the humans of this world to come up with new ways to survive this apocalyptic world.

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The Last of Us Season 2 Episode 4 is currently streaming on Max.

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