Watch the Trailer for The Last of Us Episode 8

The Last of Us episode 8 trailer is out. Keeping with the development, HBO has dropped a preview for the upcoming episode of the post-apocalyptic drama based mostly on the beloved PlayStation online game, teasing a gaggle of cannibalistic survivors who come to Ellie and Joel’s support, however with ulterior motives. Titled ‘When We Are in Need,’ this new episode stars Troy Baker — the authentic voice actor for Joel — as James, a senior member of the stated group of settlers. Episode 8 reportedly clocks in at 51 minutes and is directed by Ali Abbasi (Holy Spider). The Last of Us episode 8 premieres March 6 at 8:30am IST/ March 5 at 9pm ET on Disney+ Hotstar and HBO Max, respectively.

The trailer for The Last of Us episode 8 brings us again to the current, the place Joel (Pedro Pascal) struggles to recuperate from his near-fatal harm. “You won’t survive for long out there,” David (Scott Shepherd), the settler’s chief tells Ellie (Bella Ramsey), having tracked his manner into their protected home. “There’s room for you in our group, if you want.” Being a cannibal, David’s group has a deceiving entrance — one that’s god-fearing and keen to assist anybody at a second’s discover. Of course, our protagonists aren’t conscious of that, and Ellie being an untrusting particular person saved refusing his advances both manner. “I don’t mean to question your sense of mercy, David. She’s just another mouth to feed,” James (Baker) tells David, who’s adamant about forcing her into their group. (*8*)Episode 6 noticed our pair of heroes scouring via the college for any indicators of the Fireflies, which ended with an encounter with a bizarre group of survivors — one of whom injured Joel. As it seems, they have been half of David’s gang.

Now David understands the promise Ellie and Joel have, and sees them as a worthy addition to their group. “The others want to kill you. Let me protect you,” he tells Ellie in confidence, who was presumably captured and brought to their base — if we’re going by the online game’s sequence of occasions. The Last of Us episode 8 trailer additionally reveals the scene the place Ellie, now adept at searching, shoots down a deer, which she presents in alternate with one of the survivors for a syringe and a bottle of penicillin. The occasions depicted in the trailer additionally elevate the query of whether or not The Last of Us episode 8 can even function Ashley Johnson as Anna, Ellie’s organic mom. For the uninitiated, she voiced and offered movement seize for Ellie in the authentic online game.

Reports from earlier this month advised that HBO content material, together with The Last of Us, Game of Thrones, Euphoria, and extra, is about to go away the Disney+ Hotstar platform in India, owing to some ‘restructuring plans’ laid out by the returning Disney CEO Bob Iger. Currently, there isn’t any phrase on the platform the HBO content material would transfer to, as soon as the plans are put into movement, although Amazon Prime Video is being seen as the frontrunner to achieve the streaming rights.

HBO additionally introduced in January that The Last of Us sequence has been renewed for a second season and that it’s going to comply with the occasions of the polarising gory sequel, The Last of Us Part II online game. Showrunner Craig Mazin additionally advised that season 2 might be a cut up into two elements, given how a lot greater and extra difficult the story was.

New episodes of The Last of Us stream each Monday on Disney+ Hotstar, at 8:30am in India, and Sunday at 9pm ET on HBO Max wherever out there. Season 1 is said to have 9 episodes, of which seven have launched to this point.