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Like its predecessor, season 2 of HBO's TV adaptation has been appointment viewing for all of us over the past seven weeks. And, as the dust settles on its near-50-minute finale, I imagine you've got some big questions about what happened and the show's future.

Season 2 of The Last of Us concluded Sunday night with an audience of 3.7M cross-platform viewers in the U.S., per HBO. This is significantly lower than the Season 2 premiere episode’s 5.3M viewers, but the networks says they expect there to be significant growth after the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

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The network announced 3.7 million cross-platform viewers tuned into the Season 2 finale, which The Wrap reports is a 55% decrease from the Season 1 finale, which had 8.2 million cross-platform viewers.

The Last of Us season 2 episode 7 picks up right from the end of episode 5, following on from the flashback episode where we learned what really went down with Joel and Ellie in the years between season 1 and season 2.

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Season 2 adapts only the first portion of “The Last of Us Part II,” ending on a major cliffhanger that leaves much of the game’s narrative still to be explored. With HBO confirming the show’s renewal and even teasing the possibility of a fourth season, the adaptation is clearly far from over.