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Post-apocalyptic realness

We walked into a warehouse in the North of Amsterdam. We got stamped as honorary Fireflies, cocktail in hand, we found ourselves in a maze of floating white sheets, each one flickering with scenes from the previous season. A fragmented memory palace of everything that broke us last year. With a pretty hard dress code (midnight survivalist), people showed up and served looks. There were drinks, small bites, and some silent conversations. And then: silence. The lights dimmed, and it was time for the new season to commence.

Time jumps and trauma trails

Five years after the gut-wrenching finale of Season 1, Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are living in Jackson, a solar-powered, fortified community trying to stitch together some version of peace. But beneath the soft layers of domestic life, a single lie festers. And it’s starting to rot.

The episode unfolds slowly but deliberately. The tension is in the pauses. The grief is in what’s unsaid. But in the silence, we can also find humor. That’s something that we felt less in the previous season. The newest episode also has that extra horror effect, with clever jumpscares and new evolutions of the infected.

Without spoiling too much: season 2 will be darker, deeper, and even more visually stunning. New cast additions bring fresh emotional weight (hello, Dina), and yes, the tension between Ellie and Joel? It’s complicated. You will feel things.

The new season is now available on HBO Max, with new episodes dropping every Monday.