Lauren Rouse

1 week ago | thedirect.com | Lauren Rouse

Alexis Bledel was a key cast member in The Handmaid's Tale for four seasons, until she surprisingly left the show. The Hulu series is based on Margaret Atwood's novel, exploring a dystopian North America where a portion of the United States has been turned into Gilead, which is ruled by a totalitarian regime that forces fertile women into a life of slavery in order to repopulate.

1 week ago | thedirect.com | Lauren Rouse

Joel (Pedro Pascal) has been responsible for many deaths throughout The Last of Us, but Eugene's murder is a new mystery the series has yet to solve. In Naughty Dog's video game The Last of Us Part 2 (which Season 2 of the HBO drama is adapting), Eugene is a character only mentioned by name and is said to have died from a stroke at age 73.

1 week ago | thedirect.com | Lauren Rouse

The first episode of The Last of UsSeason 2 introduces viewers to a new and more deadly iteration of the Infected. The HBO drama series is based on Naughty Dog's video games, which follows unlikely duo Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) as they travel through a post-apocalyptic America filled with ravenous fungal zombies. To date, viewers have witnessed three types of Infected in the TV show: Runners, Clickers, and Bloaters, each more dangerous than the last.

1 week ago | thedirect.com | Lauren Rouse

Two new characters that fans will meet in The Last of UsSeason 2 are Jesse and Dina, a couple with extensive history. Season 2 of the HBO series will adapt at least some of Naughty Dog's hit video game sequel, The Last of Us Part 2, and with the premiere picking up five years from the first season, there are plenty of new faces to get to know in Joel and Ellie's story. Who Are Jesse and Dina in The Last of Us Season 2?

1 week ago | thedirect.com | Lauren Rouse

The Last of Us Part 2 character Eugene plays a much more important role in The Last of Us Season 2 than in the game. Season 2 of the HBO post-apocalyptic drama series is tackling Naughty Dog's second The Last of Us game in a similar manner to the first and is introducing original characters and expanding on other underutilized ones from the game.