Following the Sunday night time premiere of episode 4, the official “Final of Us” Twitter account introduced the early streaming date for episode 5 “Endure and Survive:”

Stream it early.

The following episode of #TheLastOfUs premieres FRIDAY 2/10 at 9PM on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/1jgFmxCLol

— The Final of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) February 6, 2023

Personally, I am nonetheless reeling from final week’s episode “Lengthy, Lengthy Time,” which took a break from the primary motion to inform the story of Invoice (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett), two survivors of the fungal zombie apocalypse who managed to carve out a bit of happiness away from quarantine zones.

On the one hand, the highly-acclaimed episode packed an emotional wallop in its depiction of human mortality, principally as a result of it had me projecting my relationship with my very own partner onto Invoice and Frank. Then again, whereas I’ve learn a number of suppose items arguing that “Lengthy, Lengthy Time” subverted the Bury Your Gays trope, I used to be left questioning whether or not it actually did subvert that trope or simply did an skilled job at maneuvering inside it.

By the tip of the episode, Invoice and Frank are successfully buried in a one-and-done style, whereas Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) are left to raid their home for provides and proceed their adventures for the remainder of the collection.

Nonetheless, no matter little qualms any of us may need, I feel it is protected to say this collection has joined Netflix’s “Arcane” in breaking the online game adaptation curse.

As soon as extra for the highway: “The Final of Us” season 1, episode 5 “Endure and Survive” hits HBO Max early on Friday, February 10 at 9 p.m.