how many episodes will the last of us season 2 have

The second season of "The Last of Us" will have a total of 7 episodes. This is two fewer than the first season, which had 9 episodes. The showrunners chose this shorter episode count deliberately to allow more time per episode and to unfold the broader and more complex narrative from the video game's Part II over multiple seasons. They indicated that the natural break for Season 2 seemed to occur after seven episodes, with plans for at least a third season and possibly a fourth to complete the story