Much like the video game that it is based on, The Last of Us Season 2 has been made a victim of review-bombing. This is when a bunch of dudes collectively manipulate ratings on aggregator websites, mainly to vent their frustration at women. Several platforms such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb have taken measures to prevent this sort of thing, but there's only so much that can be done to keep trolls at bay. They've really been at it with the second season of The Last of Us, which continues to be critically acclaimed, but has also seen its audience score on Rotten Tomatoes plummet to unreasonable lows over the last couple of weeks.

Having once stood at 55%, and then fallen to 53%, the second season's audience score on Rotten Tomatoes now stands at 51%. This is completely off from the critics' rating of 95%. The Last of Usremains one of the most acclaimed dramas on the air. The first season broke viewership records and landed 24 nominations at the Emmys, winning eight. It holds a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a far superior (compared to Season 2) audience score of 87%. Released in 2020, The Last of Us Part II video game was similarly targeted by trolls, with its Metacritic user rating dropping to 3.4/10 at its lowest. It currently sits at 5.8/10.