Move aside Vhagar, a more massive behemoth just arrived in town. After House of the Dragon set a new viewership record for HBO with 29 million viewers per episode, The Last of Us is averaging at least a million more viewers, as its season finale reached 8.2 million viewers on HBO Max and cable TV in the United States on its first night.

HBO confirmed the good news itself, revealing that The Last of Us' first episode is already approaching 40 million viewers in the United States. Furthermore, HBO confirmed that The Last of Us is already the "most-watched show in the history of HBO Max in both Europe and Latin America."

According to HBO, the finale's viewership marked a "75% increase in debut night viewing compared to the series premiere."

When you consider how big the first episode of The Last of Us was, you can't blame HBO for giving multiple more seasons of the show the green light.