Tonight, the second season of The Last of Us, which was created by Craig Marin and Neil Druckmann and was based on the video game of the same name, premieres tomorrow on HBO and Max. Before watching the premiere, catch up with our quick guide below that tells you everything you need to know before diving into the premiere, and tune in tomorrow night at 9pm ET/6pm PT.

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***The following is a detailed recap of the episode “The Robot Revolution,” and it contains major spoilers for the episode. You can also read our spoiler-free review here.***

Seventeen years ago, Alan Budd (Jonny Green) sits with his girlfriend, Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) looking at the stars. He gives her a birthday gift, a certificate for ownership of a star. She questions if it has to say “Miss” with her name. He asks her if she’s married, and she tells him she’s not, so he says then it is miss and asks if she likes it. She tells him it’s the nicest thing anyone has done for her, and they share an awkward kiss.

Seventeen years later, the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) arrives at the hospital in his TARDIS. He goes inside where Belinda is working as a nurse. He’s looking for someone. A doctor tells Belinda on her way out that there is a doctor looking for her, but she leaves. The Doctor asks the woman at the front desk (Belinda Owusu) for information, but she is not allowed to give that out. He distracts her and then uses his sonic on her computer, and it knocks out the power in the whole building. He apologizes.

Later, Belinda lays in bed when her room starts to shake and the star certificate, which is framed on the wall, falls down. She goes to the window and sees a rocket ship land outside.

Large red robots smash their way into the apartment through the wall. One points a ray gun at her. She says they can’t be actual robots, because it’s ridiculous, and scolds them as they wreck the apartment.

***The following interview contains major spoilers for the season finale***

In tonight’s episode of The Hunting Party, Bex (Melissa Roxburgh), Hassani (Patrick Sabongui), and Shane (Josh McKenzie) track down Jenna Wells (Eliza Coupe), who was known as the Killer Chemist, because she chose her victims while working at a pharmacy, killing them by replacing their prescriptions. At the end of the episode, although they do catch her, it’s not before she poisons Odell (Nick Wechsler), leaving his fate uncertain. In another twist, Colonel Lazarus (Kari Matchett) is revealed to not only have a barcode on her foot, meaning she was potentially one of those experimented on at the Pit, but also to be Shane’s biological mother whose identity he had been searching for throughout the season.

Last week, Roxburgh spoke with SciFi Vision about the finale, including filming the shootout scene, whether Bex can trust Lazarus, what she’d like to see about her character’s backstory, if she’d be open for Bex to have a relationship with Shane, what she would like to see resolved, the possibility of a second season, and much more.

The second season of Disney’s Doctor Who kicks off with “The Robot Revolution” and the introduction of Belinda Chandra (Varada Seth), who is abducted from her house in the middle of the night by some large robots telling her she is their queen. Having no choice but to follow, she starts on a journey that takes her across the stars. Arriving on a planet where the humans have been subjugated and robot overlords rule, she’s told she must marry and weld with a robot that knows no pity or mercy, and it’s there that she meets the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) who has a plan to save her and start a rebellion.

The series is back with an exciting start. The episode itself is a fun story that spans across seventeen years, the whole adventure kicking off because of a gift Belinda got as a teenager from her ex. Throw in some timey-wimey and you’ve got an excellent premiere.

As often with Doctor Who, the episode blends a lively adventure but also touches on real world issues and lessons to be learned. Without getting into spoiler territory, there are themes of control and independence which come out in different ways.

The Last of Us, which is based on the video game franchise developed by Naughty Dog of the same name, was created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. The series starts with a mass parasitic fungal infection caused by a mutated strain of the cordyceps fungus which causes its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures, and this leads to the collapse of society. The story follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), who sees his daughter, Sarah (Nico Parker), shot down by the military when they and his brother, Tommy (Gabriel Luna), try to escape the outbreak to the safety of the city.

Twenty years later, Joel and his partner, Tess (Anna Torv), work as smugglers in the Quarantine Zone trying to trade for a working vehicle so that Joel can find and rescue his brother, who left the QZ and stopped sending messages, and he therefore believes to be in danger.

After being double-crossed by the man they try to buy a battery off of, they run into Marlene (Merle Dandridge), the leader of the Fireflies, a rebel group fighting against the oppressive regime of FEDRA. Injured, she promises Joel all the equipment he needs if he and Tess smuggle a teenage girl, Ellie (Bella Ramsey), out of the QZ and take her to the Firefly base.

Next Saturday, Doctor Who returns to Disney Plus with all new episodes when the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) first meets Belinda Chandra (Varada Sethu) after she is kidnapped by robots from outer space. The Doctor starts his journey to return her to Earth in his TARDIS, only to be stopped by a mysterious force. The two will face new dangers and bigger enemies than ever before.

A new companion means that the dynamic between the main characters is going to be quite different as they are trying to return to earth, according to Gatwa and Sethu who spoke with SciFi Vision recently. “For one, this season, we're trying to get back to Earth, which is like a deviation from the usual direction, trying to get out into space and tackle things, but Belinda has absolutely no interest and is not charmed at all by the Doctor at first,” explained Gatwa. “The Doctor lives a very dangerous life. It’s great. We love the Doctor. He's also very dangerous.”

“The bond…I guess it takes a little longer,” he continued. “It's slower, but it's just as deep as any that there's been, maybe more so. The payoff is that they really value each other, and they value each other's value systems. But yeah, she challenges him and calls him out.”

“They're very much equals,” Sethu told SciFi Vision. “They're a team figuring out how to get back home, because she decides she's got very much her own life, her own plot, her own main character journey. And when she gets plucked out of that by the Doctor, in some ways, all she wants is to go home. She doesn't want to be somebody else's little adventure. She wants to go back to her life.”

“So, she challenges him; she holds him accountable, and eventually, they become very aligned,” Sethu added. “They realize that they need to work together to be this team, to get back to earth, to get back to where she wants to be. So, yeah, they have a really, really strong, equal [partnership].”

Doctor Who - Season Two

The Doctor meets Belinda Chandra and begins an epic quest to get her back to Earth. But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face great dangers, bigger enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.

The anthology series, Side Quest, which is the first spinoff to the popular Apple TV Plus series Mythic Quest, contains four standalone episodes meant to explore different parts of the original universe. It follows the lives of supporting characters from the original series as well as employees, players, and fans of the game.

The third episode, “Fugue,” which recently premiered on the streaming network, follows Sylvie, played by Annamarie Kasper, a cellist who dreams of joining the Mythic Quest Orchestra. When her dreams come true and she goes on tour, she finds that the reality is not as she imagines. The episode explores her struggles and ultimately rediscovery of her love of music.

Kasper recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the spinoff, her own background in music, and more.

An all-new episode of the mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical airs tonight on NBC. The series, created by Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin follows the daily life of overworked doctors and nurses working at an underfunded hospital.

Kaliko Kauahi plays the role of Val, a nurse administrator with a surly no-nonsense additude. She’s known for her tough exterior and her ability to handle the chaotic environment of the hospital while staying calm and collected.

Kauahi recently spoke with SciFi Vision about working on the series, whether she’d like to see Val finally lose her cool, and more.

In Deal or No Deal Island, contestants face intense excursions filled with tough physical challenges and strategic decision making, culminating each week with the winner gaining immunity and one of the remaining contestants being selected to play the classic case game which could result in them leaving the game if they make a bad deal.

In the final excursion it all came down to the contestants’ social game. David Genat, Alexis Lete, and Courtney “CK” Kim had to navigate through various challenges with the help or hindrance of past contestants. Along the way they were given cases from each of them, and the one with the highest total would play the banker for the biggest prize in the game’s history.

Alexis Lete picked up a total of $5.5 million with the cases, knocking out CK from contention and bringing her to the top two. However, David’s cases revealed a total of $5.7 million from his three cases, grabbing him the win to play for the final prize.