The newest episode of HBO's The Last of Us was reportedly censored for some of the show's audience, a move that has yet to be explained by those involved with the series. This post contains big spoilers for The Last of Us.

The Last of Us episode seven, titled "Left Behind," adapts the game's expansion of the same name and follows the story of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Riley (Storm Reid) before the events of the main show. It was another strong episode, culminating in a kiss between Ellie and Riley. Viewers in some regions, however, apparently didn't see the smooch. Reports on social media suggest that the kiss was edited out for the show's local streaming partner, OSN+, in the MNEA region.

OSN+ was previously criticized for editing out gay romance scenes from How To Get Away With Murder and House of the Dragon. As others have pointed out, this newest instance of censorship was strange in part because a previous episode of The Last of Us, "Long Long Time," was reportedly not edited at all on OSN+. That episode was focused nearly exclusively on the gay romance between Bill (Nick Offerman) and Frank (Murray Bartlett).