The Last of Us (2023) s01e02 Episode Script
Infected
Morning.
- Do I look like I'm infected?
- Show us your arm.
Yeah, it's not getting any worse, is it?
If we're out in the open city,
why aren't we getting swarmed?
- Don't worry about that.
- Well, I'm gonna.
What was Marlene doing
with an infected kid?
I'm not infected.
She found me after I was bitten.
- And she didn't shoot you.
- Clearly not.
She locked me up and had
her guys test me every day
to see if I was getting sick.
Test you how?
- I have to pee.
- Test you how?
They'd make me count to 10
and hold out my hand
and then keep it steady.
But, you know, I think
what really impressed them
was the fact that I didn't
turn into a fucking monster.
Now can I please?
Fine.
Back there. You can find a spot.
And here.
Tear out a few pages.
There's not gonna be
anything bad in here?
- Just you.
- Oh, funny.
Broken.
Maybe a hairline. It'll heal fast.
She made it through
the fuckin' night, Joel.
It doesn't matter.
It's gonna happen sooner or later.
All right? We're still
close to the wall.
We sneak her back into the QZ.
We find a different
way to get the battery.
This is our best shot.
We take her back to the QZ,
someone's gonna notice her arm,
they're gonna scan her
then they'll kill her.
Well, better them then us.
You need to stop talkin' about this kid
like she's got some kinda
life in front of her.
You hungry?
You can share some of ours.
Thanks. Marlene sent me with my own.
Is that chicken?
Yeah.
Marlene said they get it from smugglers.
Guess not you guys.
- Hey. Hey!
- Why
Why are you so important to Marlene?
And don't lie to me
or we'll take you back.
You take me back,
you don't get your battery.
You heard that?
Then you must've heard
that he wants to shoot you.
I'm gonna talk to you
like you're an adult.
Okay?
Joel and I aren't good people.
We're doin' this for us
because, apparently,
you're worth something.
But we don't know what you're worth
if we don't know what we have.
So answer my question.
She told me not to tell anybody,
and now I'm telling
the first people that I
There's a Firefly base
camp somewhere out west
with doctors.
- They're working on a cure.
- Mm-hm.
I've heard this before.
And whatever happened to me
is the key to finding the vaccine.
That's what this is?
We've heard this a million times.
Vaccines, miracle
cures. None of it works.
- Ever.
- Fuck you, man. I didn't ask for this.
You and me both.
This isn't gonna end well, Tess.
We need to go back.
Let's just finish it.
It doesn't matter if she is or
she isn't what the Fireflies say.
If they believe that she is
then
we get what we want.
If she so much as twitches.
Don't.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Can I have a gun?
- Absolutely not.
- No.
Okay, Jesus. Fine. I'll have to throw
a fuckin' sandwich at them.
It's clear.
Whoa.
Yeah, looks different
in the daylight, huh?
We should get movin'.
It's like a fucked-up moon.
- Is this where they bombed?
- Yeah.
They hit most of the
big cities like this.
They had to slow the spread somehow.
Worked here, but it
didn't in most places.
So, the State House is across there.
It's about a 10-minute walk
if you could go straight.
- So?
- Long way or short way?
I mean, it's the long way
or the "we're fuckin' dead" way.
Well, I vote long way
just based on that limited information.
We have to check it
from the hotel first.
Okay.
Where the fuck are they already?
You'll know it when they're close.
I didn't know last time.
How did you get bit?
You know the old mall in the QZ?
The one that's sealed off
and boarded up,
and no one's supposed to go in ever?
That one?
Whatever. I snuck in.
Wanted to see what it was like.
Didn't think there was
gonna be anything in there,
and then one just came
at me outta nowhere.
Thought I got away, but.
So it was just you in there, alone?
Yeah.
How old are you?
Fourteen.
Wow.
Well, I mean, you got
some balls on you, sister.
Thanks.
Nobody's gonna be
comin' after you, right?
Like, Mom, Dad
boyfriend?
I'm an orphan, and, uh, no.
Everyone said the open city was crazy.
Like, swarms of Infected
running around everywhere.
Not exactly like that.
You know, people like to tell stories.
So, there aren't Super-Infected
that explode fungus spores on you?
Shit, I hope not.
Or ones with split-open heads
that see in the dark like bats?
What was that?
Let's keep movin'.
You've gotta be kidding me!
Ya ever stay in a place like this?
Uh, no, a little out of our league.
- How do you even know what this is?
- Have you heard of books?
Wait, are we going in there?
Yeah, we gotta get to
the stairwell on the other side.
Well, I, I don't know how to swim.
Seriously?
- Do you think we have pools in the QZ?
- No, smart ass.
I mean.
I don't know how I was
supposed to know that.
This is so gross.
Oh, check it out!
Ding, ding.
Yes, sir. I would like
your finest suite, please.
Yes, ma'am. Would you like
me to take your luggage?
- Yes, ma'am. Right away, ma'am
- You're a weird kid.
You're a weird kid.
Oh fuck!
Oh, my God.
Uh, sorry.
- You okay?
- Yep. Fucking fabulous.
Fuck Holy shit.
Come on, it wasn't that bad.
You try climbing ten
fuckin' floors with our knees.
See how ya feel.
Well, when the fuck did that happen?
Maybe that one.
No.
All right, well, I mean,
maybe I could climb up there,
work my way around,
and open it from the inside?
Uh, no, well, I'm the smallest,
so it'd be easier for me to get through.
Mm-hm, but you die and
we get nothing. You stay.
Can you give me a hand?
You good up there?
Yeah, uh, it's a bit of a mess,
so I'm gonna need a few minutes.
Nice knife.
- Where'd you learn to do that?
- The circus.
Where are you from?
Texas.
- What about Tess?
- Detroit. It's in Michigan.
I go to school. I know where Detroit is.
So, uh, you two like a
Pass.
- How'd you end up in Boston?
- Pass.
No more questions about me.
How long do Infected live?
Oh, I thought you went to school.
It's a really shitty one.
Well, some last about a month or two.
But there's others been
walkin' around 'bout 20 years.
- Ever kill one?
- Yeah, I killed lots of 'em.
Was it hard?
Like, knowing they were people once?
Sometimes.
What about that guy last night?
Put the gun down, Joel.
What now?
- There's so many.
- The last time we were here,
they were still deep
inside the buildings.
Then I guess enough people
came through looking for the QZ,
they went inside seeking shelter
and that's how they get more and more
of the city bit by bit, year after year.
They're connected.
More than you know.
The fungus also grows underground.
Long fibers like wires,
some of them stretching over a mile.
Now, you step on a patch
of cordyceps in one place,
and you can wake a dozen
Infected from somewhere else.
Now they know where
you are, now they come.
You're not immune from
being ripped apart.
You understand?
It's important.
I'm tryin' to keep you alive.
So, we're not goin' that way.
No.
What do we do then?
Short way?!
Museum.
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.
Well, there's a way
across from the top floor.
Well, then I guess it's fine.
- We used to take it all the time.
- Okay.
- Look, it was fine.
- Awesome.
It's bone dry.
It could mean they're
all finally dead in there.
Oh, man.
Marlene pack you one of these
- or just sandwiches?
- Yeah.
Okay, so more ground rules.
We're gonna go slowly.
If we come up against
anything, you get behind us
and ya stay there, okay?
Yes.
I have a spare hand.
Congratulations.
Yeah cooked.
Oh, finally, some fuckin' luck.
I guess we should've gone
this way in the first place.
Oh, shit!
What the fuck did that?
Maybe
maybe he was attacked outside,
and crawled through the doors.
The door was open. Could've been him.
- I don't hear anything.
- Who would you hear?
Who would you hear?
- Are you saying an Infected did that?
- Shh.
Because I've been attacked by
one and it wasn't like that.
Okay, from this point forward,
we are silent.
Not quiet. Silent.
- What
- No. No questions. Just do it.
They can't see, but they can hear.
Run!
Ah!
Run, run!
- You all right?
- Twisted ankle, but yeah.
You all right?
Well, I didn't shit my pants, so.
You fucking kidding me?
I mean, if it was gonna
happen to one of us.
Hey
let's get the fuck outta here.
- Put this around your arm.
- Thanks.
- Over there?
- Yeah, I know. It looks scary.
That was scary. This is wood.
Just wait there. Give us a minute.
There's probably more ahead.
So, we'll deal with it then.
I got it. I got it.
What about the kid?
I mean, maybe
the first bite didn't take,
- but what about the second?
- How 'bout you just take the good news?
Can you do that?
Like to think, for once,
maybe we could actually win?
Just go, go and watch her.
Is it everything you hoped for?
Jury's still out.
But, man, you can't deny that view.
C'mon, let's get there before it's dark.
Where the fuck are they?
Stay back.
Joel?
- What the fuck is going on?
- I don't know.
They went inside.
- Come on.
- Tess.
Come on!
Tess!
Holy shit.
Oh, Jesus.
Okay.
I mean, there's gotta be a,
a fuckin' radio or somethin', right?
Who killed them? FEDRA?
No.
One of them got bit.
The healthy ones fought the
sick ones. Everyone lost.
Tess? What're you doin'?
Where did Marlene say
that she was taking you?
- Ellie!
- Uh, I don't know. Just west.
Just west. Fuck. Okay.
Well, I mean, one of them's
gotta have a map on them, right?
- Joel, can ya help me?
- No!
Tess it's over.
- We are going home.
- That's not my fucking home!
I'm stayin'.
I mean our luck had to
run out sooner or later.
Fuck.
She's infected.
Show me.
Joel.
Oops, right?
Take your bandage off.
Look.
Joel?
This is real.
Joel, she's fucking real.
I need you to get her
to Bill and Frank's.
- No.
- They'll take her off your hands.
- No.
- They'll handle it from here.
No, no, no, I can't.
They won't take her.
- They're not gonna take her.
- They will. They will
'cause you'll convince them.
Yes, you will.
I, I never ask you for anything,
- not to feel the way I felt.
- No.
Not to Shut the fuck up
'cause I don't have time.
This is your chance.
You get her there
you keep her alive
and you set everything right.
All the shit we did.
Please say yes, Joel, please.
Oh fuck!
- How many?
- All of them.
Maybe a minute.
- What are you doing?
- Making sure that
they don't follow you.
Joel
save who you can save.
No!
We're not leaving her!
Get off me, you fucker!
I'm not going with you!
- Do I look like I'm infected?
- Show us your arm.
Yeah, it's not getting any worse, is it?
If we're out in the open city,
why aren't we getting swarmed?
- Don't worry about that.
- Well, I'm gonna.
What was Marlene doing
with an infected kid?
I'm not infected.
She found me after I was bitten.
- And she didn't shoot you.
- Clearly not.
She locked me up and had
her guys test me every day
to see if I was getting sick.
Test you how?
- I have to pee.
- Test you how?
They'd make me count to 10
and hold out my hand
and then keep it steady.
But, you know, I think
what really impressed them
was the fact that I didn't
turn into a fucking monster.
Now can I please?
Fine.
Back there. You can find a spot.
And here.
Tear out a few pages.
There's not gonna be
anything bad in here?
- Just you.
- Oh, funny.
Broken.
Maybe a hairline. It'll heal fast.
She made it through
the fuckin' night, Joel.
It doesn't matter.
It's gonna happen sooner or later.
All right? We're still
close to the wall.
We sneak her back into the QZ.
We find a different
way to get the battery.
This is our best shot.
We take her back to the QZ,
someone's gonna notice her arm,
they're gonna scan her
then they'll kill her.
Well, better them then us.
You need to stop talkin' about this kid
like she's got some kinda
life in front of her.
You hungry?
You can share some of ours.
Thanks. Marlene sent me with my own.
Is that chicken?
Yeah.
Marlene said they get it from smugglers.
Guess not you guys.
- Hey. Hey!
- Why
Why are you so important to Marlene?
And don't lie to me
or we'll take you back.
You take me back,
you don't get your battery.
You heard that?
Then you must've heard
that he wants to shoot you.
I'm gonna talk to you
like you're an adult.
Okay?
Joel and I aren't good people.
We're doin' this for us
because, apparently,
you're worth something.
But we don't know what you're worth
if we don't know what we have.
So answer my question.
She told me not to tell anybody,
and now I'm telling
the first people that I
There's a Firefly base
camp somewhere out west
with doctors.
- They're working on a cure.
- Mm-hm.
I've heard this before.
And whatever happened to me
is the key to finding the vaccine.
That's what this is?
We've heard this a million times.
Vaccines, miracle
cures. None of it works.
- Ever.
- Fuck you, man. I didn't ask for this.
You and me both.
This isn't gonna end well, Tess.
We need to go back.
Let's just finish it.
It doesn't matter if she is or
she isn't what the Fireflies say.
If they believe that she is
then
we get what we want.
If she so much as twitches.
Don't.
Okay.
Okay?
Okay.
Can I have a gun?
- Absolutely not.
- No.
Okay, Jesus. Fine. I'll have to throw
a fuckin' sandwich at them.
It's clear.
Whoa.
Yeah, looks different
in the daylight, huh?
We should get movin'.
It's like a fucked-up moon.
- Is this where they bombed?
- Yeah.
They hit most of the
big cities like this.
They had to slow the spread somehow.
Worked here, but it
didn't in most places.
So, the State House is across there.
It's about a 10-minute walk
if you could go straight.
- So?
- Long way or short way?
I mean, it's the long way
or the "we're fuckin' dead" way.
Well, I vote long way
just based on that limited information.
We have to check it
from the hotel first.
Okay.
Where the fuck are they already?
You'll know it when they're close.
I didn't know last time.
How did you get bit?
You know the old mall in the QZ?
The one that's sealed off
and boarded up,
and no one's supposed to go in ever?
That one?
Whatever. I snuck in.
Wanted to see what it was like.
Didn't think there was
gonna be anything in there,
and then one just came
at me outta nowhere.
Thought I got away, but.
So it was just you in there, alone?
Yeah.
How old are you?
Fourteen.
Wow.
Well, I mean, you got
some balls on you, sister.
Thanks.
Nobody's gonna be
comin' after you, right?
Like, Mom, Dad
boyfriend?
I'm an orphan, and, uh, no.
Everyone said the open city was crazy.
Like, swarms of Infected
running around everywhere.
Not exactly like that.
You know, people like to tell stories.
So, there aren't Super-Infected
that explode fungus spores on you?
Shit, I hope not.
Or ones with split-open heads
that see in the dark like bats?
What was that?
Let's keep movin'.
You've gotta be kidding me!
Ya ever stay in a place like this?
Uh, no, a little out of our league.
- How do you even know what this is?
- Have you heard of books?
Wait, are we going in there?
Yeah, we gotta get to
the stairwell on the other side.
Well, I, I don't know how to swim.
Seriously?
- Do you think we have pools in the QZ?
- No, smart ass.
I mean.
I don't know how I was
supposed to know that.
This is so gross.
Oh, check it out!
Ding, ding.
Yes, sir. I would like
your finest suite, please.
Yes, ma'am. Would you like
me to take your luggage?
- Yes, ma'am. Right away, ma'am
- You're a weird kid.
You're a weird kid.
Oh fuck!
Oh, my God.
Uh, sorry.
- You okay?
- Yep. Fucking fabulous.
Fuck Holy shit.
Come on, it wasn't that bad.
You try climbing ten
fuckin' floors with our knees.
See how ya feel.
Well, when the fuck did that happen?
Maybe that one.
No.
All right, well, I mean,
maybe I could climb up there,
work my way around,
and open it from the inside?
Uh, no, well, I'm the smallest,
so it'd be easier for me to get through.
Mm-hm, but you die and
we get nothing. You stay.
Can you give me a hand?
You good up there?
Yeah, uh, it's a bit of a mess,
so I'm gonna need a few minutes.
Nice knife.
- Where'd you learn to do that?
- The circus.
Where are you from?
Texas.
- What about Tess?
- Detroit. It's in Michigan.
I go to school. I know where Detroit is.
So, uh, you two like a
Pass.
- How'd you end up in Boston?
- Pass.
No more questions about me.
How long do Infected live?
Oh, I thought you went to school.
It's a really shitty one.
Well, some last about a month or two.
But there's others been
walkin' around 'bout 20 years.
- Ever kill one?
- Yeah, I killed lots of 'em.
Was it hard?
Like, knowing they were people once?
Sometimes.
What about that guy last night?
Put the gun down, Joel.
What now?
- There's so many.
- The last time we were here,
they were still deep
inside the buildings.
Then I guess enough people
came through looking for the QZ,
they went inside seeking shelter
and that's how they get more and more
of the city bit by bit, year after year.
They're connected.
More than you know.
The fungus also grows underground.
Long fibers like wires,
some of them stretching over a mile.
Now, you step on a patch
of cordyceps in one place,
and you can wake a dozen
Infected from somewhere else.
Now they know where
you are, now they come.
You're not immune from
being ripped apart.
You understand?
It's important.
I'm tryin' to keep you alive.
So, we're not goin' that way.
No.
What do we do then?
Short way?!
Museum.
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.
Well, there's a way
across from the top floor.
Well, then I guess it's fine.
- We used to take it all the time.
- Okay.
- Look, it was fine.
- Awesome.
It's bone dry.
It could mean they're
all finally dead in there.
Oh, man.
Marlene pack you one of these
- or just sandwiches?
- Yeah.
Okay, so more ground rules.
We're gonna go slowly.
If we come up against
anything, you get behind us
and ya stay there, okay?
Yes.
I have a spare hand.
Congratulations.
Yeah cooked.
Oh, finally, some fuckin' luck.
I guess we should've gone
this way in the first place.
Oh, shit!
What the fuck did that?
Maybe
maybe he was attacked outside,
and crawled through the doors.
The door was open. Could've been him.
- I don't hear anything.
- Who would you hear?
Who would you hear?
- Are you saying an Infected did that?
- Shh.
Because I've been attacked by
one and it wasn't like that.
Okay, from this point forward,
we are silent.
Not quiet. Silent.
- What
- No. No questions. Just do it.
They can't see, but they can hear.
Run!
Ah!
Run, run!
- You all right?
- Twisted ankle, but yeah.
You all right?
Well, I didn't shit my pants, so.
You fucking kidding me?
I mean, if it was gonna
happen to one of us.
Hey
let's get the fuck outta here.
- Put this around your arm.
- Thanks.
- Over there?
- Yeah, I know. It looks scary.
That was scary. This is wood.
Just wait there. Give us a minute.
There's probably more ahead.
So, we'll deal with it then.
I got it. I got it.
What about the kid?
I mean, maybe
the first bite didn't take,
- but what about the second?
- How 'bout you just take the good news?
Can you do that?
Like to think, for once,
maybe we could actually win?
Just go, go and watch her.
Is it everything you hoped for?
Jury's still out.
But, man, you can't deny that view.
C'mon, let's get there before it's dark.
Where the fuck are they?
Stay back.
Joel?
- What the fuck is going on?
- I don't know.
They went inside.
- Come on.
- Tess.
Come on!
Tess!
Holy shit.
Oh, Jesus.
Okay.
I mean, there's gotta be a,
a fuckin' radio or somethin', right?
Who killed them? FEDRA?
No.
One of them got bit.
The healthy ones fought the
sick ones. Everyone lost.
Tess? What're you doin'?
Where did Marlene say
that she was taking you?
- Ellie!
- Uh, I don't know. Just west.
Just west. Fuck. Okay.
Well, I mean, one of them's
gotta have a map on them, right?
- Joel, can ya help me?
- No!
Tess it's over.
- We are going home.
- That's not my fucking home!
I'm stayin'.
I mean our luck had to
run out sooner or later.
Fuck.
She's infected.
Show me.
Joel.
Oops, right?
Take your bandage off.
Look.
Joel?
This is real.
Joel, she's fucking real.
I need you to get her
to Bill and Frank's.
- No.
- They'll take her off your hands.
- No.
- They'll handle it from here.
No, no, no, I can't.
They won't take her.
- They're not gonna take her.
- They will. They will
'cause you'll convince them.
Yes, you will.
I, I never ask you for anything,
- not to feel the way I felt.
- No.
Not to Shut the fuck up
'cause I don't have time.
This is your chance.
You get her there
you keep her alive
and you set everything right.
All the shit we did.
Please say yes, Joel, please.
Oh fuck!
- How many?
- All of them.
Maybe a minute.
- What are you doing?
- Making sure that
they don't follow you.
Joel
save who you can save.
No!
We're not leaving her!
Get off me, you fucker!
I'm not going with you!