The Last of Us (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

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Revelation 21.
"And I saw a new
heaven and a new Earth.
"For the first heaven and the
first Earth were passed away.
"And I heard a great voice
out of heaven say, 'Behold
"'the tabernacle of God
"'is with men.
"And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes.'"
It's okay. It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay, it's okay. Shh-shh.
I've read this passage too many times.
Do you remember what comes next?
Mm-mm.
"'And God will wipe away
all tears from their eyes
"'that there will be no more death,
"'neither sorrow, nor crying,
"'neither will there be any more pain
for the former things are passed away.'"
Do you know what that means?
Good.
When can we bury him?
The ground is too cold to dig.
We'll bury your father in the spring.
Bless you God bless you.
We'll get through this, Joyce.
How much do we have left?
Venison elk, rabbit.
Keep the whole town on rations
maybe a week.
Two at best.
Josiah and Martin think
they spotted some deer
the other night, couple miles east.
It was dark.
See what you wanna see sometimes.
Anyway.
James.
Yeah?
I sensed doubt in there.
They haven't lost faith in ya, David.
They're just scared.
Not from them.
I still believe.
It's been a
The last six months have been hard.
For all of us.
But I need to know you're with me.
Yeah.
Good.
Now go get our guns.
We're goin' huntin'.
All right.
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You thirsty?
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I'm gonna be right back, okay?
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No fucking way.
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Well, what do you think?
I don't see anybody.
You think we can just take it?
Yeah. Quickly.
Whoever shot it's probably nearby.
Don't!
Drop your rifles!
Now!
Turn and face me Slow.
Any sudden moves,
I put one right between your eyes.
Ditto for buddy boy.
You're quite a hunter.
We didn't even hear you coming.
Turn around and walk away.
- Okay.
- Just go!
Okay, all I ask is 10
seconds of your time.
- I just wanna talk.
- I won't say it twice.
Please. Just 10 seconds.
My name is David.
This is my friend, James.
We're from a larger group:
women, children,
and we're all very, very hungry.
I'm from a large group, too.
Also hungry.
Well, even so
ya can't drag this back on your own.
We're not asking for charity.
We-we can trade you
for some of the deer. We have
What do you need? We have boots.
Medicine?
Like, for infections.
We do. Back in our village.
You're welcome to follow us.
I'm not following you anywhere.
Buddy boy can go get it.
He comes back, you get half the deer.
Anyone else shows up, I put one
Put one right between my eyes.
That's right.
All right, go talk to Howard.
He's got a case with some penicillin.
Bring back two bottles and a syringe.
It's not code, James. Do as I said.
Ten steps back.
Keep going.
That's your dad's gun?
He the one that's sick?
That's why you're out here on your own?
Well, look, uh
it's a four-mile round trip
back to our settlement.
It's gonna be a while
before James gets back.
I have some oil and matches in my pack.
We could take shelter,
start a fire.
Bring him with us.
Go.
You know, you really shouldn't
be out here all on your own.
From where I'm sitting,
you shouldn't be out here on your own.
Fair enough.
So what's your name?
It's hard to trust strangers. I know.
But I honestly mean you no harm.
And for what it's worth,
there's room for you in our group,
if you want.
You're inviting me to
your Hunger Club? Thanks.
It's true. We're hungry,
but we're still here.
I'm a decent man
just tryna take care of the people
who rely on me.
You're their leader?
Wasn't my choice. It was theirs. But
Yes.
They "chose to follow you."
Is this some weird cult thing?
Uhh, well, you sorta kinda got me there.
I am a preacher,
but just pretty standard Bible stuff.
- What?
- The whole world ended
and you still believe that shit.
I actually started believing
after the world ended.
Before that, I was a teacher.
Math. Taught kids about your age.
So you went from teacher
to preacher because, what?
It fuckin' rhymes?
Yeah, exactly.
But seriously.
Well, I found God
after the Apocalypse,
which is either the best time
or the worst time to find Him,
hard to say.
But when the Pittsburgh QZ fell in '17,
Fireflies and FEDRA
I left with a few others
and th-that's how I
ended up with our flock.
Long way from Pittsburgh.
Yeah, we'd settle somewhere,
and then raiders would come,
so we'd move again.
And as we wandered, we picked up
new people along the way until
we ended up here.
Well, your luck had to
run out sooner or later.
Hm? Luck?
There's no such thing as luck.
No, I-I-I believe everything
happens for a reason.
It does.
It does. I can prove it to you.
Okay.
We didn't expect
this winter to be so cruel.
Nothing'll grow. Game's
been hard to find.
So I sent four of our
people to a nearby town
to-to scavenge what they could.
And only three of 'em came back.
And the one that didn't was a father.
He had a daughter just like you.
And her dad was taken from her.
Turns out, he was murdered
by this crazy man.
And get this.
That crazy man
was traveling with a little girl.
You see?
Everything happens for a reason.
James, lower the gun.
She is the one that killed Alec,
isn't she?
She didn't kill anybody.
Lower the gun.
Did you bring the medicine?
- Yeah, but
- Throw it to her.
David.
Back away.
I know you're not with a group.
You won't survive for long out there.
I can protect you.
So you're just gonna let her get away?
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Ah, okay, the fuck do I put this, Joel?
Joel?
Joel, where the fuck do I put this?
Fuck it.
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Only five more left.
What is it?
Venison.
Big one.
If you've heard a rumor
yes, we found a girl who was with
the man who took Alec from us.
When the sun rises, I'll lead
a group out to pick up her trail.
Won't be hard to find in the snow.
We'll follow it to
wherever they're hiding
and we'll bring that man to justice.
You should kill him.
You should kill both of them.
I know you think you don't
have a father anymore.
But the truth is, Hannah,
you will always have a father.
And you will show him
respect when he's speaking.
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Thank you.
Lord, bless this food
and grant that we
May thankful for thy mercies be.
To teach us to know by whom we're fed,
bless us with Christ, the living bread.
- Amen.
- Amen.
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Stay alert.
If this man's not already dead,
he's dangerous.
What about the girl?
We bring her back with us.
I don't mean to question
your sense of mercy, David.
We can let her go.
But we bring that girl back with us,
she's just another mouth to feed.
If we leave her out here, she'll die.
Yeah, but maybe that's God's will.
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Joel! Joel, wake up.
Joel, wake the fuck up, Joel.
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Okay okay, look at me.
There are men coming, okay?
I'm gonna lead them away from you,
but if anybody makes it down here,
you fucking kill them. You got it?
Joel.
Joel, do not fall asleep.
Come on.
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Hey, motherfuckers!
Shit!
Go! Let's go.
Alive!
Keep comin', fuckers!
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I got her!
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Do it.
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Two of you with me. Drag the horse.
The rest of you, stay
here. Go door to door.
You so hungry for vengeance?
Deliver it.
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I started worrying you wouldn't wake up.
Let me out.
Well, that's certainly the goal.
Hungry?
Why am I in a cage?
Because I'm afraid of you.
You're a dangerous person.
You've certainly proven that.
The others, they want me to kill
you for all that's happened.
Did you hear me say
the others wanna kill you?
Yeah.
- But I stopped them.
- Fuck you.
Why don't we just start with your name?
Eat shit.
Hey, listen to me!
You can't survive on your own.
No one can.
But I can help you.
Let me protect you.
I'm not on my own.
Right. Your friend.
And how is he?
I can see how much you care about him
so I know it hurts.
But even so
you gotta face reality.
That part of your life, it's ending.
And what I'm offering
you is a beginning.
But if you can't find
a way to trust me
then, yes, you are alone.
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Timothy?
Oh, shit.
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Stop stop. Please.
- Leave him alone.
- You're next.
Please
I don't know any girl.
- Oh, fuck!
- Jesus!
- Marco.
- No-no, no-no-no.
He can't help you. You focus right here.
Or I'll pop your fuckin' kneecap off.
She's alive.
Where?
Ah, fuck! Fuck! Ah, the town!
What town?!
Silver Lake.
Ah!
It's not a real town name.
It's a resort.
A resort?
You're gonna point to where we are
and where your "resort" is.
And it better be the exact
same spot your buddy points to.
Okay.
That's where we are.
I swear.
Go ask him. He'll tell you.
I'm not lying.
Ah!
No no!
Shit! Jesus! No!
Why the fuck did you do that?!
He told you what you wanted!
You motherfucker. Fuck you.
I ain't tellin' you shit.
- It's okay I believe him.
- No, no.
For what it's worth,
this is just deer meat. I swear.
You're gonna chop me up
into little pieces.
I'd rather not.
Please, just tell me your name.
- If you wanna judge me
- Judge you?
You're eating people, you sick fuck!
Yes.
There are only a few of us that know.
But I would've told you.
Sooner or later. I guess sooner.
- You're an animal.
- Well, yes, we all are.
That's sorta the point.
It was a last resort.
You think it doesn't shame me?
But what was I supposed to do?
Let them starve?
These people who put
their lives in my hands,
who e-expect me to keep them safe,
who love me?
Yeah, maybe.
You don't believe that.
I don't think your friend would either.
Didn't he take another
man's life to save yours?
He was defending himself.
He was defending you.
But you knew that.
You see a lot.
So do I.
And you know what I
see when I look at you?
Me.
You remind me of me.
You're a natural leader,
you're smart loyal.
Violent.
You don't know anything about me.
But I do.
If I let you out of that cage right now,
put that knife of yours in your hand,
you'd stick me in a second.
You have a violent heart.
And I should know.
I've always had a violent heart.
And I struggled with it for a long time.
But then the world ended
and I was shown the truth.
Right by God.
No.
By Cordyceps.
What does Cordyceps do? Is it evil?
No.
It's fruitful. It multiplies.
It feeds and protects its children,
and it secures its future
with violence, if it must.
It loves.
Why are you telling me all of this?
Because you can handle it.
The way the others can't.
They need God. They need heaven.
They need
they need a father.
You don't.
You're beyond that.
I'm a shepherd surrounded by sheep,
and all I want
is an equal.
A friend.
What about my friend?
Like I said, loyal.
I can tell the others
to stop looking for him.
They'll spare him.
Really?
They'll just let him go?
Yes.
If he leaves us in peace,
they will just let him go.
They do what I tell them to do.
They follow me.
And they would follow us.
Lord knows I could use the help. I
Look what's happened.
Think of what we could do together,
as strong as we are.
We'd make this place perfect.
We'd grow, spread out.
And we'd do whatever we
needed for our people.
Imagine the life we could give them.
Imagine the life we could build.
Oh.
Ah, ah!
You little cunt.
Let's see what I go tell the others now.
Ellie.
What?
Tell them that Ellie is the little girl
who broke your fucking finger!
How did you put it? Hmm?
"Tiny little pieces"?
No! No! No!
Get off of me!
- Get off!
- Agh!
- Wait, wait!
- Shut up!
Wait, wait, wait, wait!
Don't! Don't do it! Please, don't do it!
- Please, don't! Don't!
- You had your chance.
I'm infected!
I'm infected.
And now so are you.
Roll up my sleeve.
Look at it. Look at it!
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What did you say?
Everything happens for a reason, right?
David.
No.
No, she would've turned by now.
This isn't real.
It looks pretty fuckin' real to me.
There's no way out, Ellie.
The doors are locked.
And I have the keys.
Ellie?
Ellie!
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Ellie
I know you're not infected.
No one infected fights
this hard to stay alive.
So how did you do it?
What's the secret?
Or are you just that fucking special?
No one likes being humiliated, Ellie.
You don't know how good I am!
You don't know what
I could've given you!
If you had just let me!
Well, I have news for you.
Neither one of us is dying today.
You see, I've changed my mind.
I've decided you do need a father.
So I'm gonna keep you
and I'm gonna teach you.
Ellie.
Ellie
Ah, fuck.
Oh.
I thought you already knew.
The fighting is the
part I like the most.
Don't be afraid.
"There's no fear in love."
No! Get off of me!
Get off! Get off!
- It's me.
- Get
It's me.
Hey look.
It's me It's me.
- It's okay.
- He
It's okay.
It's okay, baby girl.
I got you.
I got you.
Okay.