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[theme music playing]

[gun cocks]

[imitates gunshots]

[gun cocking]

We have to do this every hour?

Gas breaks down over time.

This stuff's almost water.

Back in the day, we'd drive ten to 12 hours on one tank.

- You could go anywhere. - So where'd you go?

Pretty much nowhere.

- Nice! How does that work? - [liquid trickles]

It's a siphon.

It's when liquid travels against gravity

- because pressure... - You don't know.

- I know it works. - [Ellie chuckles]

No wandering.

Okay.

This is your fault then.

"It doesn't matter how much you push the envelope,

it'll still be stationery."

[Ellie giggles]

"No Pun Intended, Volume Too" by Will Livingston.

"Volume Too." Look. You get it?

- "Too"? Like, T-o-o. [chuckles softly] - Jesus.

"What did the mermaid wear to her math class?"

"An algae bra."

Like, [laughing heartily] algae bra.

- "I stayed up all night... - No.

...wondering where the sun went,

and then it dawned on me."

- Feel free to wait in the truck. - Okay.

But just know, you can't escape Will Livingston.

He'll be back.

There's nothing you can do to stop him.

[Ellie] Must've been some truck.

Yeah. They used to stick big-ass plows on them,

and clear the roads for their tanks and such.

I wanna see a tank.

You will.

Tanks, choppers, all that stuff.

But they'll fight the wrong enemy.

Just scattered around now.

I got something.

Here. This make you all nostalgic?

This is actually before my time.

- Great. - It's a winner, though.

["Alone and Forsaken" playing]

We met in the springtime When blossoms unfold...

Oh, man.

Got something else.

It's light on the reading, but it has some interesting pictures.

Oh. No, no, no. Put that back. That's not for kids. Ellie.

How would he even walk around with that thing?

Please get rid of it.

Hold your horses. I wanna see what all the fuss is about.

.. The roses have faded There's frost at my door

The birds in the morning...

Why are all these pages stuck together?

Uh...

The...

I'm just fucking with you.

..In the valley is starting to die And out in the darkness...

Bye-bye, dude!

Alone and forsaken by fate and by man

Oh Lord, if you hear me Please hold to my hand

Oh, please understand

Oh, where has she gone to? Oh, where can she be?

She may have forsaken some other like me

She promised to honor, to love, and obey

Each vow was a plaything That she threw away...

The darkness is falling The sky has turned gray

A hound in the distance Is starting to bey

I wonder I wonder what she's thinking of

Forsaken, forgotten without any love

All right. That's enough for today.

- Slow down. - This is slow.

What am I even eating?

That is 20-year-old Chef Boyardee ravioli.

- That guy was good. - I actually agree.

How long are we staying out here?

I figure I sleep tonight,

and drive tomorrow all day, all night,

get us to Wyoming by next morning.

So can we start a fire? I'm freezing.

Now, why am I gonna tell you no?

Because Infected will see the smoke.

No. Fungus isn't that smart.

This is too remote for Infected, anyway.

People?

So what are they gonna do? Rob us?

Well, they'll have way more in mind than that.

Okay.

Actually smells kinda good.

Well, that would be Frank's then.

[softly] Joel.

- Joel. - What?

- Can I ask you a serious question? - Yeah.

"Why did the scarecrow get an award?"

Because he was outstanding in his field.

You dick!

- Did you read this? - No.

Now go to sleep.

Those people you said,

there's no way anyone knows we're here, right?

No one's gonna find us.

No one's gonna find us.

Okay.

[groans] What the fuck is that?

You don't like coffee?

[car starting]

Is that seriously what those Starbucks in the QZ used to sell?

Well, theirs was a lot fresher than what Bill saved up,

but yeah, this is what they sold.

Smells like burnt shit.

[slurping]

Eyes on the map.

76 West

and then 70 West for, like, ever.

Where in Wyoming did you say your brother was?

Last contact came through a radio tower close to Cody.

Cody.

Cody. Cody. Oh, man. That is deep up in there.

- Yeah. - And if he's not there?

Then, odds are he'll be near a settlement,

probably close to another city out.

There ain't too many of them in Wyoming.

Chee-Yen.

- Cheyenne. - Really?

Cheyenne, Laramie, Casper.

What's his name?

- Whose name? - Your brother.

- Tommy. - Younger, older?

- Younger. - Why isn't he with you?

- It's a long story. - Is it longer than 25 hours?

'Cause I think that's what we got.

Tommy's what we used to call a "Joiner."

Dreams of becoming a hero.

So he enlisted in the Army right out of high school.

A few months later, they ship him off to Desert Storm.

It's what they called that war. It doesn't matter.

The point is, being in the Army didn't make him feel much like a hero.

Cut to 12 years later, outbreak happens.

He convinces me to join a group making their way up to Boston,

which I did, mostly to keep an eye on him, keep him alive.

It's where we met Tess.

And that whole crew, we...

Well, for what it was, it worked.

And then Tommy meets Marlene.

She talks him into joining the Fireflies.

Same mistake he made when he was 18.

Wants to save the world.

Pipe dream. Him, Fireflies, all of them.

Delusional.

'Course, last I heard, he quit the Fireflies, too.

So now he's on his own out there and...

I gotta go get him.

If you don't think there's hope for the world,

why bother going on?

I mean, you gotta try, right?

You haven't seen the world, so you don't know.

You keep going for family.

- That's about it. - I'm not family.

[Joel] No.

You're cargo. And I made a promise to Tess.

And she was like family.

- What if you don't find him? - I will.

- How do you know? - I'm persistent.

You got up pretty early. If you wanna grab more sleep...

I'm not even tired.

Stay put.

Where are we?

Kansas City.

How far back do we have to go to get around this?

Screw it.

What are you doing?

We can jog right around this tunnel,

take the next ramp,

and we're back on the road a minute tops.

Where the fuck is the highway?

I can't tell from this. I'm all turned around.

Don't look at the state map. Look at the inset.

[Ellie] I don't know where we are in that either!

This is my second day in a fucking car, man.

I mean, I think we're heading north?

It's gotta be the right.

What the fuck?

- Stop! - [tires screech]

Is that the QZ?

Where the fuck is FEDRA?

Hey!

Please help!

[groans softly]

Put your seatbelt on.

- Aren't we gonna help him? - No.

[car revs]

Fuck! Go, go, go!

Joel!

[thud]

Fuck!

- Are you okay? - Yeah.

- You're not hurt? Nothing? - I don't think so.

[gunshots]

Belts off! Fast!

[gunshots]

[man] Let's see you, motherfucker!

Give us your shit, you make it through this!

We promise!

[panting]

[Joel] Hey, you see that hole?

Can you squeeze through?

[gunshots]

[man] Last chance!

When I say go, you crawl to that wall,

and you squeeze through, and you don't come out until I say, okay?

- [gunshot] - [window shatters]

And they're not gonna hit you. Look at me!

They're not gonna hit you.

You stay down, you stay low, you stay quiet.

- [gunshots] - Mmm-hmm.

- Okay. - Okay.

Go!

[gunshots]

Fuck!

[man] You motherfucker!

[gunshot]

[man grunts]

Now you're gonna fucking pay!

What you fucking did,

you fucking killed yourself, motherfucker!

[muted groans]

[man chokes, coughs]

No, no, no! It's okay. It's okay.

It's over. We're not fighting anymore.

[sobbing] I'm gonna go home. I'll tell everyone you're good.

I don't know what to do.

My legs don't work. [crying]

My mom isn't far, if you could get me to her.

[groans]

We could trade with you guys.

We could be friends. I didn't know.

I'm Bryan. I'm Bryan.

What's your name?

[crying hysterically]

Wait, wait, wait.

You can have it. It's a good knife.

[Bryan sobs]

Get back behind the wall.

No, no, no, no! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Please, please. We could just talk.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Please, please. No, no, no! Please! No, please!

Please! I'm sorry!

I'm sorry! Please!

You don't have to! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Please! No, no, no! We can just talk!

We can just talk! Mom! Mom! Mom!

[Joel] Ellie, I gotta get in there. I can't fit through.

- There's some stuff against the door. - [Joel] Well, can you move it?

- Let's go. Fast. - Right.

I'm okay. I'm good.

I got some food in here still, and I got your light still.

What now?

- We go up. - To get a better look?

Hopefully we spot a clear route out.

- Stay close. - Got it.

[man] Bryan!

Bryan!

Body, body!

They got fucking Bryan!

[Edelstein] I told you. I was alone.

I haven't seen any of those people since that night.

What else do you want me to say?

[Kathleen] I don't know. The truth?

Kathleen.

[sighs] The Bergquists, hmm? No?

Mark Anthony Halpin.

Carrie Schreiber. You haven't seen them?

The Chans. Henry Burrell.

Okay.

You know where Henry is.

"Lawyer...

...Medical attention.

Family visit."

I wonder if this is the cell

where my brother was beaten to death.

Oh, you were wronged.

And I'm sorry.

But this has gone too far.

It has to stop.

Oh, it has to stop now, you mean?

Now that you're in the cell.

But before, people dying was okay?

When you were safe and protected and ratting on your neighbors to FEDRA.

They put a gun to my head.

There.

Have I satisfied the necessary conditions

for you to talk?

Kathleen, for God's sake.

I delivered you.

I held you in my hands.

I never told them anything about your brother.

But Henry did.

And we know that he's still in the city.

And I think that you know that too.

[sniffles]

Where is he?

You think I won't do it?

I'm your doctor.

[horn honking in distance]

[indistinct chatter]

Who did this?

We think it was outsiders. We found a truck, loaded.

It's not a FEDRA vehicle, but they were heavily supplied.

Could be mercs.

Well, if Henry has a radio, maybe he found someone out there.

Maybe he called these guys in.

Will he live?

What if I had a doctor?

[officer] There's no chance. I'm sorry.

Open it.

[Kathleen] This is Henry's work.

Understand?

And he won't stop until we stop him.

Find who did this.

Find every collaborator,

and kill them all.

[indistinct clamoring]

[Ellie] They're not FEDRA, and they're not Fireflies,

so who are they?

[Joel] People.

[Ellie] Are we okay in here?

[Joel] For a little bit, maybe.

Looks like they're checking out apartment buildings first.

But they'll be coming through these places soon enough.

There's a really tall building, like, four blocks away.

- [Joel] Yeah. Saw it. - So that's the one?

As soon as we don't hear a truck, we move.

Fast as we can.

Are you okay?

I'm all right.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Thing is, is I didn't hear that guy coming, and...

you shouldn't have had to...

You know?

Well, you're glad I did, right?

You're just a kid.

You shouldn't know what it means to...

It's not like you killed him.

But...

shooting...

I know what it's like,

first time that you hurt

someone like that.

If you...

- [sighing] I'm not good at this. - Yeah, you really aren't.

[Joel] I mean, it was my fault.

You shouldn't have had to.

And I'm sorry.

It wasn't my first time.

Show me your grip.

Finger off the trigger.

- Now, who taught you that? - FEDRA school.

Figures.

Your thumb,

over your thumb.

Left hand squeezes down on the right.

You got it?

There you go.

Look it.

[giggles]

Okay?

[gun cocking]

Uh-uh. You put it in your pack.

You'll shoot your damn ass off.

We'll get through this.

I know.

No sign of them. You?

Yeah.

They're out of food.

Henry won't let Sam starve.

Double the guards around our provisions.

- He's fucking close. I can feel it. - Yeah.

What?

[sighing]

Fuck.

[ground shattering]

Fuck.

[panting]

When do we tell the others?

Not yet.

Let's just handle what we have to handle.

We can deal with this after.

- Kathleen... - After.

Seal off the building for now.

Okay?

Yeah.

You're just gonna put your foot here.

One, two...

- Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. - Straighten up. I got you.

- [Ellie] Okay, I'm in. - Take a look around first.

Ellie. God damn it.

Where would you be without me, huh?

By now, Wyoming.

Oh. Yeah. Walked into that one.

[Joel] All right, we'll make our way up.

Come morning, I'll take a look at the city

and find our way out.

We're going up 42 flights?

Forty-five.

But no, not all the way.

How far?

[Joel] As far as I can make it.

[Ellie] Hey, you know that guy who said he was hurt?

How did you know it was an ambush?

I've been on both sides.

It was a long time ago. We did what we needed to survive.

You and Tess?

And the people we were with.

My brother too.

Did you kill innocent people?

Come on.

Holy shit.

- Yeah. - Thirty-three floors. That's good.

It's gonna have to be.

- Come on. - Give me a minute.

Get up, you lazy ass.

[Joel grunts]

"Lazy ass." I'm 56 years old, you little shit.

[Ellie chuckles]

Joel?

Joel.

Joel.

- What? - What are you doing?

I don't want someone sneaking up on us while we're sleeping.

I get it. Crunch, crunch, crunch.

Are you sure you're gonna hear it?

Of course I'll hear it. That's the damn point.

Okay.

Well, good night.

Yeah, good night.

- Hey. - [Ellie] Yeah?

When we were talking about hurting people,

what did you mean it wasn't your first time?

[Ellie] I don't wanna talk about it.

All right.

You don't have to.

I'm just saying.

It isn't fair, your age.

Having to deal with all of this.

So it gets easier when you get older?

No, not really.

But still...

The reason I asked whether you'd hear the glass or not is

'cause I've noticed you don't hear too well from your right side.

Is it 'cause you were shot there?

Probably more from shooting.

So if you wanna keep your hearing, you stick to that knife.

- Joel? - Hmm.

Did you know diarrhea is hereditary?

- What? - Yeah.

It runs in your jeans.

[scoffs]

Jesus.

[Ellie laughs]

That is so goddamn stupid.

- You laughed, motherfucker. - I didn't laugh.

Yes, you did.

- Jesus, I'm losing it. - You're losing it big time.

[Ellie laughs heartily]

- [Joel] Go to sleep. - [Ellie] You go to sleep.

[Ellie] Joel?

Joel!

[breathing rapidly]

["True Faith" playing]

I feel so extraordinary

Something's got a hold on me

I get this feeling I'm in motion

A sudden sense of liberty

I don't care 'cause I'm not there

And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow

Again and again, I've taken too much

Of the things that cost you too much

I used to think that the day would never come