THE LAS OF US 1×2 REACTION "INFECTED" | These Zombies are scary! | PEDRO PASCAL & BELLA RAMSEY | HBO

This is our reaction to the Last of Us episode 2 “Infected”.
An Indonesian scientist makes a devastating discovery in 2003; In 2023, now outside of the quarantine zone, Joel and Tess clash over Ellie’s fate as they navigate a long-abandoned Boston.
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The episode opens in Jakarta, where the disturbance is given some terrifying context. A female professor of Mycology (Christine Hakim) is hastily escorted from her lunch to examine a body infected by the Cordyceps virus. Using a pair forceps, she carefully fishes a tangle of snaking tendrils from the victim’s mouth. More chilling than that discovery is her professional recommendation to the military officer seeking her help: “Bomb this city — and everyone in it.”

Like last week’s talk show prologue, this scene departs from the game’s narrative path to dive deeper into the science behind the virus. At this point in most zombie apocalypse stories, an outbreak’s origins have been abandoned in favor of fully focusing on the monster-slaying aftermath. The Last of Us, however, continues to set-up its apocalypse and scare us with its too-close-to-home pandemic.

When we return to Boston, where Joel (Pedro Pascal), Ellie (Bella Ramsey), and Tess (Anna Torv) are continuing their trek to the state house, we get another frightening peek into what went down immediately after all hell broke loose. Tess explains to a curious Ellie that the massive craters all over the city are the result of bombings ordered to slow the spread of the virus. We also learn Ellie was bit when exploring an old, boarded-up mall in the quarantine zone.
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