Welcome survivors to our first podcast about The Last Of Us Episode 1 “When You’re Lost In The Darkness” the new HBO series based on the acclaimed PlayStation game.















Based on the PlayStation Game series from Naughty Dog







Showrunner: Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann







Episode Written by: Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann







Episode Directed by: Craig Mazin







Synopsis for The Last Of Us Episode 1 "When You’re Lost In The Darkness"







In 2003, Joel Miller’s birthday with his daughter, Sarah, is turned into a nightmare as a fungal pandemic hits their hometown of Austin, Texas turning its victims into bloodthirsty attackers. As the fungus starts to spread, Sarah, Joel and his brother Tommy flee into the chaos, leading to dire consequences. After escaping an infected “runner”, Sarah is killed by a soldier who shoots her believing her and Joel to be infected. As the soldier goes to finish off Joel he is saved by Tommy.







Twenty years later, after the planet has been ravaged by the fungal outbreak, life is harsh and desolate for the survivors in this new world. Joel lives in the Boston quarantine zone managed by the Federal Disaster Response Agency (FEDRA), as a smuggler with his partner Tess. Confined within the walls of the quarantine zone and subject to martial law, they try to source a car battery to leave the city in search of Tommy who has dropped out of contact from his location in Wyoming. But the local dealer, Robert, has instead sold the battery to the Fireflies, a rebel group that opposes FEDRA. Joel and Tess head to confront Robert.







As the Fireflies’ leader in Boston, Marlene, begins to enact a new mission to move a valuable asset, a young girl named Ellie, from Boston. Her attempts to secure transport out of the city with Robert goes awry and she is injured in a shootout. Arriving at the Fireflies’ headquarters, a wounded Marlene pleads with Joel and Tess to take young Ellie to the Massachusetts State House. Reluctantly Joel and Tess accept the additional burden to their plans in exchange for supplies and a fully gassed up working vehicle.Sneaking past the heavy FEDRA security through no-man’s land, the group of three are caught by a soldier. He tests each of them for infection but when Ellie stabs him, he tries to shoot her. With flashes to the death of his daughter, Joel protects Ellie, tackling the soldier to the ground and beating him to death.







In the violent aftermath, Tess realizes Ellie is infected. While Ellie promises them that she will not turn, there is little time to debate the situation. As they make a break from pursuing FEDRA soldiers, into a biological contamination area, little do they realise that their new mission could change everything.







In Joel’s empty apartment a song plays on the radio an 80s coded message of impending trouble.







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