The Story of: The Last of Us

00:00:00.060the Last of Us is an incredible tale the

00:00:03.270old of heartbreaking moments

00:00:04.830tear-jerking scenes and incredible acts

00:00:07.649from beginning to end

00:00:09.360so before you play the sequel join me in

00:00:11.940taking a look back over the story of The

00:00:14.549Last of Us

00:00:15.389our tale begins in the year 2013 in

00:00:18.869Austin Texas as we are introduced to

00:00:21.330Joel and his daughter Sarah did you get

00:00:24.210the money for this drugs I sell hardcore

00:00:27.539drugs oh good we started helping out

00:00:29.789with the mortgage then yeah you wish

00:00:32.309later that night all hell breaks loose

00:00:35.010as a mutant fungus ravages the United

00:00:37.500States causing overwhelming aggression

00:00:39.960in its human hosts and turning them into

00:00:41.879creatures called the infected Joel Sarah

00:00:45.239and Joel's brother Tommy flee from the

00:00:47.309devastation as chaos envelops the

00:00:49.379country but just as they think they're

00:00:51.270safe things take a tragic turn hey we

00:00:55.620need help up it's my dying I think her

00:00:58.350legs broke right there

00:01:01.730we're not sick I've got a couple of

00:01:05.250civilians in the outer perimeter please

00:01:07.049advise daddy what about Uncle Tommy did

00:01:09.900you safety and go background okay sir

00:01:12.930there's a little girl but yes sir

00:01:19.310somebody we've just been through hell we

00:01:22.409just

00:01:36.570Oh No move your hands B I know baby

00:01:47.730don't know you know this work gonna be

00:01:54.000okay baby stay with me come on baby

00:02:01.320please no Sarah baby

00:02:14.240don't over the coming weeks the

00:02:38.160infection sweeps across the nation and

00:02:40.190civilization completely collapses but we

00:02:43.140eventually pick the story back up 20

00:02:45.239years later joel is now living in the

00:02:47.370North End of Boston inside a heavily

00:02:49.410policed quarantine zone where he's

00:02:51.480working as a smuggler with his partner

00:02:53.430Tess I have some interesting news for

00:02:55.709you

00:02:56.010where were you Tess West End district

00:02:59.630hey we had a drop to make they've been

00:03:02.760smuggling all sorts of contraband but

00:03:04.680recently had a cache of weapons stolen

00:03:06.900and then sold to a group called the

00:03:08.940fireflies a revolutionary militia

00:03:11.220fighting against the military's control

00:03:13.549come on [ __ ] dogs fireflies let's go get

00:03:18.120him that is a stupid idea

00:03:26.780well now what to get the guns back Joel

00:03:30.900and Tess are tasked by the firefight

00:03:32.580leader Marlene with smuggling a teenage

00:03:34.950girl called early out of the city but

00:03:37.410they don't get far before being

00:03:38.820apprehended by Patrol who scanned them

00:03:41.160for any signs of infection

00:03:42.710[Music]

00:03:53.010[ __ ] I thought we were just gonna hold

00:03:57.700them up or something [ __ ] look

00:04:07.820[Music]

00:04:12.590Marleen citizen

00:04:15.760why the hell are we smuggling an

00:04:17.440infected girl I'm not infected no this

00:04:21.910is mine I can explain you better explain

00:04:24.820fast look at this I don't care how you

00:04:29.080got infected it's three weeks old no

00:04:32.680everyone turns within two days so you

00:04:34.210stop bullshitting it's three weeks

00:04:36.820I swear Ellie's apparent immunity to the

00:04:40.120infection could be the key to creating a

00:04:42.010cure which is why the fireflies were

00:04:44.020trying to get her to their doctors so

00:04:45.970the trio continued on their journey

00:04:47.260first escaping the soldiers and then

00:04:49.810making their way through hordes of

00:04:51.160infected however when they reach their

00:04:53.560destination they find the fireflies

00:04:55.570slaughtered and Tess reveals that her

00:04:57.820luck had also run out she's infected let

00:05:08.050me see I didn't mean show it to me oh

00:05:14.880Christ

00:05:17.669oops right

00:05:22.400Tess knows that she has no chance of

00:05:25.110survival as within a day or two the

00:05:27.270infection will consume her so when a

00:05:29.400truck of soldiers arrives she chooses

00:05:31.320instead to sacrifice herself to give

00:05:33.930Joel and Ellie a chance to escape you

00:05:36.270want us to just leave you here yes

00:05:37.800there's no way I will not turn into one

00:05:40.530of those things come on that's easy for

00:05:48.000me no no just go [ __ ] the pair fight

00:05:58.530their way through more soldiers and

00:06:00.090infected before acquiring a car and

00:06:02.400heading to meet up with Joe's brother

00:06:03.990Tommy as he used to be a Firefly and

00:06:06.270might know where the doctors are ah I'm

00:06:10.260sure your friend will be missing this

00:06:12.390tonight light on the reading but it's

00:06:16.080got some interesting photos Ellie that

00:06:19.050ain't for kids

00:06:19.860whoa how the hell he even walk around

00:06:24.210with that thing get rid of that hold

00:06:26.280your horses I want to see what all the

00:06:28.140fuss is about

00:06:28.950Oh Barney's all stuck together just

00:06:36.720[ __ ] with you

00:06:42.620on their way there ambushed by bandits

00:06:45.410and the car is wrecked but with a little

00:06:47.390help from some new allies Henry and his

00:06:49.490younger brother Sam they managed to

00:06:51.260escape the city alive however their

00:06:53.810victory is short-lived

00:06:54.950and unbeknownst to the rest of the group

00:06:57.020Sam was bitten during their escape Henry

00:07:35.020I'm gonna get that gun from you okay

00:07:38.080okay okay easy this is nobody's fault

00:07:42.320him Henry Henry no a little while later

00:07:52.580Jordan Ellie managed to find Tommy in

00:07:54.890Jackson County where he's assembled a

00:07:56.960fortified settlement with his wife Maria

00:07:59.140Tommy

00:08:00.760holy [ __ ]

00:08:05.510are you doing brother goddamn Joel asked

00:08:10.190Tommy to take Ellie to the fireflies for

00:08:11.960him claiming that he trusts his brother

00:08:13.790more than himself

00:08:14.840but when early learns about the plan she

00:08:16.790confronts Joel not her you know what

00:08:20.800Maria told me about Sarah Ellie you're

00:08:26.540treading on some mighty thin ice here

00:08:29.930I'm sorry about your daughter Joel but I

00:08:33.080have lost people too you have no idea

00:08:35.900what loss is everyone I have cared for

00:08:41.029has either died or left me everyone

00:08:45.940[ __ ] except for you what she said hit

00:08:50.540home and Joel decides to stick with her

00:08:52.730following Tommy's directions to a

00:08:54.650firefly Enclave at the University of

00:08:56.839Eastern Colorado but when they arrive

00:08:59.000they find the place abandoned searching

00:09:01.550through they eventually learned that the

00:09:03.200fireflies had moved to Salt Lake City

00:09:05.180but before they can go after them the

00:09:07.370tur attacked by bandits and Joel is

00:09:09.560severely wounded Ellie helps him back to

00:09:16.730the horse and they escape but Joel is

00:09:18.770circling the drain as his health

00:09:20.480continues to deteriorate from the injury

00:09:22.670over the coming weeks Ellie does

00:09:24.920everything she can to care for him but

00:09:26.930one day while out hunting for food she

00:09:28.970encounters two scavengers hello we just

00:09:33.320want to talk any sudden moves I put one

00:09:35.690right between your eyes did offer a

00:09:37.190buddy boy over there what do you want

00:09:41.170names David this here's my friend James

00:09:45.279David and James seem friendly at first

00:09:47.660and David even fights alongside Ellie

00:09:49.970against a horde of infected but it's not

00:09:52.520long before he reveals that the men who

00:09:54.380attacked the University or a part of his

00:09:56.480group and a few came back

00:10:01.360he said that the others had been

00:10:04.230slaughtered by a crazy man

00:10:09.850and get that he's crazy man traveling a

00:10:13.779little girl Ellie tries to lead them

00:10:17.510away from Joel but is eventually

00:10:19.250captured by David who intends to recruit

00:10:21.410her into his cannibalistic group you are

00:10:23.990making it very difficult to keep you

00:10:25.940alive

00:10:26.980what am I supposed to tell the others

00:10:28.970now Ellie what tell them that Ellie is

00:10:39.560the little girl I broke your [ __ ]

00:10:42.589finger how did you put it

00:10:50.890tiny pieces

00:10:55.310see in the morning Ellie in the meantime

00:10:58.009joel is beginning to recover from his

00:11:00.019wounds and soon realizes that Ellie is

00:11:02.420missing and after capturing two of

00:11:04.490David's men learns where she's being

00:11:06.259held but by the time he gets there Ellie

00:11:08.660had already escaped and is fighting

00:11:10.490David together the two of them continue

00:11:41.149with their journey to Salt Lake City

00:11:42.680however on the way they both nearly

00:11:45.050drown and Ellie is left unconscious

00:11:47.769heads in the air it's just my braces

00:11:51.829hands in the [ __ ] air come

00:11:55.200[Music]

00:11:57.900the patrol were fireflies and thankfully

00:12:01.030realized who Joel and Ellie were and a

00:12:03.190little while later

00:12:03.970Joel awakens in the hospital and learns

00:12:06.220from Marlene that they are prepping

00:12:07.690Ellie for surgery

00:12:08.890oh you mean surgery the doctors tell me

00:12:11.530the cordyceps the growth inside her is

00:12:13.690somehow mutated it's why she's immune

00:12:17.010once they remove it they'll be able to

00:12:19.240reverse-engineer a vaccine vaccine but

00:12:25.780it grows all over the brain it does

00:12:36.319find someone else there is no one else

00:12:39.169listen you were gonna show me where's

00:12:40.910enough stop I get it

00:12:47.379but whatever it is you think you're

00:12:49.309going through right now is nothing to

00:12:51.290what I have been through I knew her

00:12:53.989since she was born

00:12:54.979I promised her mother I would look after

00:12:57.019her why are you letting this happen

00:12:59.149because this isn't about me or even her

00:13:02.619there is no other choice here

00:13:13.230[Music]

00:13:15.080yeah you keep telling yourself that

00:13:17.460portion unwilling to stand by and let

00:13:21.060Ellie die

00:13:22.200Joel battles through the fireflies and

00:13:24.089rescues the still unconscious Ellie but

00:13:26.490is confronted by Marlene as he makes his

00:13:28.620escape even if you get her out of here

00:13:31.140then what

00:13:32.300how long before she's torn to pieces by

00:13:34.680pack of clickers that is if she hasn't

00:13:37.380been raped and murdered first any for

00:13:40.650you to decide it's what you want you

00:13:47.880know it look you can still do the right

00:13:57.510thing here she won't feel anything

00:14:21.660wait let me go please you just come

00:14:32.830after her

00:14:37.770Joel killed Marlene to stop her coming

00:14:40.080after them and when Ellie eventually

00:14:41.850awakes he spins a web of lies to save

00:14:44.250her from the knowledge of what was

00:14:45.750really going on I happened on the

00:14:54.450fireflies

00:14:55.270[Music]

00:15:01.740turns out there's a whole lot more like

00:15:04.140you really

00:15:05.800people that are immune as dozens

00:15:08.300actually meantime a damn bit of good

00:15:14.389if exes

00:15:17.310they've stopped looking for a cure

00:15:24.839I'm taking this home

00:15:32.589I'm sorry

00:15:35.250eventually the two of them reached the

00:15:37.199outskirts of Tomi settlement and we get

00:15:39.629the final scene of the game back in

00:15:42.360Boston back when I was bitten I wasn't

00:15:48.899alone my best friend was there and she

00:15:55.860got bit too

00:15:59.460we didn't know what to do so

00:16:05.880she says let's just wait it out you know

00:16:12.899we can be all poetic and just lose our

00:16:14.579minds together I'm still waiting for my

00:16:19.440turn

00:16:19.920Elly her name was Riley and she was the

00:16:23.009first to die and then it was tests and

00:16:28.560then Sam none of that is on you you

00:16:32.190don't understand I struggled for a long

00:16:35.459time with surviving and you no matter

00:16:40.470what you keep finding something to fight

00:16:45.269for now I know that's not what you want

00:16:47.190to hear I swear to me

00:16:52.230swear to me that everything that you

00:16:54.540said about the fireflies is true I swear

00:17:02.250[Music]

00:17:12.380okay this is where the first game ends

00:17:17.760but the story is expanded upon in the

00:17:20.040Left Behind DLC which fills in a little

00:17:22.530bit more about what happened to early

00:17:23.760during the time that job was wounded

00:17:25.290after the attack in the university

00:17:27.120however more importantly it also tells

00:17:30.030the story of how Ellie was bitten in the

00:17:31.830first place the flashback is set months

00:17:34.320earlier and begins of Ellie getting

00:17:36.180surprised at her school by her friend

00:17:38.100Riley I was bitten I know Riley explains

00:17:55.230it the reason she's been away for a

00:17:56.670while is that she's joins the fireflies

00:17:58.500but she snuck away to come and see Ellie

00:18:00.810again and take her to explore an

00:18:02.880abandoned shopping mall together they

00:18:05.430wander through the mould playing games

00:18:07.170and laughing however it isn't long

00:18:09.150before Riley explains that she's been

00:18:10.920assigned to a group of fireflies in

00:18:12.540another city I argued with them to stay

00:18:15.750here but you know how Marlene is

00:18:19.250nothing's easy with her everything's a

00:18:21.480test they're picking me up tomorrow

00:18:32.260okay

00:18:34.390Ellie is clearly heartbroken but still

00:18:37.429finds it within herself to encourage

00:18:39.049Riley to go knowing that joining the

00:18:41.120fireflies meant a lot to her however as

00:18:43.820the pair play some music and dance she

00:18:45.950can't help but express how she really

00:18:47.870feels the music had drawn the infected

00:18:59.720right to them and although they escaped

00:19:01.760neither does so unharmed where I see it

00:19:10.160we got two options option one you take

00:19:18.290the easy way out it's quick and painless

00:19:26.620I'm not a fan of action one two

00:19:34.510we fight fight for what we're gonna turn

00:19:41.680into one of those things there are

00:19:47.260million ways we should have died before

00:19:48.640today and a million ways we can die

00:19:52.570before tomorrow I don't want to give

00:19:54.760that up my boo let's just wait it out

00:20:02.820you know we can we all poetic and just

00:20:07.360lose our minds together that's action

00:20:14.920three sorry of course we all know where

00:20:25.330the story goes from there but with the

00:20:27.280Last of Us 2 on the way we will be

00:20:29.110picking up the story from the main game

00:20:30.580five years later with an older Ellie no

00:20:33.400doubt more heartbreaking moments and

00:20:34.990tragic deaths are on the road ahead but

00:20:37.030what are you hoping for in the Last of

00:20:38.980Us to let me know in the comments below

00:20:41.050as always open James for fandom thank

00:20:44.170you for watching and enjoy the game