The Last of Us (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Episode #1.4 - full transcript

Pew, pew.

Pew.

We have to do
this every hour?

Gas breaks down
over time.

This stuff's
almost water.

Back in the day, we'd drive
10, 12 hours on one tank.

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

Pretty much nowhere.

Nice! How does that work?

It's a siphon.

It's when liquid...
travels against gravity



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

I know it works.

No wandering.

Okay.

This is your fault then.

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

it'll still be stationery."

"No Pun Intended,

Volume Too"
by Will Livingston.

"Volume Too."
Look. You get it?

- "Too"? Like, T-o-o.
- Jesus.

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

"An algae bra."

Like,
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.
- Ugh, okay,

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

He'll be back.

There's nothing
you can do to stop him.

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 somethin'.

Here. This make
you all nostalgic?

This is actually
before my time.

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

♪ We met in the springtime
when blossoms unfold ♪

Oh, man.

Got somethin' else.

It's, uh...
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.

Why are all these
pages stuck together?

Uhh... the...

I'm just fuckin' with ya.

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 fallin',
the sky has turned gray ♪

♪ A hound in the distance
is starting to bay ♪

♪ I wonder, I wonder
what she's thinkin' 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 we
staying out here?

I figure I sleep tonight...

and drive tomorrow
all day, all night,

get us to Wyoming
by next mornin'.

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?

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

Okay.

Actually smells kinda good.

Well, that would be Frank's then.

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.

Hm.

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.

- Ugh! The fuck is that?
- You don't like coffee?

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.

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. Ah, 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 'em in Wyoming.

Chee-Yen.

- Cheyenne.
- Che... really?

Cheyenne...
Laramie...

Casper?

What's his name?

- Whose name?
- Your brother.

- Tommy.
- Younger or older?

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

- 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 becomin'
a hero.

So he enlisted in the
Army right outta high school.

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

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

Point is,
bein' 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
makin' 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, uh...

Well, for what it was,
it worked.

And then Tommy meets Marlene.

She talks him into
joinin' the Fireflies.

Same mistake he
made when he was 18.

Wants to save the world.

Pipe dream. Him,
Fireflies, all of 'em...

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 goin' for family.

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

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.

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

Pfft.
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. 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.
- Well, 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!

Is that the QZ?

Where the fuck is FEDRA?

Hey!

Please help!

Put your seatbelt on.

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

Fuck!

- Go, go, go!
- Joel!

Fuck.

- Are you okay?
- Yeah.

- You're not hurt? Nothin'?
- I don't think so.

Belts off. Fast!

Let's see you, motherfucker!

Give us your shit,
you make it through this!

I promise!

Hey, you see that hole?

Can you squeeze through?

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?

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.

Mm-hmm.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Go!

Fuck!

You motherfucker!

Now you're
gonna fuckin' pay!

What you fuckin' did,

you fuckin' killed
yourself, motherfucker!

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

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

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

I don't know what to do.

My legs don't work.

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

We could trade
with you guys.

We could be friends.
I didn't know.

I'm Bryan. I'm Bryan.

What's your name?

Wait, wait, wait.

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

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!
Mom! Mom! Mom!

Ellie, I gotta get in there.

I can't fit through.

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

- Let's go. Fast.
- Right.

I'm okay...
I'm good.

I, uh, 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.

Bryan!

Bryan!

Body, body!

They got fuckin' Bryan!

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?

I don't know.
The truth?

Kathleen.

The Bergquists, hm? 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.

Where is he?

You think
I won't do it?

I'm your doctor.

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.

He... M... Maybe he
called these guys in.

Will he live?

What if I had a doctor?

There's no
chance. I'm sorry.

Open it.

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.

They're not FEDRA,
and they're not Fireflies,

so who are they?

People.

Are we okay
in here?

For a little bit, maybe.

Looks like they're checkin' out
apartment buildings first.

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

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

- 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 comin',

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...

shootin' or...

I know what it's like...

first time that you, uh, hurt...

someone like that.

If you, uh...

w... uh...

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

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...
- Mm-hmm.

over your thumb.

Left hand... squeezes
down on the right.

You got it?

There ya go.

Look it.

Okay?

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?

Fuck.

Fuck, fuck.

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.

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

Ellie.

Goddamnit.

Where would you be
without me, huh?

- By now, Wyoming.
- Oh, yeah.

Walked into that one.

All right. We'll make our
way up, and come morning,

I'll take a look at the
city, and find our way out.

We're goin' up
42 flights?

Forty-five.

But no...

not all the way.

How far?

As far as I can make it.

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?

C'mon.

Holy shit.

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

It's gonna
have to be.

- Come on.
- Gimme a minute.

Get up, you lazy ass.

Lazy ass.

Fifty-six years old,
you little shit.

Joel?

Joel.

Joel.

- What?
- What are you doing?

I don't want someone sneakin'
up on us while we're sleepin'.

Ohh, 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.
- Yeah?

When we were talkin'
about hurtin' people...

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

I don't wanna
talk about it.

All right.

You don't have to.

I'm just sayin'...

it isn't fair,
your age...

havin' 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 shootin'.

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

- Joel?
- Hm?

Did you know diarrhea
is hereditary?

- What?
- Yeah.

It runs in your jeans.

Jesus.

That is so goddamn stupid.

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

- Yes, you did.
- Jesus, I'm losin' it.

You're losin' it big time.

- Go to sleep.
- You go to sleep...

Ellie
Joel?

Joel!

♪ I feel so extraordinary ♪

♪ Something's got
a hold on me ♪

♪ I got this feelin'
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... ♪