The Last of Us

Dr Newman: [notices audience murmuring] Yes, that’s the usual response. Fungi seem harmless enough. Many species know otherwise. Because there are some fungi who seek not to kill, but to control. Let me ask you, where do we get LSD from? Host: Where do you get it from? [audience laughs] Newman: It comes from ergot, a fungus. Psilocybin? Also a fungus. Viruses can make us ill, but fungi can alter our very minds. There’s a fungus that infects insects. Gets inside an ant, for example, travels through its circulatory system to the ant’s brain and then floods it with hallucinogens, thus bending the ant’s mind to its will. The fungus starts to direct the ant’s behavior, telling it where to go, what to do, like a puppeteer with a marionette. And it gets worse. The fungus needs food to live, so it begins to devour its host from within, replacing the ant’s flesh with its own, but it doesn’t let its victim die. No, it... it keeps its puppet alive by preventing decomposition. How? Where do we get

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FEDRA Soldier: Get out of the fuckin' way! Joel: Whoa! Whoa! [looks back at Ellie] We can fix this! FEDRA Soldier: Move. Move. Joel: RRAAAHHHH!!!! [leaps at the soldier]

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Dr Ratna Pertiwi: When did this happen? Lt Gen Agus Hidayat: Approximately 30 hours ago. Ratna: Where? Agus: A flour and grain factory on the west side of the city. Ratna: A perfect substrate. And then? Agus: A normal woman, then suddenly violent. Attacked four coworkers, bit three of them. They locked her in a bathroom. The police came, she tried to attack them and they shot her. Ratna: What happened to the people she bit? Agus: They were taken for observation. A few hours later, it became necessary according to procedure to execute them. Ratna: [curious] Who bit her? Agus: We don't know. Ratna: So they're still out there. Any other workers missing? Agus: Fourteen. [pauses at seeing Ratna visibly distressed and place her teacup and saucer on the table as she breathes heavily] Ibu Ratna, we brought you here to help us keep this from spreading. We need a vaccine. Or a medicine. Ratna: [recomposes herself] I have spent my life studying these things, so please listen carefully. There is n

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Joel: If you were collaborating to take care of him, I... I shouldn't have said what I said. I don't know your situation. And I'm not saying you should let it go, but... all things considered, it seems kinda cruel. To send a whole army after you for that. Henry: You know, I wasn't, uh... exactly telling you the truth before. About me not killing someone. There was a man, a great man. Now, he was never afraid. Never selfish. And he was always forgiving. Have you ever met someone like that? The kinda man you'd follow anywhere. I mean, I wanted to. I would've. Yeah, but, uh... Sam, he, uh... he got sick. Leukemia. Yeah, anyway, um... There was one drug that worked and, well, big shock -- there wasn't much left of it. And it belonged to FEDRA. And if I wanted some, it was gonna take something big. So I gave them something big. That one great man. The leader of the Resistance movement in Kansas City. And Kathleen's brother. Yeah, so, you still think they should take it easy on me? Or am I t

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Joel: She's immune. Tommy: What? Joel: Ellie. She got infected, but she didn't get sick. [off Tommy's incredulity] Tommy. Tommy, I saw her get bit myself. That was months ago. Months. She's immune. Tommy: From the beginning. Joel: It was Marlene. She hired us to smuggle her to some Fireflies. It went bad. Tess got bit. She made me swear to take the kid. It was her dying wish, what the hell was I supposed to do? We made it as far as KC, and then... y'know, she saved my life there, from another kid. Five years ago, I would've destroyed him, but she had to shoot him to save me. Fourteen years old. Because I was too slow, and too fucking deaf to hear him coming. I saw... I saw a man kill his own brother to save her, while I just watched. And today, I thought that dog was gonna tear her apart because it smelled something on her. And all I did was stand there. I couldn't... move. I couldn't think of anything to say, I just... I was so afraid. You think I can still handle things, but... But I

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Ellie: Is this really all they had to worry about? Boys... movies... deciding which shirt goes with which skirt? It's bizarre. Joel: Listen, umm... Ellie: Why are you here? Joel: I came here to talk to you. Ellie: No, why are you still here? If you're gonna ditch me, ditch me. Joel: What exactly did you hear? Ellie: "I have to leave her, you have to take her." You know, I stood up for you today, because I thought... [she trails off] Joel: I made this decision for your own good. You'll be way better off with Tommy. He knows the area better than I do - Ellie: [Stands up] Do you give a shit about me or not!? Joel: 'Course I do! Ellie: Then what are you so afraid of? [long beat] I'm not her, you know. [another long beat, as Joel processes what she said] Maria told me about Sarah, and I - Joel: [interrupting, in a quiet, angry tone] Don't. Don't say another word. Ellie: [approaching him] I'm sorry about your daughter, Joel. But I have lost people too. Joel: You have no idea what loss is. El

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