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The Last of Us: all the news about the video game franchise turned TV series
The Last of Us franchise continues to grow.
The infected were a constant threat throughout the first season of HBO’s The Last of Us, but compared to the game, the show didn’t ultimately feature quite as many different kinds of cordyceps-infected monsters as Joel and Ellie made their way to Salt Lake City. Episode 8, “When We Are in Need” from writer Craig Mazin and director Ali Abbasi, lays bare in brutal detail just what makes living out in The Last of Us ’ infected and infested wilderness so dangerous — even in winter months when the fungal monsters aren’t an immediate threat. With Joel (Pedro Pascal) still wounded and in need of medical attention as “When We Are in Need” opens, it almost seems like a godsend when Ellie (Bella Ramsey) first encounters a preacher named David (Scott Shepherd) and his right-hand man James (Troy Baker) who insist that they can help keep her safe.
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