at the beginning of Last of Us Episode 3, Ellie and Joel reach 10 miles west of Boston. Ellie has never been to the forest. Ellie takes a moment to talk to the elephant in the room: Tess’s death. “Don’t blame me for things that aren’t my fault,” Ellie says. Joel and Tess decide to take on the task.
Ellie and Joel have a five hour hike ahead of them. Ellie tries to make small talk and asks Joel about the scar on her face. Joel avoids answering. They stumble upon an abandoned store and scour for fresh supplies. Ellie finds a hidden door to the basement. She finds some Tampax and hears a lone infected person trapped under a concrete block. Ellie walks up to him and pulls out a knife. She cuts his face and stabs him in the head.
After they leave the store, Ellie wonders how the pandemic came about. Joel’s best guess is that Cordyceps mutated and entered the food supply. Explain to her how it evolved rapidly. They discover a pile of bones. Joel revealed that soldiers moved across the country and were evacuated from small towns a week after the outbreak. People were told they would go to QZ if there was room. otherwise they were killed. These people were not sick. “Dead people can’t get infected,” says Joel.
The episode dates back to 2003, when the evacuation began.acting bill Nick Offerman, watching it all play out on his security camera. After he hides in a secret bunker, he manages not to need to be evacuated. When he goes out, no one is there. He goes shopping at his Home Deport to stock up on gas and other supplies.
Four years later, Bill built a fort around the house. One day he hears a man fall into one of the holes he dug around his house. his name is frank Murray BartlettHe is from Baltimore QZ and is going to Boston. Bill tests him for infection and Frank’s result is negative. Frank is desperate for food.
Bill makes Frank clean up and have dinner with him. When Frank sees the piano in his living room, he can’t help but play it. Bill tells him to get up and shows how it’s done properly.he sings and plays Linda Ronstadt’s “A very long time.”
Frank asks, “Who’s the girl you’re singing with?” Bill replies, “I don’t have a girl.” Frank kisses Bill. they go to bed together. Bill has never dated a man before.
Three years later, Frank and Bill are together. But sunshine and roses don’t always go together. They struggle with compromise. Frank wants to contribute in his own way. They meet Tess and Joel. Joel and Bill he takes one-on-one time. Joel offers to help with the barbed wire, but Bill is adamant. Joel warns Bill that sooner or later the raiders will come.
Another three years go by. Bill and Frank created a life for themselves. “I wasn’t scared before you showed up,” Bill admitted to Frank. As Joel warned, raiders are coming. Bill thinks he is going to die and urges Frank to call Joel.
Ten years later, Bill escaped death. But Frank is now in a wheelchair and suffering from what appears to be cancer. One day he wakes up and tells Bill that today is his last day. Bill doesn’t want this to end, but Frank is determined. He wants to marry Bill. After having dinner together, he wants Bill to crush her pills and put them in wine. They go to bed and Frank falls asleep in Bill’s arms.
Bill doesn’t think he can help Frank like this. “Do you love me?” Frank asks Bill. he already knows the answer. “Then love me as I want,” says Frank. They get married, Bill cooks a great meal, and Bill does exactly what Frank asks him to do. But there are pitfalls. Bill also took crushed pills. He doesn’t want to live in a world without Frank. They sleep and die together.
Joel and Ellie arrive at Bill and Frank’s house. Joel knows something is up. The house is eerily quiet. Ellie finds a note and a key from Bill. The memo is dated August 29, 2023. He tells Joel not to enter the bedroom, but he tells him to take whatever he needs.
“I hated the world, but I was happy when they all died,” Bill wrote. I saved him, I protected him, that’s why men like you and me are here, we have work to do, and God is before us Please help my mother who is standing in my way.”
Bill gives Joel everything and tells him in the letter to keep Tess safe. Joel goes outside and finds Bill’s car. He tells Ellie that she has a brother in Wyoming who may be in trouble. He used to be a firefly so he could help get her where she needed to be. They descend into Bill’s bunker and find Bill’s stash.
When Joel isn’t looking, Ellie takes a gun out of one of Bill and Frank’s drawers and doesn’t tell Joel. This is Ellie’s first car. She doesn’t even know what a seat belt is. She finds the tape on Dash. Linda Ronstadt. They run away listening to classical music, preparing for what comes next.
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