Friday night, September 26th, 2003, everything changed. Joel (Pedro Pascal) tells Ellie (Bella Ramsey) about where the Cordyceps fungal infection came from and the start of their apocalyptic reality.
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00:00 So everything came crashing down in one day?
00:02 - Pretty much.
00:03 - How?
00:04 I mean, no one's infected with the cordyceps.
00:07 Everybody's fine, eating in restaurants
00:09 and flying in planes and then all at once?
00:14 How did it even start?
00:16 If you have to get bit to be infected,
00:18 then who bit the first person?
00:19 Was it a monkey?
00:21 I bet it was a monkey.
00:22 - It wasn't a monkey.
00:22 I thought you went to school.
00:24 - Federal school.
00:24 You know, teaches how their shitty government
00:27 failed to prevent a pandemic.
00:29 (footsteps)
00:31 No one knows for sure, but best guess,
00:36 cordyceps mutated.
00:39 Some of it got into the food supply,
00:42 probably a basic ingredient like flour or sugar.
00:44 There were certain brands of food that were sold everywhere,
00:48 all across the country, across the world.
00:50 Bread, cereal, pancake mix.
00:54 You eat enough of it, it'll get you infected.
00:59 (footsteps)
01:00 So the tainted food all hits the store shelves
01:02 around the same time Thursday.
01:04 People bought it, ate some Thursday night
01:07 or Friday morning.
01:09 Day goes on.
01:10 They started to get sick.
01:13 Afternoon, evening, they got worse.
01:16 Then they started biting.
01:20 Friday night, September 26th, 2003.
01:25 (footsteps)
01:28 By Monday, everything was gone.
01:31 - It makes more sense than monkeys.
01:41 Thanks.
01:43 - Sure.
01:46 - What?
01:51 - We'll cut across the woods here.
01:53 - Isn't the road easier?
01:56 - Yeah, it's just, there's stuff up there
01:59 you shouldn't see.
02:00 - Oh no, I have to see.
02:02 - I don't want you to.
02:04 Serious, Ellie.
02:06 - Can it hurt me?
02:07 - No.
02:09 - Aren't you honest, man?
02:12 Should've said act smarter.
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