The Last of Us | Serial | 2023 (2024)

FAQs

Can you choose not to save Ellie? ›

While players can't choose to not rescue Ellie, they can decide how much blood they want on Joel's hands. Players can stealthily navigate Joel to the operating room and then flee with Ellie after only minimal bloodshed. (Of course, players cannot save Marlene, who dies in a cutscene.)

No, because the surgeon who would have removed Ellie's brain is permanently stopped in his tracks by Joel. But it certainly sounds viable enough. The problem is, if the Firefly doctor is right, Ellie's brain could literally hold the cure for cordyceps. But while she's still alive, humankind won't be able to access it.

The finale implies Ellie's immunity is linked to Anna's bite on her inner thigh, corroborating a fan theory that Ellie's built-in protection against the cordyceps outbreak was the result of her mother somehow getting bitten before childbirth.

Searching for a cure

The Fireflies searched in vain for a cure to counter the CBI for many years. Morale within the organization fell as vaccination tests continued to fail and the military began to hunt them down.

Ellie Almost Certainly Cannot Infect Others In The Last Of Us. While the end result of what would occur from a group of people eating Ellie - as was threatened in The Last of Us episode 8 - is unclear, there are some hints from The Last of Us Part II surrounding Ellie's immunity and how it works.

“Joel's choice at the end of the Last of Us season/part 1 was wrong,” tweets ThatOldGamerGuy, who says, “Most of us would make the exact same 'wrong' choice as it's against human nature to sacrifice a dearly loved one for a chance at a greater good being done.”

Ellie is the only known case of Cordyceps immunity, having been infected with a mutated benign strain. Joel has avoided infection, but it's safe to say that he's a “mere mortal”.

It's too overwhelming, so she forces herself to believe Joel." In this way, the answer to the question of whether Ellie knows he's lying is both yes and no. Deep down, she clearly does. But she chooses to believe him in order to protect herself from further harm.

7 Ellie's Blood Is Not A Cure

Ellie recognizes the importance of her immunity. When Sam was bitten, Ellie desperately tried to save him by cutting her hand and spreading her blood over Sam's wound. This did not work as Sam still turned.

Ultimately, the best way of creating a vaccine would have been to get Ellie pregnant, then harvest the brain tissue from the fetus in the second trimester. tl;dr Ellie's mom was bitten before Ellie was born, this caused immunity.

How does Ellie survive the bite? ›

Ellie's Immunity Comes From Cordyceps Already In Her System

Whenever Cordyceps has entered Ellie's system - such as the bites shown in The Last of Us episodes 2 and 7 - the Cordyceps already in her system make the new fungi entering her body think she is already infected, rendering her immune from its effects.

Although the doctors in The Last of Us universe initially seem to believe that Ellie can be used to make a cure, this storyline is never resolved.

Last - "I swear."

Familial bonds and relationships are important to Joel. His final line in The Last Of Us has him lying to Ellie when she asks him if what he said of the Fireflies was true. Joel felt he had to protect her by lying to her, and he'd do anything to protect those he loved.

Joel was not aware of what Ellie wanted before he rescued her, so he fears that she will disagree with his decision. Joel lies to Ellie in order to prevent her going back to the hospital and sacrificing herself for the good of humanity.

It is revealed that Ellie's distrust of Joel's lie at the end of The Last of Us led to her discovering the truth. Due to Joel taking Ellie's choice of making a cure away from her, Ellie begins to resent Joel, only worsened by her survivor's guilt.

Endure leaving Ellie hanging next to the bridge (and her mumbling reaction to the event) and you will receive this trophy. Now restart the checkpoint so you can give her the high-five she deserves, you horrible person.

While players briefly assume control of Ellie, the artificial intelligence primarily controls her actions.

However, one can actually keep the semi-automatic pistol in conjunction to their own 9mm pistol if they shoot Ellie with the flamethrower in the Science Building, just as she is about to open the door to the top floor. This must be done carefully, and the Beretta Model 70 must be picked up at once.

The first and most obvious outcome if Joel chose to save mankind would be that Ellie would die. As the Cordyceps fungus grows around the victim's brain, extracting it from Ellie would surely result in her death.