The Last Of Us
Summary
This clause contains references to self-annihilation .
In the dystopian post - apocalyptic hellscape ofThe Last of Us , characters who do n’t meet a grim closing at the hands of the infect ( or other survivors ) are few and far between , but some season 1 deaths , like Joel ’s innocent girl Sarah , are much more emotionally impactful than others , like the despicable villain David . The Last of Uscarries the same message as a circumstances of other zombie stories : the septic soma - eaters are n’t the real monsters ; other human beings are the tangible monsters . Just as manyLast of Uscharacters are killed by fellow survivor as infect .
The lineament deaths in the first season of HBO ’s version ofThe Last of Ushad dissimilar kinds of emotional shock for different rationality . Some expiry are heartbreaking , like the loss of Ellie ’s best friend and love interest Riley , while others are shocking , like Perry ’s death at the manus of a first-rate - strong bloater . Some case were n’t very likable in the first place , so their death was n’t all that upsetting , like militia drawing card Kathleen , while other characters were infinitely loveable , like Bill and Frank , so their deaths were truly annihilating .
12Kathleen
Ambushed By A Clicker In Episode 5
WhenKathleen and her militiatrack down Joel , Ellie , Sam , and Henry in sequence 5 , “ Endure and Survive , ” they seem to be back into a corner . But , luckily , the collapse of a nearby crumble house invite a drove of infected to come up onto the surface and slenderize out the bunch of assailant . Since Kathleen was already an unlikable character – ruthlessly pursue Sam and Henry , two of the show ’s most likable fiber – and she was about to buck the wedge all in when a clicker bring forth her , her death come as a welcome kink .
11Perry
Ripped Apart By A Bloater In Episode 5
Kathleen ’s right-hand - hand adult male , Perry , is killed alongside her in instalment 5 ’s infected attack . Much like Kathleen , Perry was already an unlikeable persona , so his expiry did n’t conjure up much emotion . But since his death was far more grim than Kathleen ’s , it had a more visceral impact on the looker . Like manyLast of Usplayers who were unfortunate enough to get too confining to a bloater , Perry is ripped apart . This iseasily the most brutal demise in the intact season .
10Lee
Beaten To Death By Joel In Episode 1
In the acclaimedfirst episode ofThe Last of Usseason 1 , “ When You ’re Lost in the wickedness , ” Joel and Tess are attend negotiating with a corrupt FEDRA police officer named Lee . When Lee catches Joel and Tess leaving the Boston Q.Z. with their precious shipment , Ellie , Lee threatens them at point . This devote Joel flashes to when his girl Sarah was kill by a soldier . Sarah died because Joel freeze up , and he wo n’t let it happen again , so he thump Lee to destruction . This is an early sign of just how far Joel is willing to goto avert losing another 14 - year - old daughter .
9David
Hacked To Death By Ellie In Episode 8
David is one of the most hateable reference inThe Last of Us – he rule his community with an iron fist and he threatens Ellie with abominable acts – so audience lief accept his demise in episode 8 , “ When We Are in demand . ” But David ’s last is a tragic scene ; not because it ’s distressing to see him go , but becauseit has an irreparable impact on Ellie ’s psyche . As Ellie cut David to death with a meat meat cleaver in a burning chophouse , Bella Ramsey play the result trauma with heartbreaking authenticity .
8Tess
Killed By Infected In Episode 2
The legal age ofThe Last of Usseason 1 follows Joel and Ellie on a grumpy - country journeying , but they set out that journeying with a third appendage in their company . Joel ’s collaborator Tess is the one who convinces Joel to assume responsibility for Ellie , but she only endure until episode 2 , “ Infected . ” After Tess is bitten by an infected , she sacrifice herself to give Joel and Ellie a fighting luck . The selflessness with which Tess accepts her circumstances and stays behind to detonate a grenade in the centre of a horde of infected makes her last truly annihilating .
7Marlene
Shot Dead By Joel In Episode 9
When Joel and Ellie ultimately make it to the Fireflies in episode 9 , “ Look for the Light , ” Joel is dismay to find out that the surgery they be after to perform on Ellie to produce a remedy will belt down her . Joel refuse to go through the inconceivable torture of recede a daughter for a second time , so he plunk up a gun , slaughters all the Firefly soldiers on the elbow room to the pediatric ward , shoot the sawbones drained , and have Ellie to the parking lot to steal a car . When Marlene tries to stop him , he kills her , too . Joel ’s shocking climactic massacrehighlights the dark side of love .
6Riley
Bitten By An Infected In Episode 7
Episode 7 , “ Left Behind , ” based on the DLC of the same name , fills in a crucial part of Ellie ’s backstory : the daylight she found out she ’s immune . Ellie ’s best admirer Riley swipe her out of the Q.Z. to show her the time of her life at a fully functional shopping plaza . They rode the festive - go - round , played in an arcade , and danced around in Halloween masks . Ellie at long last confessed her sexual love to Riley and they shared a kiss . Heart - wrenchingly , the good day of Ellie ’s sprightliness turn into the worstas they were attacked by an infect and both got prick . The loss of Riley made Ellie an even more tragic figure .
5Frank
Took His Own Life In Episode 3
The HBO adaptation ’s biggest deviation from the game arrive in episode 3 , “ Long , Long Time , ” which swivel away from Joel and Ellie to tell the beautiful love story of Joel ’s survivalist friend Bill and his hubby Frank . The episode chart years of Bill and Frank ’s spirit together , culminate in the tragic ending of Frank contracting a terminal unwellness in a world without medico . Frank finally makes peace with it and asks Bill to give him one last great day before euthanizing him over dinner party . Frank is a rightfully lovable character , so it ’s abominable to see him go , butthere ’s a semisweet quality in Frank define his own fate .
4Bill
Joined Frank In Taking His Own Life In Episode 3
After Bill euthanizes Frank with a lethal overdose , he look at a deadly overdose of his own so they can die together . Bill insists that this is n’t “ the tragical suicide at the end of the frolic , ” because he ’s lived a full , acceptable liveliness with Frank , and he does n’t require to continue it without him . He evidence Frank , “ You were my purpose . ” Frank ’s death was tragical , but it was unavoidable ; he had no other choice . Bill ’s death is even more tragical , because he has the option to keep livingand alternatively chooses the romanticistic gesture of joining his husband in expiry .
3Sam
Killed By Henry In Episode 5
When Joel and Ellie run into Sam and Henry while trying to break away from Kansas City in episode 5 , they see a reflection of themselves : an innocent child and their watchful old protector . After all four flight from Kathleen ’s reserves and the horde of infected they invite onto the surface , they seem to be in the clear – butSam was seize with teeth in the commotion . The next daybreak , an infected Sam fire Ellie . Henry makes the snap decision to shoot Sam .
