The Last Of Us “Day One” Recap

In 2018, Federal Disaster Response Agency (FEDRA) sergeant Isaac Dixon chastises his team for mocking civilians they have harassed. They encounter a Washington Liberation Front (WLF) group led by Hanrahan. Isaac kills his squad, only sparing the idealistic Burton, and reveals his allegiance to the WLF. Eleven years later, Isaac, now the WLF’s leader, interrogates a Seraphite for his group’s location, torturing him with a heated pan. After realizing the Seraphite would rather be tortured than share the truth, he kills him. Burton, standing guard outside with another WLF member, says he deserved it.

Ellie and Dina begin their first day exploring Seattle in their search for Abby, with Dina covertly taking a pregnancy test. In Capitol Hill, the two stumble upon the aftermath of conflicts between FEDRA and the WLF. Deciding to advance by night, they decide to hide out in a music store where Ellie discovers a guitar and serenades Dina with A-ha‘s song “Take On Me“.

While proceeding through a former television station that night, they encounter the bodies of several WLF soldiers brutally disemboweled by the Seraphites, causing Dina to vomit again. Evading an incoming WLF squad, Ellie and Dina escape through the subway, where the WLF squad unintentionally attracts the infected and is killed. Ellie allows an infected to bite her arm to save Dina before they escape to an abandoned theater together. A heartbroken Dina prepares to shoot Ellie, but Ellie reveals her immunity and offers to sleep in isolation to prove that she will not turn.

Once it is clear to Dina that Ellie is immune, Dina confesses that she is pregnant. Fueled by the emotional intensity, the two have sex for the first time, finally consummating their feelings for one another. The next morning, Dina admits that Jesse fathered her baby, but shares that she wants a future and a family together with Ellie, who reciprocates the sentiment. The two overhear chatter on a walkie-talkie that the WLF—including Abby’s friend Nora—are based at the Lakehill hospital. Ellie suggests Dina stay behind and protect her pregnancy, but Dina insists on going forward with Ellie.