Anna Torv as Tess in 'The Last of Us'. Spoiler alert: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us on HBO. Death is going to be a pretty common phenomenon in the world of The Last of Us. In the show's latest episode, Joel and Ellie lose Tess, Joel's long-time smuggling and vaguely romantic partner. Following her death, many viewers wanted Joel Finds Out Ellie is Infected Scene - The Last Of Us (4K ULTRA HD)If you enjoyed the video, don't forget to hit the Subscribe button & turn on the Notific HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation is largely a faithful retelling of the story originally told in the PlayStation video game, released in 2013. In reinterpreting the post-apocalyptic tale of Joel and Ellie however, it does make a few interesting decisions in tweaking and expanding on existing characters, as well as adding completely new ones. A random stranger could rescue you from 500 infected, but only an adoptive/real parent or close friend can come to notice how you blame yourself for your own trauma, as Joel does in Ellie after they bury their dead. This show is about actually saving people, inside and out, not just rescuing them from the hungry mushroom parade. White Fang - Jack London [Joel's bookshelf, Jackson] 14. Moby Dick - Herman Melville [Joel's bookshelf, Jackson] 15. A tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens [farm house scene when Ellie wakes up after Tommy's visit, in the cardboard box] 16. War and Peace - Tolstoy [farm house scene when Ellie wakes up after Tommy's visit, in the cardboard box The Cordyceps virus is stated to take over the mind and body while still leaving the host alive. It is shown that even a single bite from an infected is enough to slowly infect an individual The Last of Us Episode 7 /. The latest episode of The Last of Us pulled back the curtain to reveal how Ellie ( Bella Ramsey) was originally bitten by an infected during a fateful evening at an Tess shows her bite next to Ellie’s. While Ellie’s bite looks clean, Tess is clearly infected. She begs Joel to get the girl to safety. More specifically, Tess wants Joel to go to Bill and The squirm-inducing “kiss” between Anna Torv’s Tess and an infected played by Philip Prajoux is the emotional climax of the second episode of The Last of Us, “Infected,” which ends with Ellie figures it out before Joel does: Tess is infected. Advertisement Her hands shake and her voice wavers as she asks Joel to commit to taking Ellie to Bill and Frank, who she says will take her udBKlo.