The Last of Us Quotes on HBO (TV Series)

Sarah Miller: [2003] How old are you again?
Joel Miller: Thirty-six.
Sarah Miller: Going to have to wear diapers soon.
Joel Miller: Who says I don’t already?

Tommy Miller: You’re still alive, you old f***er.
Sarah Miller: Aw, he loves you.
Joel Miller: He’s dependent on me. Not the same.
Sarah Miller: I think it’s the same.
Tommy Miller: It’s definitely the same.

Sarah Miller: Hey, is everything okay? Like on the news?
Mrs. Adler: Like what, hon?
Sarah Miller: Well, no, there was just a lot of police and stuff on the road today.
Mrs. Adler: Well, that’s true every day, isn’t it? People out there need to get right with Jesus. Three nails, plus one cross, equals four-given.

Joel Miller: [as Sarah gives him his fixed watch for his birthday present] Where did you get the money for this?
Sarah Miller: Drugs. I sell hardcore drugs.
Joel Miller: It’s better than what I do.
Sarah Miller: It was only twenty dollars, which I stole from you. I could’ve just stolen sixty, but I put the change back because I’m an honest thief. Besides, it’s the thought that counts. And you were never going to do it for yourself, so.

Sarah Miller: [referring to killing Nana, who was about to attack them] You killed her.
Joel Miller: Baby, I’m sorry.
Tommy Miller: Joel, we got to go.
Joel Miller: Sarah, listen to me. It’s not just the Adlers. But we’re going to be brave, and we’re going to get out of this.

Tommy Miller: They’re saying it’s a virus. Some kind of parasite.
Sarah Miller: Is it from terrorists?
Joel Miller: We don’t know.
Sarah Miller: Are we sick?
Joel Miller: No. Of course not.

Sarah Miller: [to Joel] How do you know we’re not sick?

Joel Miller: Well, we can’t go south, we can’t go east, we can’t go west. Hell else we supposed to go?

Sarah Miller: Maybe it’s everywhere. Maybe there’s nowhere to go.

Joel Miller: [as he’s holding an injured Sarah in his arms] We’re not sick. Sir, we are not sick!
[the soldier starts shooting at them, killing Sarah soon after]

Kind FEDRA Soldier: [2023, to the young boy in the wheelchair] What if I told you that after we gave you some medicine, we’re going to find you your favorite food to eat. Would you like that? And then we’ll get you some new clothes, and toys. As many as you want to play with. It’s just a little needle. It’s okay. You’re safe.
[later we then see Joel tossing the dead body of the boy into the fire]

Joel Miller: You got anything else?
FEDRA Foreman: Nothing today. Tomorrow, we got street sweeping, or sewer maintenance.
Joel Miller: Which pays more?
FEDRA Foreman: That’d be the one with the s**t.

Lee: FEDRA’s got a factory down there in the QZ. Supposedly only makes two things. Pills and bullets, bullets and pills.
Joel Miller: Well, the more you shoot people, the harder it is to sleep, I guess.
Lee: Oh, you guess?

Ellie Williams: Hey, people are going to come looking for me. People from FEDRA. You hear me? Let me out, or you’re going to pay, m**herf***ers! I’m not supposed to be here!

Abe: There are worse things than Infected out there. I hear everything on this. There are raiders, there are slavers.

Joel Miller: It’s a miracle you’re alive.
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: It’s a miracle any of us are alive.

Joel Miller: I need the battery, Tess. Truck’s no good without one, and if I don’t get to Tommy soon, he’s going to die out there.
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: Okay, f*** it. We get our money back and the battery. But, Joel, listen. Robert is terrified of you. So you march out of here all Clint Eastwood, he’s going to get wind of it and skip. I need you to take a breath.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [to Joel] Now I promised Robert that you wouldn’t hurt him. But I would very much like for you to hurt him. So let’s go hunt that m**herf***er down, and get our battery, and our truck, and then we’ll go find Tommy.

Marlene: We are in a war against a military dictatorship to restore democracy and freedom. Does that sound about right?
Kim: Yes?
Marlene: Are we winning? Are we beating FEDRA here? Are the Fireflies beating FEDRA anywhere?
Kim: Rebellion takes time.
Marlene: You fight for twenty years, and you get nowhere, you’re not a rebellion. Just spray paint.

Kim: [referring to Ellie] Whatever you need. Whatever it takes. We’ll get her where she needs to go.

Buzzcut: Hey, friend. Don’t worry. I don’t want anything. But if you’re feeling lost…
Joel Miller: You tell me to “look for the light” and I’ll break your jaw.

Ellie Williams: You’re not scared. Then unlock me.
Marlene: How about we start with “thank you”?
Ellie Williams: For what?
Marlene: For saving your life? I am the one who told them not to shoot you, if you recall.
Ellie Williams: Why did you stop them?
Marlene: We’ll get to that.

Ellie Williams: [referring to FEDRA military school] They put me there when I was a baby. It’s for orphans.
Marlene: “They” didn’t put you there. I did. Ellie.
Ellie Williams: You my f***ing mom or something?
Marlene: Do I look like your mom?
Ellie Williams: No. You do not.

Ellie Williams: Why would a terrorist dump me with FEDRA?
Marlene: Because it’s where you’d be safest, and you were safe there until you decided to sneak out. And “terrorist”? Was Riley a terrorist?

Ellie Williams: Why won’t you let me go home?
Marlene: Because you have a greater purpose than any of us could’ve ever imagined. So we’re leaving tonight, and we’re taking you with us.

Marlene: [to Ellie] What I’m about to tell you cannot be repeated to anyone. Because if you do, I assure you, you will die.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: So this is who Robert screwed us over with? The Che Guevara of Boston? I mean, war must be going pretty s**tty for you to be buying from scumbags like him.
Marlene: Yeah, it kind of has been. The merch was bad, and he obviously didn’t take “f*** off” for an answer.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [referring to Ellie] Who is she?
Marlene: To you? She’s cargo.
Joel Miller: We don’t smuggle people. Sorry.
Kim: I can do it.
Marlene: Kim, you don’t have a f***ing ear on your f***ing head! Could you please?

Marlene: [to Joel and Tess] I know what’s out there. We were going with an entire squadron for that very reason. But now I don’t have a truck, I don’t have a squadron, FEDRA’s five minutes away. What I do have is you. And I know what you’re both capable of. For better or worse.
Ellie Williams: What are they capable of?

Joel Miller: [to Tess] The second we hand that kid over…
Marlene: Y’all talk it through, but please remember that I’m bleeding out.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: Okay. Here’s the deal. We’ll get her to your crew at the State House. But before we hand her over, they give us everything that we want. If not, we kill her, there and then.
Marlene: Deal.
Ellie Williams: Really? That fast?
Marlene: You are all that matters. My team will not jeopardize that. Remember what I told you?

Marlene: Joel, don’t f*** this up. Please.

Ellie Williams: [to Joel] So, who’s Bill and Frank? The radio’s a smuggling code, right? ’60s song, they don’t have anything new. ’70s, they got new stuff. What’s ’80s?

Ellie Williams: [to Joel] Your watch is broken.

Joel Miller: So, what’s the deal with you anyway? You some kind of bigwig’s daughter or something?
Ellie Williams: Something like that.

Ellie Williams: Oh, the radio came on when you were sleeping.
Joel Miller: What? What was the song?
Ellie Williams: He kept saying like, “Wake me up before you go-go”?
Joel Miller: S**t.
Ellie Williams: Gotcha. ’80s means trouble. Code broken.

Ellie Williams: I’m not sick! Look! Look! This is three weeks old. Nobody lasts more than a day! Does this look a day old to you?! You would’ve killed me!
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: I should f***ing kill you! When did it happen?
Ellie Williams: It doesn’t matter! You have to trust me! They’re going to catch us if we don’t run!
[as the three head out into the city, back at Joel’s apartment, the radio starts playing “Never Let Me Down Again” by Depeche Mode from 1987]

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [referring to Ellie] She made it through the f***ing night, Joel.
Joel Miller: It doesn’t matter. It’s going to happen sooner or later.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: We take her back to the QZ, someone’s going to notice her arm, they’re going to scan her, then they’ll kill her.
Joel Miller: Well, better them then us. You need to stop talking about this kid like she’s got some kind of life in front of her.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [referring to Ellie’s sandwich] Is that chicken?
Ellie Williams: Yeah. Marlene said they get it from smugglers. Guess not you guys.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [to Ellie] I’m going to talk to you like you’re an adult. Okay? Joel and I aren’t good people. We’re doing this for us, because, apparently, you’re worth something. But we don’t know what you’re worth if we don’t know what we have.

Ellie Williams: They’re working on a cure.
Joel Miller: I’ve heard this before.
Ellie Williams: And whatever happened to me…
Joel Miller: Is the key to finding the vaccine. That’s what this is?

Joel Miller: We’ve heard this a million times. Vaccines. Miracle cures. None of it works. Ever.
Ellie Williams: F*** you, man. I didn’t ask for this.
Joel Miller: You and me both. This isn’t going to end well, Tess.

Joel Miller: If she so much as twitches.
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [as Ellie mimics twitching] Don’t.
Ellie Williams: Okay.

Ellie Williams: Can I have a gun?
Joel Miller: Absolutely not.
Ellie Williams: Okay, Jesus. Fine. I’ll have to throw a f***ing sandwich at them.

Joel Miller: Long way or short way?
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: I mean, it’s the long way or the “we’re f***ing dead” way.
Ellie Williams: Well, I vote long way, just based on that limited information.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: How did you get bit?
Ellie Williams: You know the old mall in the QZ?
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: The one that’s sealed off and boarded up, and no one’s supposed to go in ever? That one?
Ellie Williams: Whatever. I snuck in. Wanted to see what it was like.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: How old are you?
Ellie Williams: Fourteen.
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: Wow. Well, I mean, you got some balls on you, sister.
Ellie Williams: Thanks.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: Nobody’s going to be coming after you, right? Like, Mom, Dad, boyfriend?
Ellie Williams: I’m an orphan. And, no.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: You know, people like to tell stories.
Ellie Williams: So, there aren’t Super-Infected that explode fungus spores on you?
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: S**t, I hope not.
Ellie Williams: Or ones with split-open heads that see in the dark like bats?

Joel Miller: [as they enter the hotel] How do you even know what this is?
Ellie Williams: Have you heard of books?

Ellie Williams: I don’t know how to swim.
Joel Miller: Seriously?
Ellie Williams: Do you think we have pools in the QZ?
Joel Miller: No, smart a**. I mean…
Ellie Williams: [as Joel steps into the shallow water to walk] I don’t know how I was supposed to know that.

Joel Miller: You’re a weird kid.
Ellie Williams: You’re a weird kid.

Joel Miller: Nice knife. Where did you learn to do that?
Ellie Williams: The circus.

Ellie Williams: [referring to him and Tess] So you two like a…
Joel Miller: Pass.
Ellie Williams: How did you end up in Boston?
Joel Miller: Pass.

Ellie Williams: How long do Infected live?
Joel Miller: Oh, I thought you went to school.
Ellie Williams: It’s a really s**tty one.
Joel Miller: Well, some last about a month or two. But there’s others been walking around about twenty years.

Ellie Williams: Ever kill one?
Joel Miller: Yeah, I killed lots of them.
Ellie Williams: Was it hard? Like knowing they were people once?
Joel Miller: Sometimes.

Ellie Williams: They’re connected.
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: More than you know. The fungus also grows underground. Long fibers like wires, some of them stretching over a mile. Now, you step on a patch of cordyceps in one place, and you can wake a dozen Infected from somewhere else. Now they know where you are, now they come. You’re not immune from being ripped apart. You understand? It’s important. I’m trying to keep you alive.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: Okay, so more ground rules. We’re going to go slowly. If we come up against anything, you get behind us and you stay there, okay?
Ellie Williams: [as Tess takes out two guns] Yes. I have a spare hand.
Joel Miller: Congratulations.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [after they’ve been attacked] You alright?
Ellie Williams: Well, I didn’t s**t my pants, so.

Ellie Williams: [as she notices she’s been bitten again] You f***ing kidding me? I mean, if it was going to happen to one of us.

Joel Miller: [referring to the wooden panel crossing] Yeah, I know. It looks scary.
Ellie Williams: That was scary. This is wood.

Joel Miller: What about the kid? I mean, maybe the first bite didn’t take, but what about the second?
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: How about you just take the good news? Can you do that? Like to think, for once, maybe we could actually win?

Joel Miller: [as they’re looking out across the city] Is it everything you hoped for?
Ellie Williams: Jury’s still out. But, man, you can’t deny that view.

Joel Miller: [after they find the Fireflies have been killed] Tess, it’s over. We are going home.
Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: That’s not my f***ing home! I’m staying. I mean, our luck had to run out sooner or later.
Ellie Williams: Ellie: F***. She’s infected.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: I never ask you for anything, not to feel the way I felt. Shut the f*** up, because I don’t have time. This is your chance. You get her there, you keep her alive, and you set everything right. All the s**t we did. Please say yes, Joel. Please.

Theresa ‘Tess’ Servopoulos: [as she decides to sacrifice herself ] Joel, save who you can save.
Ellie Williams: [as Joel drags her away] No! We’re not leaving her! Get off me, you f***er! I’m not going with you!

Ellie Williams: [as they see the remains of a crashed plane] Dude, you got to go up in the sky.
Joel Miller: Yeah, well, so did they.
Ellie Williams: Grim.

Ellie Williams: So, everything came crashing down in one day?
Joel Miller: Pretty much.

Ellie Williams: How did it even start? If you have to get bit to be infected, then who bit the first person? Was it a monkey? I bet it was a monkey.
Joel Miller: It wasn’t a monkey. I thought you went to school.
Ellie Williams: FEDRA school. They don’t teach us how their s**tty government failed to prevent a pandemic.

Joel Miller: No one knows for sure, but, best guess, Cordyceps mutated. And some of it got into the food supply. Probably a basic ingredient like flour or sugar. There were certain brands of food that were sold everywhere, all across the country, across the world. Bread, cereal, pancake mix. You eat enough of it, it’ll get you infected. So the tainted food all hits the store shelves around the same time, Thursday. People bought it, ate some Thursday night, or Friday morning. Day goes on, they started to get sick. Afternoon, evening, they got worse. Then they started biting. Friday night, September 26, 2003. And by Monday, everything was gone.
Ellie Williams: It makes more sense than monkeys.

Joel Miller: There’s stuff up there you shouldn’t see.
Ellie Williams: Well, now I have to see.
Joel Miller: I don’t want you to. Serious. Ellie!
Ellie Williams: Can it hurt me?
Joel Miller: No.
Ellie Williams: You’re too honest, man. Should’ve said axe murderer.

Ellie Williams: [as they come across a pile of human bones] These people weren’t sick?
Joel Miller: No, probably not.
Ellie Williams: Why kill them? Why not just leave them be?
Joel Miller: Dead people can’t be infected.

Bill: [as he’s watching the soldiers taking his neighbors] Not today, you New World Order jackboot f***s.

Bill: [2003, to himself as watches one of his traps kills an infected] It doesn’t get old.

Frank: [as Bill finds Frank stuck in the hole outside his fence] I’m not infected!
Bill: Are you armed?
Frank: No.
Bill: Why did you take that long to answer?
Frank: I don’t know. I thought about lying for some reason, but a reason didn’t come.

Frank: [to Bill] I’m really hungry. I haven’t eaten in two days. It doesn’t sound very long out loud, does it? It feels long.

Bill: Here’s the thing, Frank. If I feed you, then every bum you talk to about it is going to show up here looking for a free lunch, and this is not an Arby’s.
Frank: Well, Arby’s didn’t have free lunch. It was a restaurant. I won’t talk about it to any bums, or hobos, or vagabonds, I promise. I mean, you already know I’m bad at lying.

Bill: Everything tastes good when you’re starving.
Frank: Yeah, but not like this.

Frank: A man who knows to pair rabbit with a Beaujolais.
Bill: I know I don’t seem like the type.
Frank: No, you do.

Frank: So, who’s the girl? Girl you’re singing about?
Bill: There is no girl.
Frank: I know.
[he then kisses Bill]

Frank: [to Bill] I’m going to start with the simple things. Okay. But before I do, I want you to know that I’m not a whore. I don’t have sex for lunches, not even great ones. So, if I do this, I am going to stay for a few more days.

Frank: [2010] Our home isn’t just our house. It’s everything around us!
Bill: Give me a f***ing break!
Frank: Oh, I’m sorry. I forgot. I live in this world. You live in a psycho bunker where 9/11 was an inside job, and the government are all Nazis.
Bill: The government are all Nazis!
Frank: Well, yeah, now! But not then!

Frank: [to Bill] Paying attention to things, it’s how we show love. This is my street too. Just let me love it the way I want to.

Frank: We’re going to make friends, and we will invite them to visit.
Bill: We don’t have friends, Frank. We will never have friends, because there are no friends to be had.
Frank: Well, I’ve actually been talking to a nice woman on the radio.
Bill: You what?!

Frank: [as Bill picks up his gun as they’re eating a meal with Joel and Tess] Can you not, please?
Joel Miller: I’m the same way.
Frank: Oh, you’re a paranoid schizophrenic too?
Bill: I’m not schizophrenic.

Joel Miller: I understand. If my, if mine brought strangers into our situation, I wouldn’t be happy either. But of all the people he could’ve found on the radio, we’re actually decent people just trying to get by.
Bill: Oh. Well, aren’t I the lucky one?

Joel Miller: So, what, you were a prepper, or something?
Bill: Survivalist.

Bill: [2013] I’m sorry.
Frank: For what?
Bill: Getting older faster than you.
Frank: I like you older. Older means we’re still here. What?
Bill: I was never afraid before you showed up.

Bill: [after he’s been shot] Call Joel. You can’t be here alone.
Frank: Well, I’m not alone. You’re here.

Frank: [2023, as Frank is sick and in a wheelchair] I promise you, I’m going to stay up.
Bill: Why?
Frank: Because this is my last day.

Bill: What if we find a doctor? What if someone shows up who can help?
Frank: Who’s coming, Bill? The door-to-door MRI salesman? There wasn’t anything to cure this before the world fell apart. I’ve made up my mind.

Frank: [to Bill] Well, I’m not going to give you the “every day was a wonderful gift from God” speech. I’ve had a lot of bad days. I’ve had bad days with you too. But I’ve had more good days with you than with anyone else. Just give me one more good day. Starting now.

Frank: [to Bill] Make me some toast. Then take me to the boutique, where I’ll pick outfits for us. You’ll wear what I ask. And we’ll get married. And you’ll cook a delicious dinner. Then you will crush all of these up, put them in my wine. I will drink it. Then you will take me by my hand, bring me to our bed, and I will fall asleep in your arms.

Bill: [referring to Frank asking to be euthanized] I can’t.
Frank: Do you love me?
Bill: Yes.
Frank: Then love me the way I want you to.

Bill: [after deciding to kill himself too] This isn’t the tragic suicide at the end of the play. I’m old. I’m satisfied. And you were my purpose.
Frank: I do not support this. I should be furious. But from an objective point of view, it’s incredibly romantic.

Ellie Williams: [referring to the letter] It’s from Bill. “To whomever, but probably Joel.” I figured I fell under “whomever”. Came with this.
Joel Miller: So they’re dead?

Ellie Williams: [reading Bill’s letter] August 29, 2023. If you find this, please do not come into the bedroom. We left a window open so the house wouldn’t smell, but it will probably be a sight. I’m guessing you found this, Joel, because anyone else would’ve been electrocuted, or blown up by one of my traps. Hehehehehehehehe.

Ellie Williams: [reading Bill’s letter] Anyway, I never liked you, but still, it’s like we’re friends. Almost. And I respect you. So, I’m going to tell you something because you’re probably the only person who will understand. I used to hate the world, and I was happy when everyone died. But I was wrong because there was one person worth saving. That’s what I did. I saved him. Then I protected him. That’s why men like you and me are here. We have a job to do. And God help any m**herf***ers who stand in our way. I leave you all of my weapons and equipment. Use them to keep…”
[Joel takes the letter and we see it says “Tess safe”]

Joel Miller: If I’m taking you with me, there’s some rules you got to follow. Rule one, you don’t bring up Tess. Ever. Matter of fact, we can just keep our histories to ourselves. Rule two, you don’t tell anyone about your condition. They see that bite mark, they won’t think it through. They’ll just shoot you. Rule three, you do what I say when I say it. Are we clear?
Ellie Williams: Yes.
Joel Miller: Repeat it.
Ellie Williams: What you say goes.

Ellie Williams: [to Joel] They have hot water! I’m taking a shower. And then you’re showering, because seriously.

Joel Miller: It’s your first time in a car?
Ellie Williams: It’s like a spaceship.
Joel Miller: No, it’s like a piece of s**t Chevy S10. But it’ll get us there. I think.

Joel Miller: [referring to the song, as they’re driving away] This is Linda Ronstadt. Do you know who Linda Ronstadt is?
Ellie Williams: You know I don’t know who Linda Ronstadt is.
Joel Miller: Oh, man.
Ellie Williams: Eh. It’s better than nothing.

Ellie Williams: What am I even eating?
Joel Miller: That is twenty year-old Chef Boyardee ravioli.
Ellie Williams: That guy was good.
Joel Miller: I actually agree.

Ellie Williams: So can we start a fire? I’m freezing.
Joel Miller: Now, why am I going to tell you no?
Ellie Williams: Because Infected will see the smoke.
Joel Miller: No. Fungus isn’t that smart. This is too remote for Infected anyway.
Ellie Williams: People? So what are they going to do? Rob us?
Joel Miller: Oh, they’ll have way more in mind than that.

Ellie Williams: Can I ask you a serious question?
Joel Miller: Yeah.
Ellie Williams: “Why did the scarecrow get an award?”
Joel Miller: Because he was outstanding in his field.
Ellie Williams: You d**k! Did you read this?
Joel Miller: No.

Ellie Williams: Those people you said, there’s no way anyone knows we’re here, right? No one’s going to find us.
Joel Miller: No one’s going to find us.

Ellie Williams: [referring to coffee] Is that seriously what those Starbucks in the QZ used to sell?
Joel Miller: Well, theirs was a lot fresher than what Bill saved up. But, yeah, this is what they sold.
Ellie Williams: Smells like burnt s**t.

Ellie Williams: [referring to Tommy] Why isn’t he with you?
Joel Miller: A long story.
Ellie Williams: Is it longer than twenty-five hours? Because I think that’s what we got.

Joel Miller: Tommy’s what we used to call a “joiner”. Dreams of becoming a hero.

Joel Miller: [referring to Tommy] Being in the Army didn’t make him feel much like a hero. Cut to twelve years later, outbreak happens. He convinces me to join a group making their way up to Boston, which I did. Mostly to keep an eye on him, keep him alive. It’s where we met Tess. And that whole crew, we, well, for what it was, it worked.

Joel Miller: [referring to Tommy joining the Fireflies] Same mistake he made when he was eighteen. Wants to save the world. Pipe dream. Him, Fireflies, all of them, delusional. Of course, last I heard, he quit the Fireflies too. So now he’s on his own out there, and I got to go get him.

Ellie Williams: If you don’t think there’s hope for the world, why bother going on? I mean, you got to try, right?
Joel Miller: You haven’t seen the world, so you don’t know. You keep going for family. That’s about it.
Ellie Williams: I’m not family.
Joel Miller: No. You’re cargo. And I made a promise to Tess. And she was like family.

Ellie Williams: [referring to Tommy] What if you don’t find him?
Joel Miller: I will.
Ellie Williams: How do you know?
Joel Miller: I’m persistent.

Joel Miller: Where the f*** is the highway?
Ellie Williams: I can’t tell from this. I’m all turned around.
Joel Miller: Don’t look at the state map. Look at the inset.
Ellie Williams: Well, I don’t know where we are in that either! This is my second day in a f***ing car, man.

Stranger: Please help!
Joel Miller: Put your seatbelt on.
Ellie Williams: Aren’t we going to help him?
Joel Miller: No.

Joel Miller: [to Ellie, as they’re being shot at] When I say go, you crawl to that wall, and you squeeze through, and you don’t come out until I say, okay? And they’re not going to hit you. Look at me! They’re not going to hit you. You stay down, you stay low, you stay quiet.

Eldelstein: This has gone too far. It has to stop.
Kathleen: Oh, it has to stop now, you mean? Now that you’re in the cell. But before, people dying was okay. When you were safe, and protected, and ratting on your neighbors to FEDRA.
Eldelstein: They put a gun to my head.
Kathleen: [as she points her gun at him] There. Have I satisfied the necessary conditions for you to talk?

Ellie Williams: They’re not FEDRA, and they’re not Fireflies. So who are they?
Joel Miller: People.

Joel Miller: [referring to Bryan, who nearly killed him] Thing is, I didn’t hear that guy coming, and you shouldn’t have had to, you know?
Ellie Williams: Well, you’re glad I did, right?
Joel Miller: You’re just a kid. You shouldn’t know what it means to… It’s not like you killed him.

Joel Miller: I know what it’s like, first time that you hurt someone like that. If you… I’m not good at this.
Ellie Williams: Yeah, you really aren’t.
Joel Miller: I mean, it was my fault. You shouldn’t have had to. And I’m sorry.
Ellie Williams: It wasn’t my first time.

Joel Miller: [to Ellie, as he give back her gun] You put it in your pack. You’ll shoot your damn a** off.
[we then see Ellie put it in her coat pocket]

Joel Miller: We’ll get through this.
Ellie Williams: I know.

Ellie Williams: Where would you be without me, huh?
Joel Miller: By now, Wyoming.
Ellie Williams: Oh, yeah. Walked into that one.

Ellie Williams: How did you know it was an ambush?
Joel Miller: I’ve been on both sides. It was a long time ago. We did what we needed to survive.
Ellie Williams: You and Tess?
Joel Miller: And the people we were with. My brother too.
Ellie Williams: Did you kill innocent people?

Ellie Williams: Thirty-three floors. That’s good.
Joel Miller: It’s going to have to be.
Ellie Williams: Come on.
Joel Miller: Give me a minute.
Ellie Williams: Get up, you lazy a**.
Joel Miller: Lazy a**. Fifty-six years-old, you little s**t.

Joel Miller: When we were talking about hurting people, what did you mean it wasn’t your first time?
Ellie Williams: I don’t want to talk about it.
Joel Miller: Alright. You don’t have to. I’m just saying, it isn’t fair, your age, having to deal with all of this.
Ellie Williams: So it gets easier when you get older?
Joel Miller: No, not really. But still.

Ellie Williams: The reason I asked whether you’d hear the glass or not is because I’ve noticed you don’t hear too well from your right side. Is it because you were shot there?
Joel Miller: Probably more from shooting. So if you want to keep your hearing, you stick to that knife.

Ellie Williams: Did you know diarrhea is hereditary?
Joel Miller: What?
Ellie Williams: Yeah. It runs in your jeans.
Joel Miller: Jesus. That is so goddamn stupid.
Ellie Williams: You laughed, m**herf***er.
Joel Miller: I didn’t laugh.
Ellie Williams: Yes, you did.
Joel Miller: Jesus, I’m losing it.
Ellie Williams: You’re losing it big time.

Eldelstein: [referring to Sam] Is he scared?
Henry: Yeah. Well, he saw a lot. Nothing I can do about that now.
Eldelstein: He’s scared because you’re scared.

Henry: [signing] See my face? Do I look scared?
[Sam shrugs his shoulders]

Henry: [as he and Sam are pointing their guns at Joel and Ellie] I don’t know what the next step is with something like this, but if I lower my gun, we didn’t hurt you, so you don’t hurt us. Right?
Joel Miller: That’s right.
Henry: That’s a weird f***ing tone, man.
Ellie Williams: That’s just the way he sounds. He has an a**hole voice. Joel, tell him he’s okay.
Joel Miller: Everything is great.
Ellie Williams: Dude.

Henry: [to Joel] My name’s Henry. That’s my brother, Sam. I’m the most wanted man in Kansas City. Although right now, my guess is you’re running a close second.

Joel Miller: [to Henry] Look, you ate, we didn’t kill each other, let’s call this a win-win and move on.

Henry: Welcome to Killa City.

Henry: [referring to FEDRA] Raped, and tortured, and murdered people for twenty years. And you know what happens when you do that to people? The moment they get a chance, they do it right back to you.
Joel Miller: But you’re not FEDRA.
Henry: No. worse. I’m a collaborator.

Joel Miller: I don’t work with rats.
Henry: Yeah, you f***ing do. Today you do, because I live here, and you don’t. That’s how I followed you here. I know this city, and that’s how I’m going to help you get out.

Henry: I saw what you did, the way you killed those men. Now, I know where to go, but I don’t know how to make it through alive. Not if it’s just me and Sam.
Joel Miller: You seem capable enough. You’re armed.
Henry: You’re wrong. And wrong. Never killed anyone. And pointing an unloaded gun at you was the closest I’ve ever come to being violent. So that’s the deal. I show the way. You clear the way.

Joel Miller: [referring to going through the tunnels] Oh, that’s your great plan?
Henry: No, that’s my dicey-as-f*** plan. But as far as I can tell, it’s our only shot.

Henry: [as they enter the tunnel] You see? It’s empty. The plan is good.
Joel Miller: Shh. “The plan is good”? We’ve been down here two seconds. We don’t know anything.
Henry: Your dad’s kind of a pessimist.
Ellie Williams: He’s not my dad.
Joel Miller: I’m not her dad.

Ellie Williams: [to Sam, referring to the comic book] “To the edge of the universe and back. Endure and survive.”

Joel Miller: [to Henry] If you were collaborating to take care of him, I shouldn’t have said what I said. I don’t know your situation. And I’m not saying they should let it go, but all things considered, seems kind of cruel to send a whole army after you for that.

Henry: [to Joel] You know, I wasn’t exactly telling you the truth before, about me not killing someone. There was a man, a great man. You know, he was never afraid, never selfish, and he was always forgiving. Have you ever met someone like that? Kind of man you’d follow anywhere. I mean, I wanted to. Well, I would’ve. Yeah, but Sam, he got sick. Leukemia. Yeah, anyway, there was one drug that worked. And, woh, big shock, there wasn’t much left of it, and it belonged to FEDRA. And if I wanted some, it was going to take something big. So I gave them something big. That one great man. The leader of the resistance movement in Kansas City. And Kathleen’s brother.

Henry: [to Joel] Yeah, so, you still think they should take it easy on me? Or am I the bad guy? I don’t know what you’re waiting on, man. The answer’s easy. I am the bad guy because I did a bad guy thing. But you get it though. You might not be her father, but you were someone’s. See, I could tell.

Kathleen: [referring to her brother] He was so beautiful. I’m not. I never was. He would be horrified by the things I’ve done. And if you’ve come to tell me that Michael wouldn’t want me to hurt Henry, that he would want me to forgive, I know that too. He told me.

Kathleen: The last time I saw him alive in jail, he told me to forgive. And what did he get for that? Where is the justice in that? What is the point of that?
Perry: Your brother was a great man. We all loved him. But he didn’t change anything. You did. We’re with you.

Joel Miller: [as the sniper is shooting at them] If you don’t move, he’s not going to hit you. I’m going to go around, try to get in the house through the back, and then I’ll take him out.
Ellie Williams: But if you go out there, he’s going to kill you.
Joel Miller: It’s dark, and he has s**t aim. Nobody’s going to kill me.
Ellie Williams: Then he’s going to kill us.
Joel Miller: Do you trust me?

Joel Miller: [to the sniper] Put the gun down, slide it over to me, and then stay up here for another hour. That’s all you have to do. Please don’t do it. Please.
[as the sniper goes to shoot, Joel shoots and kills him]

Kathleen: [referring to Sam] I know why you did what you did. But did you ever stop to think that maybe he was supposed to die?
Henry: He’s just a f***ing kid!
Kathleen: Well, kids die, Henry. They die all the time. You think the whole world revolves around him? That he’s worth everything? Well, this is what happens when you f*** with fate.

Henry: [after they’ve escaped the infected attack] You think they’ll be okay?
Joel Miller: Yeah, I think it’s easier when you’re a kid anyway. You don’t have anybody else relying on you. That’s the hard part.
Henry: Well, I guess we’re doing a good job then.

Joel Miller: What’s that comic book say? “Endure and survive”?
Henry: “Endure and survive.” That s**t’s redundant.
Joel Miller: Yeah, it’s not great.
Henry: No.

Joel Miller: [after Joel offers the he and Sam join them on their journey to Wyoming] Yeah. I think it’d be nice for Sam to have a friend. I’ll tell him in the morning. New day, new start.

Sam: [writes on his magic eraser board] Are you ever scared?
Ellie Williams: Do I not look scared?
Ellie Williams: [reads Sam’s reply] “Never.” I’m scared all the time. Of scorpions!

Ellie Williams: [on Sam’s board] I’m scared of ending up alone. What about you?
Sam: [as Ellie reads the board] If you turn into a monster, is it still you inside?
[he then reveals the bite from the infected on his leg]

Sam: [on his board, after Ellie uses her blood to try and heal him] Stay awake with me.
Ellie Williams: I promise.

Henry: [after he’s had to kill the infected Sam for attacking Ellie] What did I do? What did I do? Sam?
Joel Miller: Henry, give me the gun. Give me the gun. Give me the gun, Henry. Give me the gun. Henry, no!
[realizing what he’s done, Henry shoots himself]

Ellie Williams: [on Sam’s board as she leaves it on his grave] I’m sorry.

Joel Miller: You got any advice on the best way west?
Marlon: Yeah. Go east.

Florence: If your brother’s west of the river, he’s gone.
Ellie Williams: You’re not going to scare us.
Florence: [referring to Joel] Scared him.

Ellie Williams: Are you okay?
Joel Miller: I’m fine.
Ellie Williams: No. No. But are you? Because just a reminder that if you’re dead, I’m f***ed.

Ellie Williams: So, I’ve been thinking. Let’s say we find the Fireflies, it all works, they draw my blood, and put it through some of their fancy machines and make a cure.
Joel Miller: Okay?
Ellie Williams: Then what? Like what do we do?
Joel Miller: Oh. It’s “we”?
Ellie Williams: Okay, fine. Whatever. You. You can do anything you want. Where are you going? What are you doing?
Joel Miller: It’s never been an option. Maybe an old farmhouse, some land, a ranch.

Joel Miller: I would raise sheep. They’re quiet. Do what they’re told.
Ellie Williams: Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, just you and a bunch of sheep. Romantic.

Joel Miller: And what about you? Where are you going to go?
Ellie Williams: It’s probably because I grew up in the QZ. Behind you, there’s ocean, and ahead of you, there’s a wall. Nowhere else to look but up. I read everything I could in the school library. Neil Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin. Jim Lovell. But you know who my favorite is?
Joel Miller: Sally Ride.
Ellie Williams: Sally f***ing Ride! Best astronaut name ever.

Ellie Williams: I tried, with Sam.
Joel Miller: Tried what?
Ellie Williams: I knew he was infected. I rubbed some of my blood into his bite. I know. I know, it was stupid. But I wanted to save him.
Joel Miller: Well, I reckon it’s a lot more complicated than that.

Ellie Williams: You want to take first watch or second?
Joel Miller: I’ll do both. Get some sleep. Dream of sheep ranches on the moon.
Ellie Williams: I will.

Ellie Williams: I woke up early. You were passed out, so I took second watch.
Joel Miller: You got to wake me up if that happens. You can’t do things like this.
Ellie Williams: But I can, because I just did.
Joel Miller: I’m responsible for you, okay?
Ellie Williams: Then don’t fall asleep.

Ellie Williams: I was quiet. I checked my six. I looked for tracks. I found the high ground. And I kept watch. Like you taught me to. What can I say, man? I’m a natural.

Joel Miller: You don’t know how to whistle?
Ellie Williams: Does it sound like I know how to whistle?
Joel Miller: No.
Ellie Williams: Seriously though, how the f*** do you do that?
Joel Miller: Talent.
Ellie Williams: Whatever.

Ellie Williams: [referring to gutting a dead animal] Why do they call it dressing? It’s like you should call it undressing, because it is. It’s like undressing from the inside.

Ellie Williams: [as they come across a dam] So that made electricity?
Joel Miller: Yeah. Don’t ask me. I don’t have a clue.
Ellie Williams: You know, you could’ve just made something up. I would’ve believed you.

Tommy Miller: What the f*** you doing here?
Joel Miller: I came here to save you.

Joel Miller: It’s been a while since we’ve had a proper meal.
Ellie Williams: Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever had a proper meal. This is f***ing amazing.

Maria Miller: Kids around here don’t usually look or talk like you.
Ellie Williams: Right. Well, maybe I’ll teach them. And I want my gun back.
Maria Miller: They also aren’t armed.

Tommy Miller: A bad reputation doesn’t mean you’re bad.
Maria Miller: Not always, at least.

Joel Miller: Ma’am, we’re grateful for your hospitality and all. But it’d be nice to have a moment here, maybe just for family.
Tommy Miller: Well, Maria is family, actually.
Ellie Williams: Oh, s**t! Congrats. Joel, say congrats.
Joel Miller: Congrats.

Tommy Miller: Everything you see in our town, greenhouses, livestock, all shared. Collective ownership.
Joel Miller: So, communism.
Tommy Miller: No. No, it ain’t like that.
Maria Miller: It is that. Literally. This is a commune. We’re communists.

Joel Miller: Been a long time. It doesn’t seem like you aged much.
Tommy Miller: You, on the other hand. Thanks for still giving a s**t about me.

Tommy Miller: They’re very protective of this place, and for good f***ing reason. I mean, folks find out we’re up here…
Joel Miller: No, I heard. Wrong people might show up. So is that what I am? Am I the wrong people?

Joel Miller: Those things I did, Tommy, those things that you judge me for, I did those things to keep us alive.
Tommy Miller: We did those things. And they weren’t “things”. We murdered people. And I don’t judge you for it. We survived the only way we knew how. But there were other ways. We just weren’t any good at them.

Tommy Miller: [referring to becoming a father] To be honest, I’m scared to death. But I don’t know. I feel like I’d be a good dad.
Joel Miller: I guess we’ll find out.
Tommy Miller: “I guess we’ll find out”? That’s all you got?
Joel Miller: What else am I supposed to say?
Tommy Miller: Just because life stopped for you, doesn’t mean it has to stop for me.

Maria Miller: Who’s been cutting your hair?
Ellie Williams: World-class salons.

Maria Miller: You were looking at the little memorial Tommy made?
Ellie Williams: Yeah. I’m sorry about your kids.
Maria Miller: It’s okay. And kid. Just Kevin. Sarah was Joel’s daughter. Oh, maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.
Ellie Williams: No, it’s okay. I guess that explains him a little.

Maria Miller: There are clearly things you don’t know about Joel.
Ellie Williams: Oh, like how he used to kill people? I know about that.
Maria Miller: So then you understand my concern.
Ellie Williams: He doesn’t do that anymore.
Maria Miller: He stopped killing people?
Ellie Williams: Innocent ones. And Tommy did it too. Are you worried about him?
Maria Miller: Tommy was following Joel. The way you are now.
Ellie Williams: Well, maybe I’m smarter than Tommy. No offense.

Maria Miller: [to Ellie] There’s a whole lot you’re not telling me. Good. Therein lies the point. Be careful who you put your faith in. The only people who can betray us, are the ones we trust.

Maria Miller: Grab your super f***ing eggplant coat.
Ellie Williams: Where are we going?
Maria Miller: The movies.

Joel Miller: [referring to Ellie] You know, she saved my life there, from another kid. Five years ago, I would’ve destroyed him. But she had to shoot him to save me. Fourteen years-old. Because I was too slow and too f***ing deaf to hear him coming. And I saw a man kill his own brother to save her, while I just watched. And today, I thought that dog was going to tear her apart because it smelled something on her. And all I did was stand there. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t think of anything to say. I just, I was so afraid.

Joel Miller: [to Tommy] You think I can still handle things, but I’m not who I was. I’m weak. Lately, there are these moments where the fear comes up out of nowhere, and my heart feels like it’s stopped.

Joel Miller: And I have dreams. Every night.
Tommy Miller: What kind of dreams?
Joel Miller: I don’t know. I can’t remember. I just know that when I wake up, I’ve lost something. I’m failing in my sleep. That’s all I do. It’s all I’ve ever done is fail her, again, and again, and again.

Tommy Miller: You want me to take her.
Joel Miller: I’m just going to get her killed. I know it. I know it. I have to leave her.

Joel Miller: [to Tommy] I mean, it’s why you took off on me, right? To make up for the things we did? Well, here’s your chance to bring your kid into a better world. You’re younger than me. You’re still strong. You said it yourself, you’ll come back. You have to take her.

Joel Miller: Tommy, you’re the only one I trust. If anyone else sees those bites on her, what’s under her skin, they’ll shoot her. It’s the last thing I’ll ever ask of you. I swear.

Ellie Williams: Is this really all they had to worry about? Boys. Movies. Deciding which shirt goes with which skirt. It’s bizarre.

Ellie Williams: Why are you here?
Joel Miller: I came here to talk to you.
Ellie Williams: No. Why are you still here? If you’re going to ditch me, ditch me.
Joel Miller: What exactly did you hear?
Ellie Williams: “I have to leave her. You have to take her.”

Ellie Williams: Do you give a s**t about me or not?
Joel Miller: Of course, I do.
Ellie Williams: Then what are you so afraid of?

Ellie Williams: I’m not her, you know? Maria told me about Sarah and…
Joel Miller: Don’t. Don’t say another word.
Ellie Williams: I’m sorry about your daughter, Joel. But I have lost people too.
Joel Miller: You have no idea what loss is.

Ellie Williams: Everybody I have cared for has either died or left me. Everybody, f***ing except for you! So don’t tell me that I’d be safer with somebody else because the truth is I would just be more scared.
Joel Miller: You’re right. You’re not my daughter. And I sure as hell ain’t your dad. Now, come dawn, we’re going our separate ways.

Joel Miller: You deserve a choice. I still think you’d be better off with Tommy.
Tommy Miller: Let’s go.
Joel Miller: Okay.

Tommy Miller: There’s a place for you here. Both of you.
Joel Miller: Counting on it.

Joel Miller: [as he’s teaching her how to shoot the rifle] A deep breath in, slow breath out. You squeeze the trigger like you love it. Gentle, steady. Nice and slow.
Ellie Williams: You going to shoot this thing or get it pregnant?

Joel Miller: Back then, there were basically two main ways of looking at things. Some people wanted to own everything. And some people didn’t want anyone to own anything at all.
Ellie Williams: Which one were you?
Joel Miller: Neither. I just did my job.
Ellie Williams: Which was building?

Joel Miller: We were called “contractors”.
Ellie Williams: “The Contractor.” That’s pretty cool.
Joel Miller: Yeah. We were cool. Everybody loved contractors.
Ellie Williams: Nice.

Ellie Williams: So, basically just moving in one direction.
Joel Miller: Basically, but violent.
Ellie Williams: Oh, well. There’s that.

Joel Miller: Well, how about that? Made it in five days.
Ellie Williams: Easy days. I don’t know what Tommy was so afraid of.
Joel Miller: Still time to find out.
Ellie Williams: [mimics Joel] “Still time to find out. The Contractor.”

Ellie Williams: Home of the Big Horns. What does that mean?
Joel Miller: Team mascot. It’s a kind of sheep.
Ellie Williams: Oh, see? One step closer to your dream.

Joel Miller: So I’ve been thinking. I don’t want a sheep ranch actually. I mean, if the deal is I can do anything?
Ellie Williams: That’s the deal.
Joel Miller: Well, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer.
Ellie Williams: Shut up.
Joel Miller: Why is that funny?

Ellie Williams: Well, you’re singing for me later. I’m going to save the f***ing world, man. It’s the least you can do for me.
Joel Miller: Fair enough.

Joel Miller: First time seeing a monkey?
Ellie Williams: First time seeing a monkey.

Joel Miller: [as they encounter some monkeys in the lab] Well, at least it ain’t Clickers.
Ellie Williams: Yeah, no Fireflies either. Maybe in all that research, they turned into f***ing monkeys.

Ellie Williams: [after Joel’s been stabbed by the raiders] Joel, open your eyes. Open your eyes. Joel, you got to get up. I can’t f***ing do this without you. I don’t know where the f*** I’m going, what the f*** I’m going to do. Joel. Please. Joel, please.

Ellie Williams: What the f*** is wrong with you, sneaking up on me like that?
Riley Abel: It was a joke, okay? I thought it would work better. In my mind, you loved it.

Ellie Williams: I thought you were dead. You’ve been gone for three weeks. I should f***ing stab you.
Riley Abel: No, I appreciate your mercy.

Ellie Williams: If you’re going through some s**t, you’re supposed to, I don’t know, talk to your best friend about it?
Riley Abel: I came back.

Riley Abel: I will tell you everything. But first, you have to promise me something. Sort of crazy, and you’re going to say no, but then you have to say yes. Come with me for a few hours, and have the best night of your life.
Ellie Williams: No.
Riley Abel: Okay, now say yes.

Riley Abel: You trust me, right?
Ellie Williams: I don’t know. Should I trust you?
Riley Abel: Of course, you should. With your life.

Riley Abel: [as they’re escaping from their quarters] Okay, rocky start. Could’ve been worse though. Could’ve been a 7-11 situation.
Ellie Williams: No thanks. I’d like to keep my other eyebrow in one piece.

Riley Abel: I’m just saying, you can’t fight everything and everyone. You can pick and choose what’s important.
Ellie Williams: Oh, are they teaching you this at Firefly University?
Riley Abel: Kind of. Yeah.

Riley Abel: Firefly lights are better.
Ellie Williams: Congrats. One point for the anarchists.
Riley Abel: We prefer freedom fighters.
Ellie Williams: Whatever.

Ellie Williams: [as they come across a dead man with a bottle of alcohol] This isn’t moonshine either. It’s like from before. This guy must’ve spent every card he had to get this.
Riley Abel: No one told him he couldn’t mix pills with that s**t?
Ellie Williams: I think he knew what he was doing.

Ellie Williams: Was that the first dead body you ever saw?
Riley Abel: No. My parents.
Ellie Williams: Yeah. Sorry. I know. I mean, I knew that.

Ellie Williams: So what happened? You started dating some Firefly dude, and was like, “Oh, this is cool. I think I’ll be a terrorist.”
Riley Abel: Yep. That’s it. We’re getting married.

Ellie Williams: That easy to give up everything, huh?
Riley Abel: By “everything”, you mean becoming a fascist d**kbag?
Ellie Williams: I mean, I don’t know if it’s that simple. Like in a way, FEDRA kind of holds everything together.

Ellie Williams: The mall? You out of your f***ing mind? They sealed that place off for a reason. It’s full of Infected.
Riley Abel: If it’s sealed off, then why isn’t it sealed off?

Ellie Williams: Are you going to kill me? This seems like a perfect place to do it.
Riley Abel: Oh, I’m aware.

Riley Abel: [to Ellie, after they enter the mall] No one can see s**t but us. Just me and you. And you ain’t seen nothing yet. Tonight, I’m going to show you the four wonders of the mall.

Ellie Williams: [as she’s experiencing the escalater for the first time] So this is the first wonder, right?
Riley Abel: Yeah, sure. There can be five wonders in this mall.

Riley Abel: My mom said when the outbreak happened, people started looting until the military shut it down. So the stuff that’s gone is the stuff that people needed the most, or wanted, I guess.
Ellie Williams: Right. So, sneakers, and not soap.
Riley Abel: [pointing to the lingerie store] Or that s**t. I mean, I don’t get why people back then wanted all this stuff.
Ellie Williams: Do you need me to explain it to you?
Riley Abel: Ha-ha, no. I know why. It just looks uncomfortable.

Riley Abel: Do you trust me?
Ellie Williams: With my life, apparently.
Riley Abel: Oh, well then, give me your hand.

Ellie Williams: Did you really leave because you actually think you could liberate this place?
Riley Abel: Don’t say it like it’s some type of fantasy, Ellie. They’ve done it in the other QZs. Set things right, the way they used to be.
Ellie Williams: Yeah, we could do that too. If you come back, I mean. We’re like the future. You know, we could make things better. We could be running things. You could be running things.
Riley Abel: You could be running things.

Riley Abel: Standing guard while people shovel s**t. That’s what they think of me.
Ellie Williams: Why didn’t you tell me any of this?
Riley Abel: I don’t know. I just, I panicked. And I ran. And the longer I was away, the harder it was for me to come back.

Riley Abel: [to Ellie] You know, you’re the one thing I missed from that f***ing place, if that makes a difference.

Riley Abel: You know what? We’re two wonders down, three more to go, if you want to keep going.
Ellie Williams: I mean, I’m on a magic horse with like a million lights. I don’t know how it’s supposed to get better.

Ellie Williams: [referring to the photo booth] Is that a time machine?

Ellie Williams: [referring to the arcade] This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.

Ellie Williams: [referring to Mortal Kombat II] How many times have you played this?
Riley Abel: I mean, I’ve been here a few times.
Ellie Williams: Ah, so you don’t wait to do everything with me.

Ellie Williams: [referring to her present] Is it a dinosaur?!
Riley Abel: Possibly.
Ellie Williams: I mean, I’ll be your best friend again if it’s a dinosaur.
Riley Abel: Oh, really. My best friend again? Ellie, you are already my best friend.

Riley Abel: [referring to the pun book] Ta-da! “Volume Too.”
Ellie Williams: Shut up! They made a second one? Where did you get that?
Riley Abel: “What did the frustrated cannibal do?”
Ellie Williams: Lay it on me.
Riley Abel: “He threw up his hands.”

Ellie Williams: “What did the triangle say to the circle? You’re so pointless.”

Ellie Williams: “How does a computer get drunk? It takes screenshots.”
Riley Abel: What are screenshots?
Ellie Williams: I don’t actually know.

Ellie Williams: You didn’t find this mall, did you? They posted you here. A new recruit guarding their stash?
Riley Abel: We would never use them on you, or anywhere ever near you. I would never let them do that.
Ellie Williams: You would never let them? Right, and you think they’re going to listen to you? I mean, I guess we’ll find out.

Ellie Williams: None of this s**t was even about me!
Riley Abel: Would you stop?
Ellie Williams: F*** you!

Ellie Williams: Why did you bring me here?
Riley Abel: Because I wanted to see you.
Ellie Williams: And?
Riley Abel: And I wanted to say goodbye. This isn’t easy, Ellie.
Ellie Williams: It actually is. You just did it. Goodbye.

Riley Abel: [as Ellie enters the Halloween store] Surprise. The fifth wonder. I thought you’d like this one the best, so I saved it for last. I guess that was stupid. I’m f***ing stupid.

Ellie Williams: So you leave me. I think you’re dead. All of a sudden, you’re alive. And you give me this night, this amazing f***ing night. And now you’re leaving again. Forever. To join some cause I don’t even think you understand. Tell me I’m wrong.
Riley Abel: I think that you don’t know everything.

Riley Abel: You don’t know what it was like to have a family. To belong. I mean, I didn’t have them for long, but I had them. I belonged to them. And I want that again. Maybe the Fireflies aren’t what I think they are, but they chose me. I matter to them.
Ellie Williams: You mattered to me first.

Ellie Williams: And you’re sure about this? About leaving?
Riley Abel: Yeah.
Ellie Williams: Okay. And I’m not saying it all pi**y and s**t. You’re my best friend, and I’ll miss you.
Riley Abel: Well, night’s not over yet.

Riley Abel: What?
Ellie Williams: Don’t go.
Riley Abel: Okay.
[Ellie then kisses Riley]

Ellie Williams: [after she kisses Riley] I’m sorry.
Riley Abel: For what?

Ellie Williams: What do we do now?
Riley Abel: We’re going to figure it out.

Ellie Williams: [after they’ve been attacked and bitten by an infected] What are we going to do?
Riley Abel: The way I see it, we got two options. One, we take the easy way out. It’s quick, painless. No. No, I don’t like option one. Option two, we just keep going.
Ellie Williams: What are you talking about, Riley? It’s over.
Riley Abel: It will be. But not yet.

Riley Abel: It ends this way for everyone sooner or later, right? Some of us just get there faster than others. But we don’t quit. Whether it’s two minutes, or two days, we don’t give that up. I don’t want to give that up. We can just be all poetic and s**t and lose our minds together.
Ellie Williams: What’s option three?
Riley Abel: I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
[they then hold onto each other, in the present, Ellie finds a sewing needle and stitches up Joel’s wound]

David: You know, you really shouldn’t be out here all on your own.
Ellie Williams: From where I’m sitting, you shouldn’t be out here on your own.
David: Fair enough.

David: It’s hard to trust strangers. I know. But I honestly mean you no harm. And for what it’s worth, there’s room for you in our group, if you want.
Ellie Williams: You’re inviting me to your Hunger Club? Thanks.
David: It’s true. We’re hungry, but we’re still here.

David: I’m a decent man just trying to take care of the people who rely on me.
Ellie Williams: You’re their leader?
David: Wasn’t my choice. It was theirs. But, yes.
Ellie Williams: They “chose to follow you”. Is this some weird cult thing?
David: Well, you sort of kind of got me there. I am a preacher.

Ellie Williams: The whole world ended and you still believe that s**t.
David: I actually started believing after the world ended. Before that, I was a teacher. Math. Taught kids about your age.
Ellie Williams: So you went from teacher to preacher because, what? It f***ing rhymes?
David: Yeah, exactly.

David: Well, I found God after the Apocalypse. Which is either the best time or the worst time to find Him, hard to say.

David: There’s no such thing as luck. No, I believe everything happens for a reason.

David: [to Ellie] We didn’t expect this winter to be so cruel. Nothing will grow. Game’s been hard to find. So I sent four of our people to a nearby town to scavenge what they could. And only three of them came back. And the one that didn’t was a father. He had a daughter just like you. And her dad was taken from her. Turns out, he was murdered by this crazy man. And get this. That crazy man was traveling with a little girl. You see? Everything happens for a reason.

David: [as Ellie takes the penicillin and runs off] I know you’re not with a group. You won’t survive for long out there. I can protect you.
James: So you’re just going to let her get away?

David: If you’ve heard a rumor, yes, we found a girl who was with the man who took Alec from us. When the sun rises, I’ll lead a group out to pick up her trail. Won’t be hard to find in the snow. We’ll follow it to wherever they’re hiding, and we’ll bring that man to justice.
Hannah: You should kill him. You should kill both of them.
[David then strikes her in the face]

David: [after he’s hit her] I know you think you don’t have a father anymore. But the truth is, Hannah, you will always have a father. And you will show him respect when he’s speaking.

David: Stay alert. If this man’s not already dead, he’s dangerous.
James: What about the girl?
David: We bring her back with us.
James: I don’t mean to question your sense of mercy, David. We can let her go. But we bring that girl back with us, she’s just another mouth to feed.
David: If we leave her out here, she’ll die.
James: Yeah, but maybe that’s God’s will.

Ellie Williams: Joel, wake the f*** up, Joel. Okay. Okay, look at me. There are men coming, okay? I’m going to lead them away from you. But if anybody makes it down here, you f***ing kill them. You got it? Joel. Joel, do not fall asleep.

David: [to his men, after they capture Ellie] You so hungry for vengeance? Deliver it.

Ellie Williams: Why am I in a cage?
David: Because I’m afraid of you. You’re a dangerous person. You’ve certainly proven that. The others, they want me to kill you for all that’s happened. Did you hear me say the others want to kill you?
Ellie Williams: Yeah.
David: But I stopped them.
Ellie Williams: F*** you.

David: You can’t survive on your own. No one can. But I can help you. Let me protect you.
Ellie Williams: I’m not on my own.
David: Right. Your friend. And how is he? I can see how much you care about him, so I know it hurts. But even so, you got to face reality. That part of your life, it’s ending. And what I’m offering you is a beginning. But if you can’t find a way to trust me, then, yes, you are alone.

Joel Miller: [as he’s torturing Timothy to find out where Ellie’s is] You’re going to point to where we are, and where your “resort” is. And it better be the exact same spot your buddy points to.

Marco: [after Joel kills Timothy] Why the f*** did you do that?! He told you what you wanted! You m**herf***er. F*** you. I ain’t telling you s**t.
Joel Miller: It’s okay. I believe him.
[Joel then strikes him with a broken pipe]

Ellie Williams: [after she sees the dismembered ear on the floor] You’re going to chop me up into little pieces.
David: I’d rather not.

David: If you want to judge me…
Ellie Williams: Judge you? You’re eating people, you sick f***!
David: Yes. There are only a few of us that know. But I would’ve told you. Sooner or later. I guess sooner.

Ellie Williams: You’re an animal.
David: Well, yes. We all are. That’s sort of the point.

David: It was a last resort. You think it doesn’t shame me? But what was I supposed to do? Let them starve? These people who put their lives in my hands, who expect me to keep them safe, who love me?
Ellie Williams: Yeah, maybe.
David: You don’t believe that. I don’t think your friend would either. Didn’t he take another man’s life to save yours?
Ellie Williams: He was defending himself.
David: He was defending you. But you knew that.

David: You see a lot. So do I. And you know what I see when I look at you? Me. You remind me of me. You’re a natural leader. You’re smart, loyal. Violent.
Ellie Williams: You don’t know anything about me.
David: But I do.

David: If I let you out of that cage right now, put that knife of yours in your hand, you’d stick me in a second. You have a violent heart. And I should know. I’ve always had a violent heart. And I struggled with it for a long time. But then the world ended, and I was shown the truth.
Ellie Williams: Right. By God.
David: No. By Cordyceps.

David: What does Cordyceps do? Is it evil? No. It’s fruitful. It multiplies. It feeds and protects its children. And it secures its future with violence, if it must. It loves.

Ellie Williams: Why are you telling me all of this?
David: Because you can handle it. The way the others can’t. They need God. They need heaven. They need a father. You don’t. You’re beyond that.

David: I’m a shepherd surrounded by sheep, and all I want is an equal. A friend.
Ellie Williams: What about my friend?
David: Like I said, loyal.

David: [to Ellie] They follow me. And they would follow us. Lord knows I could use the help. Look what’s happened. Think of what we could do together, as strong as we are. We’d make this place perfect. We’d grow, spread out. And we’d do whatever we needed for our people. Imagine the life we could give them. Imagine the life we could build.

Ellie Williams: Ellie.
David: What?
Ellie Williams: Tell them that Ellie is the little girl who broke your f***ing finger!
David: How did you put it? Hmm? “Tiny little pieces”?

Ellie Williams: [as David and James are about to kill her] Don’t! Don’t do it! Please, don’t do it! Please, don’t! Don’t!
David: You had your chance.
Ellie Williams: I’m infected! I’m infected. And now so are you.

Ellie Williams: [after they see her infected bite] What did you say? Everything happens for a reason, right?
James: David.
David: No. No, she would’ve turned by now. This isn’t real.
James: It looks pretty f***ing real to me.

David: Ellie, I know you’re not infected. No one infected fights this hard to stay alive. So, how did you do it? What’s the secret? Or are you just that f***ing special?

David: No one likes being humiliated, Ellie. You don’t know how good I am! You don’t know what I could’ve given you! If you had just let me! Well, I have news for you. Neither one of us is dying today. You see, I’ve changed my mind. I’ve decided you do need a father. So I’m going to keep you, and I’m going to teach you.

David: [after he’s caught Ellie] I thought you already knew. The fighting is the part I like the most. Don’t be afraid. “There’s no fear in love.”
[Ellie then manages to grab the butcher knife and kill him]

Joel Miller: [as he find Ellie and embraces her] It’s me. It’s me. Look. It’s me. It’s me. It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s okay, baby girl. I got you. I got you. Okay.

Joel Miller: Okay, so this is what I’m thinking.
Ellie Williams: Cut through that building to get around that stuff, find the skyscraper, go up and look around.
Joel Miller: Actually, this time I was thinking we blast our way through that rubble. I found some dynamite in that RV back there.
Ellie Williams: Really?
Joel Miller: No. So we’re going to cut through that building, find a skyscraper, go up and look around. But I had you going, didn’t I?

Joel Miller: You okay?
Ellie Williams: Yeah, I’m fine.
Joel Miller: It’s just you kind of seem extra quiet today, so.
Ellie Williams: Oh. I’m sorry.
Joel Miller: No, it’s fine.

Ellie Williams: [as they see a giraffe] Don’t scare it.
Joel Miller: I won’t.
[he then helps her to feed it]

Joel Miller: [as they’re looking at the giraffes] So, is it everything you hoped for?
Ellie Williams: It’s got its ups and downs, but you can’t deny that view.

Joel Miller: Maybe there’s nothing bad out there, but so far there’s always been something bad out there.
Ellie Williams: We’re still here though.
Joel Miller: I know. I’m only saying there’s risk. We don’t have to do this. I just, I want you to know that.
Ellie Williams: What do you mean? What else are we supposed to do?
Joel Miller: Nothing. We just go back to Tommy’s. We forget about the whole damn thing.
Ellie Williams: After all we’ve been through, everything I’ve done, it can’t be for nothing.

Ellie Williams: [to Joel] I know you mean well. I know you want to protect me. You have. And when we’re done, we’ll go wherever you want. Tommy’s, sheep ranch, the moon. I’ll follow you anywhere you go. But there’s no halfway with this. We finish what we started.

Joel Miller: [referring to the emergency medical camps] They had me in one just like this.
Ellie Williams: With Sarah?
Joel Miller: No, she was gone already.
Ellie Williams: Oh.

Ellie Williams: So what was wrong with you?
Joel Miller: [referring to his head scar] It was for this.
Ellie Williams: Ah, the guy who shot and missed. I figured that would’ve happened later.
Joel Miller: No. Second day.
Ellie Williams: Well, I’ve got to hand it to the Army people. They were way better at stitching you up than I was.

Joel Miller: It was me. I was the guy who shot and missed. There’s no story. Sarah died, and I couldn’t see the point anymore. Simple as that. And I wasn’t scared either. I was ready. I couldn’t have been more ready. When I went to pull the trigger, I flinched. I still don’t know why. Anyway, the reason I’m telling you all this…
Ellie Williams: I know why you’re telling me all this.
Joel Miller: Yeah, I reckon you do.

Ellie Williams: So time heals all wounds, I guess.
Joel Miller: It wasn’t time that did it.
Ellie Williams: Well, I’m glad that that didn’t work out.
Joel Miller: Me too.

Joel Miller: You know what I’m in the mood for?
Ellie Williams: What?
Joel Miller: S**tty puns.
Ellie Williams: [as she gets out her pun book] Oh-ho-ho. “People are making apocalypse jokes like there’s no tomorrow.” Too soon?
Joel Miller: No, it’s topical.

Ellie Williams: Oh, I love this one. “Moon rocks taste better than Earth rocks. Why? Because they’re meteor.”
Joel Miller: Oh, that’s terrible.
Ellie Williams: F*** you. That was actually good.
Joel Miller: That’s a zero out of ten.

Ellie Williams: “What did the green grape say to the purple grape? Breathe, you idiot.”
Joel Miller: That was a three out of ten.
Ellie Williams: Seven, minimum.
Joel Miller: I’ll give it a five. Five out of ten.
Ellie Williams: Five?

Joel Miller: [after Firefly soldiers capture Ellie and him unconscious] Where is Ellie?
Marlene: She wasn’t hurt. Not even a scratch. She’s mostly worried about you.

Marlene: We lost half our crew crossing the country. I had five men whose only job was to protect me. And I still almost got killed. How did you do it?
Joel Miller: It was all her. She fought like hell to get here.
Marlene: She would’ve been dead on day one. You are the one person I never wanted to be in debt to. But I owe you. We all owe you.

Joel Miller: Just take me to her.
Marlene: I can’t. She’s being prepped for surgery.
Joel Miller: What surgery?

Marlene: [referring to their doctor] He thinks it could be a cure, Joel. A cure.

Joel Miller: Cordyceps grows inside the brain.
Marlene: It does.

Joel Miller: Find someone else.
Marlene: There is no one else. We didn’t tell her. We didn’t cause her any fear. There won’t be any pain.
Joel Miller: No. No, you take me to her. You take me to her right now!

Joel Miller: Please, you don’t understand.
Marlene: I do. I was there when she was born, Joel. I promised her mother that I would save her child. I promised. So I do understand. I’m the only one who understands. I’m sorry. I have no other choice.
Joel Miller: I do.

Joel Miller: [as he shoots the Firefly soldiers] Where is she?
Firefly Soldier: F*** you.
Joel Miller: I don’t have time for this.
[he shoots the solider in the head]

Joel Miller: [as he finds Ellie being prepped for surgery] Unhook her.
Surgeon: How did you get in here?
Joel Miller: I said unhook her.
Surgeon: I won’t let you take her.
[Joel shoots him in the head]

Marlene: You can’t keep her safe forever. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many people you kill, she’s going to grow up, Joel. And then you’ll die. She’ll leave. Then what? How long till she’s torn apart by Infected, or murdered by raiders? Because she lives in a broken world that you could have saved.
Joel Miller: Maybe. But it isn’t for you to decide.
Marlene: Or you.

Marlene: [to Joel] So what would she decide, huh? Because I think she’d want to do what’s right. And you know it. It’s not too late. Even now, even after what you’ve done. We can still find a way.

Joel Miller: [to Ellie, as she wakes in the car] They were running some tests on you, and some others. Turns out there’s a whole lot more like you, people that are immune. Dozens of them. And the doctors, they couldn’t make any of it work. They’ve actually, they’ve stopped looking for a cure.

Ellie Williams: [after Joel tells her raiders attacked the hospital] Were people hurt?
Joel Miller: Yes.
Ellie Williams: Is Marlene okay?
Joel Miller: I’m taking us home. I’m sorry.

Marlene: [flashback to when he shot Marlene] Please. Let me go.
Joel Miller: You’d just come after her.
[he shoots her in the head]

Joel Miller: [referring to the car, as they are near Wyoming] Well, she got us close enough. We got to walk the rest of the way. Probably about a five hour hike. But we can manage that. Remember?
Ellie Williams: Yeah.

Joel Miller: [referring to Sarah] She would have liked you. Not to say the two of you are the same. Definitely different kids.
Ellie Williams: How so?
Joel Miller: Well, she was a lot more, I want to say girly, and I’m not saying that you’re not girly.
Ellie Williams: I’m not.
Joel Miller: Yeah, you’re not. So that.

Joel Miller: [referring to Sarah] She was taller. She had a killer smile. Again, not saying that you don’t. But you know why I think she’d like you?
Ellie Williams: Why?
Joel Miller: Because you’re funny. I think you would’ve made her laugh. Anyway, I bet you would’ve liked her back.
Ellie Williams: Yeah, bet I would’ve.

Ellie Williams: Back in Kansas City, you asked me about the first time I killed someone. When I got bit in the mall, I wasn’t on my own. My best friend was there, and she got bit too. We didn’t know what to do, and she says, “We can just wait it out, be all poetic and just lose our minds together.” And then she did. And I had to… Her name was Riley, and she was the first to die. And then it was Tess. And then Sam.
Joel Miller: That’s not on you.

Joel Miller: Look, sometimes things don’t work out the way we hope. You can feel like you’ve come to an end, and you don’t know what to do next. But if you just keep going, you find something new to fight for. And maybe that’s not what…
Ellie Williams: Swear to me. Swear to me that everything you said about the Fireflies is true.
Joel Miller: I swear.
Ellie Williams: Okay.