The following door neighbors
Within the sport, Joel and Sarah stay subsequent door to the Coopers. Poor, unlucky Jimmy Cooper turns into the primary contaminated person who Joel and Sarah cross paths with, and Joel shoots him lifeless after breaking into their home.
Within the collection, Joel and Sarah stay subsequent door to the Adlers—and boy, will we get to know them a bit extra intimately. It’s revealed that Sarah typically goes subsequent door to spend time with the Adlers, together with grownup neighbor Connie and her ailing, aged mom. We see Sarah pay them a go to after college, which works innocently sufficient, till the outdated lady begins to mutate behind Sarah’s again whereas she’s selecting out a film to carry dwelling.
The following morning, the Adlers’ terrified canine will get Sarah’s consideration by leaping up towards her household room window, startling Sarah and forcing her outdoors. As soon as there, she hears a crashing noise subsequent door and trepidatiously enters the Adler home. As soon as inside, she slips on some blood earlier than discovering the older lady feasting on the neck of Connie, her personal daughter, with a mysterious fungus popping out of her mouth.
They warned us about this.
The curious case of Robert
A infamous and untrustworthy arms vendor, Robert is performed by Robin Atkin Downes within the sport. He was purported to promote weapons to Joel and Tess—performed by Annie Wersching—nevertheless it’s revealed that he unloaded them elsewhere. This, in fact, would not sit effectively with Joel and Tess—so that they confront him at his outdated warehouse in Space 5.
As soon as there, Robert tells them that he bought the weapons to militia group the Fireflies. Incensed, Tess shoots him within the head and kills him.
Whereas within the collection, after we first meet Tess (Torv), she’s already coping with Robert, having been crushed up by a few his males. As an alternative of weapons, nevertheless, Tess needs the truck battery that Robert bought them. As an alternative of telling Joel, although, Tess says she’ll stay silent about the entire thing if Robert lets her “go dwelling and drink till my face stops hurting.”
That is when the room they’re in blows up, permitting Tess to flee.
Joel and Tess vow to seek out Robert, get the battery and discover their technique to Joel’s brother Tommy (Luna). By the point they discover Robert, nevertheless, he is already lifeless after an obvious assault by a member of the contaminated. He is additionally mendacity subsequent to the battery, which not works.
A minimum of Tess’ palms are clear.
