Infected

Episode aired Jan 22, 2023
TV-MA
53m

IMDb RATING

9.1/10

103K

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Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in Infected (2023)

Dystopian Sci-Fi Action Adventure Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

After escaping the QZ, Joel and Tess clash over Ellie's fate while navigating the ruins of a long-abandoned Boston.After escaping the QZ, Joel and Tess clash over Ellie's fate while navigating the ruins of a long-abandoned Boston.After escaping the QZ, Joel and Tess clash over Ellie's fate while navigating the ruins of a long-abandoned Boston.

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IMDb RATING

9.1/10

103K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The episode shows how the Cordyceps pandemic began in Jakarta, home of one of the largest flour mills in the world, and implies that contaminated flour likely caused the quick spread across the globe. Other than a radio broadcast that the Millers listen to over breakfast, the previous episode also hints at this by showing several instances in which Joel and Sarah unknowingly avoid eating flour: when Sarah is unable to make Joel birthday pancakes, when they turn down their neighbor's biscuits, when Joel forgets to get a cake, etc.

Goofs
Joel, Ellie, and Tess look west across Quincy Market, with Fanueil Hall and Boston City Hall visible in the background. However, this would mean that they came from the east, which consists of Boston Harbor, not the cityscape they were shown traveling through.

Quotes
Lt. Gen. Agus Hidayat: Ibu Ratna, we brought you here to help us keep this from spreading. We need a vaccine or a medicine.
Ratna Pertiwi: I have spent my life studying these things. So please listen carefully. There is no medicine. There is no vaccine.
Lt. Gen. Agus Hidayat: So what do we do?
Ratna Pertiwi: Bomb. Start bombing. Bomb the city... and everyone in it.

Connections
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10/10

I hope Christine Hakim reads this some day

The first 8 minutes of this episode is so well acted that it is hard to put into words...

Christine Hakim so deftly conveys everything she is going through from the impossible to the end of the world in 8 minutes. She do so deftly and subtly that should be praised. So well done...

I hope to see more of her in other work...

As for the rest of the episode it was superb. Very suspenseful and Starting to make me care about the world and the people who inhabit it...

I am so glad they are including lore from before the world collapsed. I have always enjoyed that part in this genre of media. I feel like so many skip it.