Traveling through Missouri, Joel and Ellie are forced to take a detour through Kansas City, where they are ambushed. Joelhugs two of the bandits, but a third overpowers him and nearly chokes him to passing before Ellie saves him by shooting the man with Frank's pistol. More bandits find the bodies; their leader, Kathleen, believes Joel and Ellie might be in contact with a man named Henry and orders a manhunt. Joel counsels Ellie about the firefight and gives her the pistol back. Joel and Ellie sleep in a high-rise apartment for the night, hoping they can scout a way out of the city in daylight.
Set two decades after the implosion of our society, the drama will follow Joel, a tough survivor, who is hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl named Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
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