THE LAST OF US Explained | Every Clue On How The Infection Started And Real Life Zombie Inspiration

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THE LAST OF US Explained | How The Infection Started And Real Life Zombie Town Inspiration. We breakdown and explain the origins of where the infection started off at in The Last Of Us based on theories, clues and hidden details in episode 1.
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Ok so The Last Of Us centres around a deadly infection caused by funghi known as the Cordyseps. These real world parasites can be found in nature and what's most terrifying about the Last Of Us is that there is basis in science for something like this to happen.
Episode 1 of the HBO show opens with a scientist theorising the rise of them all the way back in the 60s and like he says, there's no cure.
But where did the infection originate from and how did it spread so quickly?
Well throughout this video we're gonna be breaking down everything we know about how it began and the theories about how it spread so quickly. If you enjoy the video then please hit the thumbs up button and don't forget to subscribe for videos like this every day. With that out the way, thanks for clicking this, now let's get into The Last Of Us.
Now when looking at where it all started I think that the first place to go to is the game. The playstation classic doesn't give us too much of a backstory on where it originated from but there are teases found in documents. When looking through newspapers we come across the Texas Herald which reported on the infection. On September 26th it reported that admittance at hospitals was up 300% due to the infection.
The FDA also released a statement about contaminated crops and that massive recalls were expected. This of couse didn't happen but the statement did give us a clue about what was happening. It said:
So there are clues that it's coming from countries with a hotter climate. This was teased at in the initial science report at the start and 2003 is listed as being one of the hottest years on record.
Now though it's not in South America, we do hear a report in episode 1 that there is something strange going on in Jakarta. This indonesian city is located in Asia and they might have changed this from South America for us to explore it in a later episode. During filming of the show people from Jakarta posted that things were being filmed in the city so we could possibly see this coming down the line at some point.
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@heavyspoilers Год назад

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@DaveLugo79 Год назад

Here's the $64,000 question that no one has asked yet: What happened to the infected that bit Eillie? In my mind I'd like to think the fungus slowly leaves the body and depending on what shape it is in will depend if you survive.

@mooseduty5426 Год назад

I won't be sharing any other theories cause this was my theory Paul! You chump! We'll call it parallel thinking I guess 🤔 little sad I didn't get a shoutout...BGood

@JustCallMeLoki Год назад

When the old lady is in the background of one scene you see her daughter trying to feed her corn bread and the mother pushing it away as its put into her mouth. The infection is in the corn

@ben2808 Год назад

Jesus Christ loves you

@Wedge-Antilles Год назад

They are not sticking close to source material at all. the year is suppose to be 2033

@sentientmustache8360 Год назад

The Last of Us: Want to see me break your heart in the first 30 minutes? *10 years later* The Last of Us: Want to see me do it again?

@keythekidd Год назад

I’m surprised they managed to make Sarah’s death scene just as heart breaking as it was all those years ago. Nico killed it as Sarah.

@arcosprey4811 Год назад

@@keythekidd I think it was more heartbreaking this time

@johnnyguillotine1673 Год назад

@@arcosprey4811 because them fuckers made us spend more time with her... Fucking savages.

@daemianmatthews2062 Год назад

Another 10 years Last of us VR how about you see it with you own eyes

@av36mo Год назад

The Last of Us fans every time: “YES, YES, YES!!! Please break me again!”

@nicholasmetrano6411 Год назад

The other thing is that the people with twitch’s (first sign of infection) were people with comprised immune systems . The classmate with a medical bracelet, the elderly woman.

@mssonoma1 Год назад

nice catch! I wondered why that kid in particular was twitching

@nicholasmetrano6411 Год назад

And if he had diabetes, for example, and ate carbs (like bread made from tainted wheat) he would probably see a rapid rise and fall in glucose levels is a hindering the bodies ability to fight foreign infection.

@nicholasmetrano6411 Год назад

Forced medical procedure? What ever do you mean? Can’t be getting a covid vaccine, as it was a bit 2003 in this fictional version of the world. Aside from that, this is a video about “The Last of Us” television show.

@Alpha1918 Год назад

@@claydog4377 lmao

@axolotlonzo2683 Год назад

@@claydog4377 what do you mean by that

@keanwi15 Год назад

They mentioned that the chance of being infected is much higher if you've been in the city. They also said that the neighbor had just been to the city to get her meds. In the truck, when they are talking about whether they could be infected, Joel says that they probably aren't infected because none of them have been to the city recently and while his daughter says she hasn't, she looks worried because that's where she just got his watch fixed.

@LKYHGaming Год назад

Looked more like a town area that an actual city

@nosound5903 Год назад

I thought she was worried cause she was interacting a lot with the said neighbors.

@ryanmugits5356 Год назад

I thought Joel was just trying to say things to help keep her calm and had no real idea

@LKYHGaming Год назад

@@nosound5903 yea same

@OscarFowler Год назад

Sure, but the characters are just guessing and trying to calm their fears about what's happening. The flour being a vector for the infection makes a ton of sense given all the heavy clues the show gives us about the main characters unintentionally avoiding flour products. Joel even forgets to pick up a birthday cake.

@masamune2984 Год назад

It’s especially cool knowing that alongside Cordyceps in nature, there has also evolved an anti-Cordyceps parasite, that prevents Cordyceps from taking over hosts by preying on the parasitic fungus itself as it tries to take over a host. Interesting if Ellie somehow is the first human to have been infected by an evolved version of this “good” parasitic fungus. 😊

@SirAlexanderr Год назад

If I’m remembering correctly there has been many people with the immunity but they killed themselves before realizing, I also remember hearing that the fireflies had killed a bunch of them.

@keithwiechart7744 Год назад

If I recall correctly though, the parasitic fungus also causes extreme immunodeficiency. Truth be told, I’d take that over getting infected with Cordyceps.

@octoscorpion2506 Год назад

@@SirAlexanderr That young boy that they euthanized after telling him that they'd get him food and medicine and toys. What if he was immune? They immediately kill anyone as soon as they test positive. They could be killing MANY people who might he immune.

@Pantsinabucket Год назад

@@SirAlexanderrireflies never killed anyone actually immune, just infected people. At least in the medical facility they take Ellie to.

@coladict Год назад

@@SirAlexanderr I made the same mistake. I remembered Joel's lies as if they were the truth. Ellie is the only one immune ever discovered.

@DtheMan112 Год назад

X-Files had a horrifying episode based on the Cordyceps fungus. Apart of me always wonders if Neal saw that episode as a kid and was just as traumatized as I was lol

@mrj4082 Год назад

Which episode was it? I might put it on my watch lists

@shennyyys Год назад

@@mrj4082 Season 2, Episode 9 :D

@noahbradley4631 Год назад

Is that the one with the silicon based fungus?

@floydffrogfloydffrog7453 Год назад

It always bothered me that in that episode Scully inadvertently but callously causes Toad's death. [edit] Woops wrong episode. I'm thinking of S02E22, where a parasite results in an infectious agent being sprayed on anyone nearby. It's not a fungus though. Charles Martin Smith gets a face full thanks to Scully having stridently inserted herself into the circumstance. She's totally a Karen in that episode.

@RebelScum312 Год назад

yeah, it's the one with the research team in the volcano who got infected from a rock that was split open to study, totally forgot bradley whitford played the lead scientist who sacrificed himself to stop the infection from spreading. loved these type of stories just as much as the alien invasion arc, it was such a shame how the revival seasons were handled, written & directed, don't think i can ever rewatch any of that, except maybe the one with the AI restaurant sending the psycho drones after mulder & skully for a positive review, at least had the old school humor & horror done right twilight zone style

@HotDogTimeMachine385 Год назад

"Deadly infection caused by a fun guy known as Cordy Ceps" The true villain of the story. The final boss of TLoU 3

@heavyspoilers Год назад

Oh crap plot leaks

@mr.lightzplease9366 Год назад

The one that put the rat king to shame 😂😂😂

@mrj4082 Год назад

😂

@RobertK1993 Год назад

TLOU part III was cancelled due woke failure of part II

@filipesemanas4050 Год назад

@timothytorigian7932 Год назад

Cool breakdown, I never would have noticed how they avoided flour products the whole episode but it's definitely laced throughout the intro.

@heavyspoilers Год назад

Yeah felt so on the nose on a second watch, definitely think that’s what happened

@edd542 Год назад

Same! I love when directors give the audience clues to figure things out on their own instead of giving us 10 minutes of boring exposition

@Ass_of_Amalek Год назад

really doesn't make sense though. they would havebeen eating flour from the same sources in the days before and after. flour is soubiquitous that anybody not actively avoiding gluten would have eaten it before anyone would figure out that it was a source of infection. what is much more plausible than avoidingit by avoiding all flour is just avoiding it by sheer luck because, if the infection was spread by imported flour, most flour would not be contaminated.

@caronstout354 Год назад

Contaminated flour isn't so far-fetched...thecSalem Witch Hysteria was, in part, caused by the ingestion of error- contaminated rye flour.

@amalgamation3679 Год назад

@@Ass_of_AmalekMaybe it was the people who had health issues, we saw the grandma and the kid in the class twitching.

@MathewAGTales Год назад

Sarah’s face after the lady says it’s raisin cookies is my fave part of the first episode

@codyerickson3550 Год назад

Sarah: 😐

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

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@pyroAdapt Год назад

The most terrifying part about the last Of us was when I found out that most of the infected are still in their minds and are aware of what's happening that just as an entire new horror to the entire situation imagine being in your mind trapped inside of an infected body and not having any control over your faquaties and just force to linger around in an abandoned buithing waiting for something alive to come in and trying to eat it against your will. For years no less

@WoWFtw8 Год назад

I imagine the reason so many of the infected tumbles when running and not having full control of their motor capabilities is becasue deep down subconsciously the host is trying to fight hunting down people

@peoplez129 Год назад

@@WoWFtw8 Nah, the hosts have no real control at all. They're just locked out. But the cordyceps does relinquish a bit of control when it's not in attack mode. But it also doesn't relinquish much control. It essentially paralyzes their bodies to keep them from moving when they're in a dormant state, and they can only do certain things like move their eyes around, probably because of the eyes being one of the the closest things directly wired to the brain. As we saw in a trailer, they were holding a knife to ones face, the type that is already long gone and plastered to a wall to be consumed and unable to move, and he was following it with his eyes, indicating he was mentally aware, and probably following the knife to indicate he wanted to be killed to end his suffering, because that was the only movement he could control. I'd imagine after a certain point for most infected, the cordyceps consumes enough of their brain that even the cordyceps itself loses control over motor functions, and then the cordyceps just consumes them from there to grow itself, since they are no longer physically useful to spread the infection anymore, the only use for them is food. So they couldn't attack even if the cordyceps wants to. So what it tells us is that cordyceps primarily invades the brains motor function regions, but not so much the regions for thinking or memory or basic bodily functions like heart beat, because it needs those intact in order for motor functions to work and for the host to be kept alive. If it does too much damage to those areas, it wouldn't be able to utilize them to attack with. For example, a zombie with no mental processing capability (i.e. brain dead but heart still beating) would give the cordyceps nothing to work with. They need certain brain structures intact in order to process things like visuals and sound and sensation, in order to perform even basic functions like walking/running/attacking.

@lollorosso4675 Год назад

This trapped in your own mind zombie thing is the premise of a great (if very dark) book by Hugh Howey - I, Zombie. Recommend read!

@szariq7338 Год назад

So basically "Johnny got his gun".

@RGC_animation Год назад

Yes, that's why you can sometimes see an infected cry alone.

@Jerseymad93 Год назад

Tommy looking for pancakes at their breakfast shows how close they all were to getting infected, great writing. You see the Addlers feed the grandmother that biscuit, as Sarah and Joel head to school and work, that was the moment the old lady was infected. Edit: they didn’t have pancakes because joel forgot to get the pancake mix, which really ties in with how consuming his job was because he had to work on his birthday and couldn’t even get home by the time he promised Sarah.

@ethidian3444 Год назад

If Joel bought pancake mix, realistically there is no chance it would have the same brand new flour that people are getting infected by. If that was the case, widespread infection would have occurred already. Whatever new flour is being sold will start infecting people the day it reaches the market shelves. Only people who buy brand new flour (not old stock) and use it right after buying it will be the initially infected, and it will then spread like a zombie virus with only a small number of original hosts. The granny next door is an original host, presumably from the brand new flour they got and used in the morning. Since people started getting infected mid-day, it's easy to then assume the flour was initially stocked the previous mid-day, and took at least 16 hours to infect people. And this has to be one of the first cities to be stocked with the new flour for public consumption, as there clearly isn't a widespread outbreak in America before this day. One possibility is that nobody realizes it is the flour that is infecting people, and people all around the world don't know what to avoid until it is too late. Possibly even contact with the flour could lead to infection, but likely at a much slower pace than eating it.

@HyperAhmedX21 Год назад

What?

@amalgamation3679 Год назад

I also think the fungi only infected people with weaker immune systems this way, the show points out the kid with the medical bracelet and the grandma twitching pointedly, then, they could spread it to healthy people via bites.

@Rjey45ForteFev Год назад

Wheat flour? Zombie Insects in the wheat field?

@db5094 Год назад

@@Rjey45ForteFev 1:28

@TheGDunkulific Год назад

I’m seriously impressed Paul! Catching the link to the fungi, Jakarta, and the central characters not eating bread and wheat products … that’s genius!

@MrStringybark Год назад

@@Ter-Lee I wouldn't exactly call you a Fun Guy, Mr. Comedy.

@BoolyK Год назад

@@Ter-Lee I can't wait to watch your standup funny guy!

@benjaminunruh7970 Год назад

Bro I been screaming about to to everyone who I know watching the show and they just shoot me a dead look lol

@ermwhatdaheck Год назад

@@Ter-Lee have you ever tried not being an annoying ass?

@bskilla4892 Год назад

Genius or...reads RU-vid comments and viral Reddit post.

@Ebizzill Год назад

Sarah's silent disgusted face at the oatmeal cookies had me wheezing of laughter.

@codyerickson3550 Год назад

Same! 😂 She’s just like… “Oh… 😐”

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@timothytorigian7932 Год назад

Cmon Paul, we all know you're the real Fungi.

@soulodolo6721 Год назад

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@anotherordinaryfellow6935 Год назад

"Okay guys, who in the loving god released the Contaminated Modified Cordyceps in our front row?" "I dont know, ask Paul." "Definetly Paul."

@danielbesco1722 Год назад

He really grows on ya.

@ICU1337 Год назад

I see what you did there 😏

@mangasaint Год назад

Seems pretty down to earth at yeast.

@cmdrjanjalani Год назад

The TLOU podcast also mentioned that they put a lot of "breadcrumbs" in the first episode on what caused the infection. So there you go.

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@MrSoldierpants Год назад

Aren't the biscuits also equally important as she refused to eat food. She was already infected. And once infected the fungi doesn't need food itself as it is feeding off of your body and controlling your brain function so you would no longer feel the need to eat. It is connected to crops in the story as well but I feel like her not eating was another take way there.

@lilchaos9212 Год назад

Yeah, I feel like as the infection takes to take control it first starts slowly, taking over the smaller bodily functions. When you're hungry, your stomach and intestinal tract produce ghrelin which stimulates your appetite and tells your brain to eat. It may be that after a while, once the fungus takes control, it makes your ghrelin go into overdrive which leads to people biting and eating other people even if the fungus uses the host's body to sustain itself, helping it spread the fungus to more hosts.

@DannyMakesVideosIGuess Год назад

@@Ben10OmniForceShow At some point in ep2 they mention nobody lasts more than 2 hrs after being infected, that could just be from direct infection via biting but I feel like ingesting is as effective.

@MrSoldierpants Год назад

@@DannyMakesVideosIGuess yeah I think we may have had all the wuestion they are going to answer, answered in episode 2. It came from Jakarta in wheat/flour and took 2 days to get to Texas? Some of the times I feel like aren't perfect but hey who cares. In the end just loving the fact this is a TV show now!

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@LewisB3217 Год назад

Seeing the grandma behind Joel’s daughter freak out while she grabbed the movie was creepy

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@CameoAmalthea Год назад

In real life Cordyceps is mostly found in Asia. The genus has a worldwide distribution and most of the approximately 600 species[3] that have been described are from Asia (notably Nepal, China, Japan, Bhutan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand). Cordyceps species are particularly abundant and diverse in humid temperate and tropical jungles. So it makes sense for the outbreak to start in Indonesia. Apparently, they don't want it spreading by spores in the TV show because they don't want to cover the actor's faces with gas masks (despite the fact Pedro Pascal has shown he can act with his face fully covered). So it makes sense that they change the initial infection happening due to spores to happening due via ingestion like ergot. (Real-life Cordyceps spreads to insects via spores and unlike ergot and other poison fungi Cordyceps is edible by people and actually has health benefits). The scientist in 60s talks about ergot and other poisonous fungi that cause hallucination, hinting that this fictional cordyceps is like ergot (makes you sick via ingestion) so it makes sense that the original outbreak was spread by bread. The scientist also mentioned human immune systems being able to fight infections (notably fever). This is silly if you think about it since real-life cordyceps are from the jungle and jungles are hot and real-life fungi like coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) can infect people just fine. But suspending our disbelief, it makes sense that the first person we see infected is an old woman. Maybe many people ate contaminated wheat but only those with weaker immune systems became infected that way, but they in turn can infect more people through bites which might have a higher risk of infection?

@Dylbz-ne8st Год назад

I guess it would be trickier for th speech and the mics picking it up if they had masks on maybe? (I don’t know tho)

@Ass_of_Amalek Год назад

and just as you would expect, caterpillars infected with cordyceps sinensis are one of the most expensive quack cures in traditional chinese medicine! xD

@jeambeam3173 Год назад

Such a dumbass excuse

@jeambeam3173 Год назад

@@Dylbz-ne8st nope it's all about who and wanting to show off actors faces more which is dumb as fuck and that logic led to the Halo show having master Chief without a helmet for 90 percent of it

@donemu9096 Год назад

The masks aren't the only reason they didn't use airborne spores. They said it actually doesnt make sense that people survived so long if it was spread by spores. They said they wanted to make it more plausible and if it was spread by spores going airborne, honestly everyone would have been infected.

@ynnosredd3190 Год назад

I always see John Hannah (the scientist who explained the fungi) as Quintis Lentulus Batiatus from Spartacus series.

@piphead Год назад

Yes or the brother in the mummy

@irinasouvandjiev Год назад

Or one of the guys in Four Weddings and a Funeral.

@slartybartfast1112 Год назад

You mean Evie’s brother from The Mummy hahah. (But yeah he was awesome in Spartacus).

@seanfritz7999 Год назад

Right? I just rewatched the whole series last week, it was soo good

@kelseykramer1783 Год назад

@@piphead That's what he is to me, the goofy brother 😂😂

@DarthDave Год назад

There was also a line said right before Joel talked about being on Adkins where the older male neighbor offered Sarah some leftover biscuits which would further your argument/claim.

@Ter-Lee Год назад

Not his claim. We told him about it in his previous videos in the comments. It's fact. Not an arguement. Joel later tells Ellie about it.

@Dreadpirateflappy Год назад

@@Ter-Lee dude chill out... did you make a video about it? no.

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@agentcooper4627 Год назад

It's funny that people put more effort into understanding how a fictional pandemic started than a real one.

@kattodoggo3868 Год назад

Yeah 🙄 maybe they will start researching vivid now at least

@danbosch- Год назад

There's no obfuscation, lying, and denial involved in the fake one though.

@didamnesia3575 Год назад

You don't even believe covid is real.

@jessearditty4471 Год назад

I found a slight editing mistake that I haven’t heard anyone mention: Sarah’s teacher says “your homework is due after class tomorrow”, but then later Tommy doesn’t want to be in jail “all weekend” because it was Friday. There wouldn’t be school the next day

@rhyswilliams4893 Год назад

Good spot!

@ghurcbghurcb Год назад

Maybe they have lessons on Saturdays too?

@mephostopheles3752 Год назад

To be fair, I’ve had plenty of teachers forget it was Friday.

@koolkiller35 Год назад

I’ve had plenty of homework assignments due on Saturday

@Walker-ow7vj Год назад

@@ghurcbghurcb nah it’s probably just a mistake

@damianstarks3338 Год назад

The opening of the first episode gave me I am legend vibes. Thanks for this breakdown and comparisons on how the virus spread.

@ernestareheart4238 5 месяцев назад

Fungus*

@LuckDragonLair Год назад

The bread products was good catch. I totally missed it because I was focused on dreading what was coming and gripping my tissues ;-p

@Ter-Lee Год назад

He didn't catch it though. He read our comments in his previous videos explaining the tainted wheat/flour and how they barely missed getting infected.

@douglaspereira6261 Год назад

It just broke me that “Mercy” (the dog) came to Sarah, but she wasn’t spared. (Of course she wouldn’t, I just think the dog’s name was a sadistic joke on the part of the writers 😅)

@ethanschlong8057 Год назад

Wasn’t spared wtf are you talking about? The dog lived and ran into the darkness

@personman1148 Год назад

He's referring to Sarah she found Mercy who then left her

@sebastiankroneder2774 Год назад

It fits because the neighbors are very religious. But yeah. Mercy ran out on them... pretty poetic.

@adarshchoudhary1900 Год назад

@@ethanschlong8057 Mercy ran away from Sarah. What that denotes is Sarah got no mercy later on as she died

@ryant8424 Год назад

Z Nation call out.

@bryanfukingfox Год назад

This is for sure my new favorite series!

@pizzapizza1460 Год назад

Why did they make Ellie look as if she has borderline down-syndrome tho?

@bryanfukingfox Год назад

@@pizzapizza1460 idk, just the way she looks. 🤷‍♂️ But honestly, it’s 2023, you should be happy that they didn’t cast her as a dude from another race. (And before anyone calls me racist, I’m not. I just think that some roles require certain fits. You wouldn’t cast Lizzo as Elton John in “Rocketman”, you wouldn’t cast The Rock as one of “Charlie’s Angels”, and you wouldn’t star Tom Hanks as a main character in “Crazy Rich Asians”. And sadly enough, this is exactly the type of crap they’ve been doing to our entertainment.)

@heylookitsliam Год назад

@@bryanfukingfox brother this comment is so unhinged

@ryquelwalker6209 Год назад

@@bryanfukingfox see I wouldn’t call u racist but then u start naming black people like we the only other race 😭but I agree some characters shouldn’t be changed

@s1kk3r Год назад

They could have eaten flour products before, was it really only on this day that the infection was contained in food? It also mentioned that those who were in the city could get infected, but Joel was at work and Sarah was at school where one of her classmates might have been infected (the boy whose arm was shaking). In general, it is not entirely clear, but thanks for the explanation.

@corporatestatusbrah Год назад

Could be a certain brand of flour. Remember Romain lettuce with e coli a few years ago. You couldn't order food with it from some places, but others could, since they used different vendors.

@ICU1337 Год назад

@@EggEnjoyer yea that and everyones body works differently. Higher and lower immune systems and tolerances. Also this was 2003. No social media and world governments eager to suppress the media and information. You'll recall the Arabic shopkeepers were in on the know because of their family in the M.E. You'll also recall how the lady politely decided to omit the details of why she was kicking Sarah out. And Joel and Tommy just told their neighbors to stay inside, not that shit was going down and to run. So while it seems like everything is happening everywhere all at once, theres a good chance that this took time to build up over days and what we saw on the 26th was just the breaking point.

@MrSoldierpants Год назад

I think the bigger sign was....the people who are closest to turning......have no appetite. They stop eating food while infected has complete control of you brain and body and has no need for food. It's feeding off your body.

@Virishking Год назад

Aside from logistical reasons- like Joel being on Atkins would have him avoid wheat products regularly- it is just the way of conveying the idea through the medium. The writers said they were leaving breadcrumbs (rimshot). Could be that not all wheat product was infected and they could have easily had pancakes and been fine, but then it wouldn’t hint at the underlying causes.

@Leo.de99 Год назад

I think it was coffee and chocolate beans

@billbuckmaster8040 Год назад

Good analysis on the food theory. I think that is very likely the source of the infection. Who was patient zero? And I wonder if food is still tainted 20 years later or it is just spreading due to the sheer volume of infected.

@cosmicfrank5465 Год назад

It would be almost impossible to find a patient zero because of how fast it spread. Because it being food related, everyone got infected at once

@tomascinnsealeach9979 Год назад

I don't think the food is infected everywhere, we saw Ellie eat a sandwich and I know she's immune but I can't imagine they'd be still making bread if all the flour was guaranteed to give you the virua

@rixx46 Год назад

You ALWAYS bring fresh, smart insights that we don't see anywhere else! Thanks!

@Ter-Lee Год назад

Not his insight. We told him about the flour and stuff in his previous videos in the comments.

@eugenetan7768 Год назад

the scientist is the actor who played jonathan in the mummy 1999,his most memorable scene for me was when he treid to pretend he was among the infected and chant "Imhotep" lol.

@Dreadpirateflappy Год назад

he's played a lot of roles. good actor, but hard to see him as a world renowned scientist after he played such a dumb shit in the mummy. lol.

@eugenetan7768 Год назад

@@Dreadpirateflappy That's what i love about John Hannah The Most His Characters are Believable and hard to believe that is the same actor 😄

@Endgame_01 Год назад

Thanks Paul. This was a great and informative video. Actually blew my mind

@heavyspoilers Год назад

Thank you

@dylanwiker Год назад

Loving the series so far!

@pizzapizza1460 Год назад

Why did they make Ellie look as if she has borderline down-syndrome tho?

@joeyhernandez4724 Год назад

I'm pretty sure it has to do with the flour , by most people avoiding eating it as joel, his brother and Sarah, its a really neat detail !

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@rlanesports Год назад

They did a good job with Sarahs last scene. You knew it was coming but it still gets to you.

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@pschroeter1 Год назад

What's amusing to me is there a a million zombie shows that I don't watch, but I find this one very engaging and terrifying. I assume it's because of the fungi angle.

@mephostopheles3752 Год назад

The characters are also just really good and, particularly in the show, well-acted.

@staceydorton6577 Год назад

The fear of the doctor in the back of the car was played brilliantly. ‘Did I do something wrong?’

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@Welshguy78 Год назад

This was such a good video!!! The story about a similar outbreak in real life was amazing! I had no idea. Added a whole new dimension to the story.

@xkirax2997 Год назад

And made it scarier...

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@jontaylor3105 Год назад

I was wondering how people could become infected without being bitten and no spores. Nailed it!

@coladict Год назад

Yeah, I noticed the heavy emphasis on them not eating the cookies, too. Definitely a good candidate for the source of the infection.

@funguslungs Год назад

Bro was spot on about Indonesia

@roberttaylor9259 Год назад

I'm genuinely impressed. This is your best video ever. Insanely detailed logic.

@CourageousNobody Год назад

Watching this after episode two really proves just how well crafted your analysis is. I won't mention any specific details just in case anybody's really worried about any spoilers.

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@thomassmart4088 Год назад

there was an internet story of a guy who injected himself with shrooms - left him with a whole bunch of spore constantly growing in his blood - they have meds to keep him alive - but he must take a lot of them "That's what I heard on the road, anyhow. Take it for what it is." - Bodhan Feddic

@Leo.de99 Год назад

Wtf you are right

@cybercoastal Год назад

Series is 🔥. Definitely agree with the flour/bread theory.

@pizzapizza1460 Год назад

Why did they make Ellie look as if she has borderline down-syndrome tho?

@Ter-Lee Год назад

It's not a theory or his theory. It's fact and Joel later tells Ellie the same thing. We also told Heavy Spoilers about it in his previous videos in the comments that he ripped off of.

@BuildersBench Год назад

Awesome breakdown! Adding elements that makes it more believable and likely to happen in the future makes me more invested on this adaptation. :)

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@tomawen5916 Год назад

Excellent analysis! Impressive! Makes me suspect every bakery item I see now!

@heavyspoilers Год назад

Can’t trust Greggs

@mattyboyb523 Год назад

Wow so informative!! So much more than basic RU-vid entertainment. You’ve gotta be one of the best channels on RU-vid bro!!

@KnightFoxx1190 Год назад

You went so in-depth with the history. Me and my cousin watched this and we don’t want to eat now. No carbs! Lol.

@heavyspoilers Год назад

Had the drop it at lunch time lol

@autecheee Год назад

Eggs will likely be contaminated by fungi and other bacteria, also other meats, soy, water, plant foods may be contaminated One can sanitize wheat by freeze/thaw/freeze in freezer for certain parasites/fungi and of course X-ray irradiate…yet takes time and resources.

@drugsarebad97 Год назад

Fun fact, an early frost likely happened just prior to the Salem witch trials. Meaning the bread got contaminated with ergot. So there weren’t any witches but everyone was just tripping

@saadasaad8538 Год назад

The infection in TLOU gave me nightmares back in 2013 -15 but then i thought I'll probably be dead by the time the fungus gets to that point

@John_Smith_Dumfugg Год назад

Love the Dark Place bit, but hate when people call any infection a 'virus'

@lawhill1986 Год назад

In the last of us podcast, it was definitely insinuated that there are going to be some big twist explanations from this episode later and I think you hit it right on!

@AodhanBeag Год назад

There’s a podcast? Is it on Spotify?

@lawhill1986 Год назад

@@AodhanBeag yes, that's where I listened to it.

@freelanxe Год назад

The only thing that wouldn’t make sense is, nobody brought the flour that day. It’s been in the cabinet for weeks and has been used. I doubt it was inactive in everyone’s house hold bag of flour until that day.

@jov4lyfe633 Год назад

I hope they expand on more stuff like Joel's PTSD, that's a great change with a lot of possibilities to explore.

@kyliesmith9199 Год назад

Same here. That moment where he had a flashback was so well done. I'm literally thinking of watching it again just because of how amazing the episode was!

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@BuckyBarnesATL Год назад

One of the writers did say look to the food crumbs. Then the actors Adkins diet which is a diet without flour. So I’m betting you’re 1000% right on this.

@joberk3 Год назад

This was a good video! Can’t wait to see more The Last of Us breakdowns.

@ANMTDK Год назад

Love the mold idea and in resdient evil 7 mold fungus hive mind infe(s)ction

@sephie44 Год назад

It would be interesting if they explain it out in the show/series. I like the theory about the flour being contaminated and you might just be on to it since they seemed to purposely avoid food in the episode. Im just going to have to watch it again ;)

@jadanw4387 Год назад

In episode 3 Joel said it was speculated that it was in the food supply (flour) and I would say that the grandma who turned into a runner from that but I think it’s cus they went into the city earlier with her

@yackyyam Год назад

Wow, I love the deep dive into the source of the infection! Great video.

@Satchel1992 Год назад

I never really thought about it but in episode 2 they mentioned the infection began in a wheat and grain factory. And the old lady in episode 1 was eating biscuits and got infected. And Joel, Sarah, and tommy were all supposed to have pancakes for breakfast. It’s possible had they eaten pancakes the flour in the mix could have the contaminants in it.

@therealharshlycritical Год назад

Darkplace has to be my favorite surrealist comedy. The full series is on RU-vid it's a treat

@SilentNinjaaa Год назад

The pancakes!! Sarah asks Joel if they have pancake mix and he says no. In the second episode we find out the first known incident in Jakarta is at a flour factory and the scientist says it was the perfect substrate for the fungus. 🤯

@WhiteDarkist Год назад

The flour theory makes sense until you notice that for that to happen the fungus would've to mutate to resist oven temperatures(bread and cookies must be cooked), at the beginning of the series they talk about a posible mutation that would allow the fungust tu survive the global warming , but that would be like a 5°F-10°F, this would also allowed them to live inside the human body 98,6°F. But from not being able to resist more than 94°F to resist more than 350°F thats a huuuuge jump.

@sammydavej Год назад

I love the series so far, and the theories you've thrown in here make it even creepier... In a century or two, will the planet just be a ball of fungi?

@noirnoir4276 Год назад

@Heavyspoilers The creator said that the whole show is gonna have a lot of hints and connective tissue. To the story as a whole. Should be fun for a lot of channels.

@christmassticker1044 Год назад

Unexpected Garth Marenghi is the best Garth Marenghi. 😂 Personally, I'm waiting for " Not my fault! Monkey bastard hands!".

@heavyspoilers Год назад

Loooooooool

@magos_gladii3775 Год назад

A similar fungal infection affected a large quantity of cocoa beans in 2019 I think, as such it affected chocolate supply for a while and Cordycepts is more likely to come into contact with cocoa and coffee beans anyway and would affect a huge number of people

@albertomacias7159 Год назад

I saw that flour was carrying spurs. That explains why the old lady became infected with the biscuits

@mrj4082 Год назад

When sara turned I was worried the old lady might get infected fully and get up from her wheelchair and attack her

@charleshamilton9274 Год назад

While I know very little regarding fungi and the cordyceps genus specifically, wouldn’t the high heat in the baking process kill the spores that may have contaminated the flour? Do we import flour from Indonesia? That said, I am gonna have a BLT in a few minutes, apocalypse be damned.

@madmax6439 Год назад

I think you are right about how the people get infected, is a big good explanation how everyone around the world get infected so quickly. I cant believe how a fungus can infect food so quickly and the worst thing is that no one notice because when you look at the food it looks normal without knowing that they are tiny micro organisms of cordycep in the flour or other things.

@peoplez129 Год назад

The flour is ground up, so it's likely sparse enough to keep any greater fungus bodies from forming, leading to only microscopic pieces developed. And also likely was already on the flour itself, rather than a contamination at the factory. And most farming is automated, where the farmer just drives a machine through a field, and it's also often ground up as it's harvested, and then just processed finer at the factory. So there could have easily been small but visible cordyceps on the grain, but went unnoticed, which were then just ground up into the flour, becoming indistinguishable from the flour.

@DisRizTVMedia Год назад

Great Breakdown… @HeavySpoilers. You Got My Subscription. Take Care and thanks 🙏🏽 for the details of food infection.

@bitcoinzoomer9994 Год назад

Ergot DEFINITELY brought on insanity. It's a hallucinogen.

@caronstout354 Год назад

Ergot-contaminated rye flour fueled the Salem Witch Hysteria.

@lenebop23 Год назад

Really cool to see details pointed out that would have otherwise gone over my head! Also, I was not expecting a Darkplace comparison to be thrown in there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it 🤣 👌🏼

@劉治民-i7q 10 месяцев назад

@_Thred_ Год назад

Good thing they couldnt find the pancake batter that morning also if this is the case!

@lordpepe2927 Год назад

dont forget the biscuits they were force feeding grandma

@alfidotv Год назад

well, as an indonesian, we're not producing a lot bread because we eat rice. All bread's flour are imported

@jochananergantheo9109 Год назад

instead consume indomie, gorengan, batagor siomay, etc that includes flour. And yeah, we exports Indomie overseas

@alfidotv Год назад

@@jochananergantheo9109 yeah, indomie is the cordycheps to rule the world

@octoscorpion2506 Год назад

I assume they are implying that the mill workers got infected by inhaling flour dust and/or handling flour

@trishacollymore4397 Год назад

That is a good catch! With the bread and granny transforming. Good theory

@RealBradMiller Год назад

How the infection started: 🌾🍄 How it's going: ✈️🔥🌇🍄🍄🛣️🍄🌿🧟‍♂️🌱🍄🧟‍♂️

@jillronan6786 Год назад

Fungus is not a parasite, though it can sometimes act like it-but you’re using it interchangeably which is incorrect

@amyoakAnimation Год назад

The source material also uses the 2 interchangeably, its incorrect when compared to real life but this isnt real life

@lordvenjix3757 Год назад

Fantastic Episode 🔥🔥

@NHNuisance Год назад

Paul is correct in what he states in this video. The conversation in the truck smacks of a panicked father picking up on any crumb to reassure his worried kid (and himself) in a situation wherein no one knows what’s going on, not a well informed explanation of the outbreak. The characters are not speaking as experts here, as they have no clue what’s going on. I’ve seen this excuse of being ‘in the city’ as an explanation for the cause of the outbreak, but you’re wrong. It’s obvious that not Joel, Tommy, nor anybody else around actually knows what causes the infection as they have only first heard about it themselves mere hours before looking to escape in the truck with Sarah. It’s obvious that Sarah, in an extremely panicked state, is suggesting something, anything to try to find an excuse as to why they’re safe. Joel was always going to take whatever she said and just agree with her. Like, yes kid, “everything will be alright” when it’s obvious that they are in extreme mortal danger. Did you also believe Joel was speaking as a knowledgeable expert when he said Sarah will be alright after she was shot? Or, was he similarly speaking as a desperate father saying anything reassuring to excuse and deny the reality of their situation? Last, but not least, please explain why they put in all of the MANY references to eating (or, not eating) baked goods and breads that contain yeast (a living fungus) or flour. Why would they bother with all of these references if they were meaningless?! The visibly undercooked biscuits being fed to the old woman who turns first, the cookies Sarah is given (and never eats), that Sarah and Joel eat eggs when they were meant to be eating pancakes, the cake that Joel forgets to pick up, and that Joel is on the Atkins diet, meaning that he's not eating carbs, like bread made with yeast fungus or flour. Why is that all there if it’s not important?

@Himisfear Год назад

It's a good thing that we don't have to worry about Joel ever dying throughout this entire series. WHEW WHAT A RELIEF!

@081395081396 Год назад

I always come here to chec your breakdowns right after watching the show. Sometimes i'm remembered of certain episodes coming up because i see you upload the breadown xD.

@kytim89 Год назад

Wouldn't the heat from cooking destroy the cordyceps fungus?

@forcewars5691 Год назад

I loved this video paul

@spicypizza6116 Год назад

A great moment to have celiac disease and maintain a strict gluten free diet.

@nodatastored684 Год назад

2003 was also a heavy solar flare activity phase, and the Mayan calendar

@hr1100 Год назад

ye, biochemistry interacts with the mayan calendar a lot, it's very volatile.

@Biggoose_ Год назад

Me who works at a bakery: 💀

@Medicinelife348 Год назад

I would be the first one infected bc I love bread 😂

@belolopez9833 Год назад

This show is gonna be reaaaaally contagious

@pizzapizza1460 Год назад

Why did they make Ellie look as if she has borderline down-syndrome tho?

@TimeDoggo Год назад

@4:50 "LSD is created using fungus" tight after talking about Ergot; THE fungus LSD is derived from. He was so close.

@qgreen91 Год назад

With the explanation at the start… what if Ellie’s immunity is just a slightly higher body temp as a result of the fungus mutation?

@soulreaver6300 Год назад

Not the worst theory. I had a friend in highschool who always ran 1 degree higher. It doesn't sound like much but it caused all kinds of issues for him

@jeambeam3173 Год назад

That would literally destroy your brain cells

@qgreen91 Год назад

@@jeambeam3173 may help to think of this in a fictional manner… non-literally, the way things go in video games unbound from reality. Just a thought

@Frostwolf_103 Год назад

That may explains the immunity being built differently. The intimate moment with Riley may also raise the body temperature

@Wyatt-sh4qz Год назад

Take into count that your body temp can change anytime for any reason. Our bodies are constantly changing. So as much as i like that theory, they already explained how she is immune. Her mom was bit while pregnant, Ellie was infected as an unborn baby and so the fungus intertwined with her brain and was most likely attached to her immunr system making her somewhat in control

@Frostwolf_103 Год назад

Flour can be used in many different ways, you can find in stores in many food categories like bread, cereal, cakes, you can also find in restaurants and fast food just by flour. Tommy did survive twice in the day by the morning at home and in the evening when he's out eating when one of the customers tried to attack the restaurant personnel and Tommy just got arrested for trying to knock out the customer that is likely infected from eating that contains the contaminated flour. If it's also believed that if the infection originated on Indonesia and evolved to infect more than just rye plants but also coffee beans for example? Indonesia is renowned to have fine flour and coffee products, a world player actually. So I can imagine that shipping contaminated goods across the world in matter of two weeks before Outbreak Day may occurs (Could be less than two weeks) and I think even in 2003 and two weeks duration before shit hit the fan, whoever makes the drugs on U.S sees nice profit to sell drugs to fight against Indonesian rabies. Like you know, that one chapter on World War Z book. The big difference between this book and The Last of Us HBO series is that the drug may be also contaminated with the fungi disease, ONE thing has in common with all of this: Ergot. This fungi disease infects via ingestion. Also Salem Witch Trials which is no way to be coincidental that this actually happened before. But the big question: How did the fungi evolves into same species trying to attack and infect them as well, I doubt Ergot does all of this so maybe this fungi is a combo with something else even if that's naturally mutated.

@toomanyaccounts Год назад

Ergot poisoning is one known cause of mass hysteria and epidemics of it were quite common since the fungus is impervious to heat and water hence baking doesn't destroy it