Welp, Episode 5 of The Last of Us just came out and it jerked just about as many tears from me as this episode. The stars of the episode, Henry and Sam, are two of the finest characters in The Last of Us franchise. While we didn’t know much about the pair in the original game, the HBO series has been fleshing out the characters and their backstories and generally deepening the game’s preexisting lore. In Episode 5, the lore about the hunter-controlled city in the game is expanded upon even further, and a once-faceless group of killers is now given an almost sympathetic storyline.

What happened in Kansas City?

In the game, Joel and Ellie make their way to Pittsburg on their journey to find the Fireflies out west. Why they decided to go to Pittsburg is a mystery, considering that is hardly west of their original starting point in Boston. The pair discover that Pittsburg was once a Quarantine Zone (QZ) controlled by the Federal Disaster Relief Agency (FEDRA). However, the city was rocked by a coup where the civilians rose up against FEDRA and massacred them. While there is some “FUCK FEDRA” graffiti in the game that suggests the organization was oppressive or incompetent, the real reason why the people of Pittsburg rose up against FEDRA is a mystery.

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