Episode 7: Left Behind

Episode seven is another background-filler episode detailing Ellie’s life in the QZ. The episode introduces her life in a FEDRA school, where she is training to become a high-ranking FEDRA agent. 

There, Ellie seems to have many enemies, as the beginning scenes consist of her getting in a fight and being reprimanded. Ellie went to bed that night upset, but little did she know, she would be waking up to a nice surprise.

This is where we are introduced to Riley, Ellie’s best friend and love interest. At two o’clock in the morning, she snuck into Ellie’s bedroom and woke her up. Unbeknownst to the audience, she actually went missing three weeks ago, which explains Ellie’s surprise. 

In a Peter Pan-like scenario, Riley invited Ellie to come sneak out with her for a surprise and the “best night of her life.” Ellie accepted and they crept out the window. As the two of them made their way around the city, they caught up, taking swigs from a bottle of alcohol they found.

Finally, they arrived at the surprise Riley had planned, which was a mall. The QZ had recently been expanded to include a mall although it was said that there were infected inside and needed to be removed. Riley brought up how she became a Firefly during the three weeks she was missing.

It turns out the mall was underground, so when Riley and Ellie turned the power on, their presence there remained unknown. They had the whole place to themselves. They spent their time in the mall playing at the arcade, riding the merry-go-round, and dancing to some music. 

When they were dancing, they heard a noise in the room next to them. A zombie rushed out of the room after hearing the noise caused by Ellie and Riley, and attempted to attack them. Fortunately, the Fireflies had given Riley a handgun. Unfortunately, she had a terrible aim. 

Riley shot several times, but the zombie was completely unfazed. The girls then attempted to run away but the zombie easily caught up. After a big tussle, Ellie grabbed a knife and killed the zombie. 

It was then they looked at themselves and realized that both of them had been bitten. They both started crying. 

The scene cuts back to the current day, where Ellie was treating Joel after an attack by some bandits in Colorado. The episode finished with Ellie sewing Joel’s wound shut.