HBO's adaptation of the 2013 game The Last of Us boasts well-rounded and meticulously written characters. The post-apocalyptic drama is led by Joel Miller and his cargo-turned-foster-daughter, Ellie. As the infection continues to ravage whatever is left of the United States and the rest of the world, Joel and Ellie travel across America banking on the hope that Ellie's blood is the key to the antidote that will wipe out Cordyceps.