Logan Pierce as "The Boy" in HBO's "The Last Of Us" (Copyright 2023 HBO)
Twenty years later, civilization has all but collapsed, with a few quarantine zones remaining under the control of the Federal Disaster Response Agency (FEDRA), the last remnants of the US government ruling their enclaves with an iron fist. A little boy is seen wandering through the ruins of Boston before he collapses in front of a fortified concrete gate to that city's quarantine zone. The gate guards bring him inside, where he is scanned for Cordyceps infection.