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The first season follows Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting the teenage Ellie Williams (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States. The season premiered on the premium cable channel HBO on January 15, 2023.
When the raiders attack Bill's town in "Long Long Time" (S1E03), Frank (Murray Bartlett) pulls a Beretta Model 70 out of the dresser and helps Bill. Later, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) finds the gun and puts it in her backpack. At the beginning of "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04), the girl examines and aims her gun at the mirror, then hides it. During the raiders' attack, she shoots Bryan (Juan Magana), saving Joel (Pedro Pascal), after which he takes the gun away. While hiding from the Hunters, he teaches Ellie how to hold the gun correctly, allowing her to keep it.
Robert (Brendan Fletcher) uses what appears to be a Colt M1911A1 during a firefight with the Fireflies in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). Bill (Nick Offerman) uses the gun as a sidearm in "Long Long Time" (S1E03). When he meets Frank the first time he takes him at gunpoint, but then he helps.
Kim Tembo (Natasha Mumba) points what appears to be a Colt Commander at Joel after a firefight with the Robert's gang in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01).
A member of the Fireflies holds a Glock 17 in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). One of Robert's men is armed with a gun at the end of the episode. The Indonesian soldier carries what appears to be a Glock 17 pistol in a holster in the flashback at the beginning of "Infected" (S1E02). The disassembled gun lies on one of the workbenches in Bill's bunker in "Long Long Time" (S1E03).
A member of the Fireflies holds a SIG-Sauer P226R in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). Marlene (Merle Dandridge, reprising the role from the video game) also takes and uses the P226R.
Tess (Anna Torv) is armed with a sub-compact modern 1911 pistol before going into the tunnel in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). At the end of the episode, she briefly uses the gun during a conflict with Marlene and Kim. Before entering the Bostonian Museum in "Infected" (S1E02), Tess pulls out her gun again and shoots several times during a confrontation with the clickers.
A FEDRA soldiers carry unknown pistols as a sidearm notably in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). The gun is also briefly seen in the soldier's holster in the flashback in "Long Long Time" (S1E03) when the FEDRA and the Army conduct a mandatory evacuation in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
As in the game, Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) uses a Taurus Model 66 with blued finish, 4-inch barrel and rubber grips as his primary weapon in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). In "Infected" (S1E02), Joel's gun is seen holstered most of the time. However, he shoots the clickers in the Bostonian Museum several times after losing his rifle. The gun is briefly used twice in "Long Long Time" (S1E03).
TRIVIA: In the video game Joel uses a shorter barreled version of the Taurus Model 66.
An AK-47 can be seen next to the dead member of the Fireflies in the State House at the end of "Infected" (S1E02). When the crowd of infected is awakened by the survivors, Tess (Anna Torv) takes a gun to turn over the barrels of fuel.
Two Indonesian soldiers guard the entrance to the lab with Colt Model 715 / Diemaco C7 rifles in the flashback at the beginning of "Infected" (S1E02). While the Indonesian military historically used the M16A1 in the Cold War, they would have been using the Pindad SS1 as their main weapon circa 2003. At least one American soldier is armed with a rifle during a mandatory evacuation in the flashback in "Long Long Time" (S1E03).
Error creating thumbnail: File missingColt Model 715 (virtually identical rifle to the Colt Canada C7) - 5.56x45mmError creating thumbnail: File missingAn Indonesian soldier guards the entrance to the laboratory with a Colt Model 715 / Diemaco C7 rifle in "Infected" (S1E02). The rifle was likely used because filming of the series took place in Canada, and is distinguishable from the M16A1 by the presence of a brass deflector and a heavier profile barrel.Error creating thumbnail: File missingThe soldier on the right holds a rifle escorting the civilians in "Long Long Time" (S1E03).
M4A1
An American soldier (showrunner Craig Mazin in a cameo role) who encounters Joel and Sarah is armed with a M4A1 carbine with a flashlight and scope in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). FEDRA soldiers, include Lee (Max Montesi), are also seen with an M4A1 with an LMT fixed rear sight in the same episode. Toward the end of the episode, Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal) picks up Lee's rifle after killing him and continues to use the gun in "Infected" (S1E02), notable during the confrontation with the two clickers at the Bostonian Museum and near the Massachusetts State House at the end of the episode. Joel leaves the rifle in one of the smuggler's stashes in "Long Long Time" (S1E03), because it will be difficult to get ammunition for it. Army and FEDRA soldiers are seen with rifles during a mandatory evacuation in Lincoln, Massachusetts in the flashback. Anti-FEDRA fighters, including Perry (Jeffrey Pierce), use them after they seize control of Kansas City in "Please Hold to My Hand".
A member of the Fireflies opens fire on a squad of FEDRA soldiers with what appears to be a scoped Ruger Mini-14 in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). In one of the HBO trailers Joel (Pedro Pascal) is shown using a Ruger Mini-14 with a folding stock and pistol grip.It appears that it might be a Mini-14 GB-F ("Government Barrel, Folding Stock) variant.
Tommy Miller (Gabriel Luna) is armed with a Remington 700 BDL during the start of the apocalypse in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). During the raider attack in "Long Long Time" (S1E03), Bill (Nick Offerman) uses them to fend off the incurson. Joel (Pedro Pascal) also uses a scoped rifle.
In "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04), Joel (Pedro Pascal) uses what appears to be a Winchester Model 70 with a black synthetic stock from Bill's arsenal as his primary weapon, notably during a shootout with raiders in Kansas City.
A Remington Model 870 shotgun lies next to the dead member of the Fireflies in the State House at the end of "Infected" (S1E02). Bill (Nick Offerman) is armed with a shotgun in the first half of "Long Long Time" (S1E03). When the military takes out all the civilians Bill leaves his bunker and loots shops with the shotgun. When a man falls into one of the hidden holes, Bill picks up his shotgun again and meets his guest. One of the raiders is armed with a sawed-off Remington later in the episode during the attack on Bill's town.
One of the raiders is armed with what appears to be a Mossberg 500 Cruiser shotgun with a folding stock during the attack on Bill's town in "Long Long Time" (S1E03).
A Browning M2HB is mounted on a FEDRA Humvee in "When You're Lost in the Darkness" (S1E01). Machine guns are also briefly seen on abandoned M1A1 Abrams tanks in "Please Hold to My Hand" (S1E04).
