![]() ![]() Marlene, the group’s leader, recognizes Ellie she knew Ellie’s mother, Anna, and had promised to look out for Ellie. Relieved, Riley thanks the rebels and starts to introduce herself, but the Fireflies are not so welcoming. She and a reluctant Ellie are soon cornered by Infected, but a few Fireflies save them. Long story short, Riley acquires a walkie-talkie and listens in on the chatter to track down the Fireflies. Marlene’s argument to Ellie, then, is that not all Fireflies can be bad if Riley was one. The audience learns that Riley, whoever she was, knew Ellie well, and that she was a Firefly. Ellie has a strong reaction to hearing the young girl’s name. Ellie shoots her down, but then Marlene mentions Riley. Marlene tries to convince Ellie of her noble intentions - and of the fact that, despite their sometimes-violent methods, the Fireflies are fighting the good fight. (Of course, they have chained Ellie up in a room, so some amount of disdain isn’t surprising.) ![]() Ellie clearly has some reservations about the resistance group, but the audience isn’t clued into those reservations. Held captive by the Fireflies for days after she’s bitten, Ellie doesn’t turn into an Infected, making her valuable to the group’s desire to develop a cure. In the series pilot, Marlene (Merle Dandridge), the leader of the Boston Quarantine Zone’s (QZ) branch of the Fireflies, mentions Riley during a conversation with Ellie.
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