theres a lot to unpack in the last of us episode 9 and a lot of it is terribly depressing but this very subtle detail is refreshingly heartwarmingbefore we start a quick spoiler warning for those who have yet to see the final episode of the last of us season 1 well be discussing light spoilers so if you arent caught up and you want to go into the episode completely fresh turn back nowimage credit hboin one of the more touching moments of the finale ellie is elated to find a tower of giraffes in an abandoned football field fans of the game were no doubt grinning from ear to ear when the scene arrived but theres one tiny detail that holds special significance to a developer who worked on the original gamepeter field who was a level designer on the last of us revealed on twitter that an easter egg he put into the game managed to make it into the finale of the liveaction adaptation and naturally hes stokedim still reeling from this a silly easter egg i put in the original the last of us game has somehow survived the transition to live action tv its blurry but its definitely there field says i cant imagine the hbo team knew the name of the baseball field was a tribute to my wifeone might be inclined to believe that hbo simply added in the the same sign in an effort to stay faithful to the game but in a followup tweet field notes that the sign appears to have been positioned in a way that makes it more visible in the shot so maybe they did know he writesfor more on the big finale check out our deep dive into the last of us ending explained and all of the differences between episode 9 and the game