Easter Eggs You Missed In The Last Of Us Season 1

A decade after the release of "The Last of Us" on PlayStation 3, video game developer Naughty Dog has joined forces with HBO to adapt the beloved post-apocalyptic survival story for television. The result is a nine-episode season that, while staying true to the heart and soul of the original video game, has forged its own identity with an incredible cast and a dazzling adaptation of the game’s beloved characters and storylines.

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, who play the game’s original protagonists Joel and Ellie, have a deep chemistry that brings the characters to life while taking notes from Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson, who voiced the characters in the video game. Joel and Ellie survive together across two games, as the Cordyceps brain infection ravages mankind and spawns numerous types of infected creatures, like Clickers, Runners, Stalkers, and Bloaters. Groups of people across the country make attempts to rebuild civilization, but without a vaccine, true peace might be impossible.

As the show cannot reach the same scope of storytelling that the video game did, a lot of scenes didn’t make it into the adaptation. In turn, creators Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin have cleverly thrown nods to moments in the games into certain scenes from the series. The story moves quickly, so there are bound to be some moments or details you didn’t catch. To keep you up to speed, here are the Easter eggs you might have missed in Season 1 of "The Last of Us."

Spoilers for the show and games ahead.

Sarah’s Halican Drops t-shirt

In the prologue of the original video game, players control Joel’s daughter Sarah until her untimely death at the hands of a soldier ordered to shoot the two characters. Many of Sarah’s actions in Episode 1 make serious callbacks to the video game, such as having Joel’s broken watch repaired and starting out alone as the outbreak gets closer and closer to home. However, perhaps the most significant callback comes in the form of an Easter egg that reveals itself when we see Sarah (Nico Parker) wearing a purple Halican Drops band tee, much like her character did in the video game.

Missing from her outfit in the show are the long black sleeves, but the costume department made sure to include Sarah’s beaded shark tooth necklace. The writers took some liberties in expanding on Sarah’s experience during the final hours of Outbreak Day, like having her check in on her and Joel’s neighbor Connie, who has been infected and is found tearing her caregivers apart, but the faithful inclusion of her clothing is a great touch that all die-hard "The Last of Us" fans are sure to notice.