Every TV show hopes to get a viral moment that really captures the attention of social media and gets people talking. The Last of Us doesn’t really need any help in getting attention, but the second episode delivered such a moment with its piano playing frog. However, the frog was never meant to be the star of the scene, as co-creator Neil Druckmann explained that the scene only happened because of a problem with the real star of the scene; a seagull that refused to eat the frog.

In episode 2 of The Last of Us, Joel, Ellie and Tess headed out into the city, facing terrifying infected monsters and other dangers. One scene involves the trio crossing a flooded hotel lobby, where among the overgrown vegetation and floating corpses, a frog becomes the focus of one shot as it hops across a grand piano, kicking out an ominous tinkle as it goes. Although many fans were quick to show their enthusiasm for the little green amphibian on TikTok and Twitter, Neil Druckmann shared some details about the scene that made it clear the moment only happened because of the actual scene going wrong. He said:

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“Piano frog wouldn’t be a thing… if a piano bird did its job! I guess everything happens for a reason. (And before anyone jumps to the wrong conclusion…that’s a fake frog for the bird to eat – which I never did!!!)”

The Last of Us Continues To Maintain Its High Rating

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The popularity and praise being lavished on HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us has continued to remain at a level not seen by many video game adaptations. Other than for a barely-there minority, the series has managed to engage both fans of the game and those new to the franchise, and doesn’t seem in any danger of disappointing them anytime soon.

While there have been no guarantees of The Last of Us getting a second season, Druckmann has previously suggested that the series won’t “do a Game of Thrones” and allow the show to continue on and on. Considering the first season is expected to adapt the first game, it seems a second season would be able to almost complete the story of the second game and HBO would be mad not to deliver it. Creator Craig Mazin commented previously:

Druckmann added:

“Probably the amount of remaining story would take us more than a season to tell. But definitely, I don’t see this as something that runs on and on and on. We don’t have that ambition. Our ambition is to tell the story that exists, as best as we can, in a different medium.”

“Yeah, I remember, early on, I asked Craig and HBO, ‘How many episodes does this season need to be?’ And the answer was, ‘As many as the story requires, and no more.’ And likewise, that would be our approach for future seasons to say, ‘Okay, this will be as many seasons as required to reach that ending, and no more.’”