Welcome, Outlander fans and Anatomy students!
This Fun Fact documents my attempt to identify Easter Eggs in Claire’s “dreamscape” from Outlander episode 512, Never My Love. Doubtless, I have missed some, so please chime in with those you have found. And, no problem if you don’t agree with mine.
Each of my eggs is matched with events (mostly) from prior episodes. As nearly as possible, each Easter Egg is followed by an earlier appearance of the thing Claire imagines.
Recall, that during Claire’s horrific abuse, her mind retreats into a dream-like state wherein she cloaks herself with the many loves of her life. Her dreamscape, although distorted, is rooted in past memories.
Here we go!
1. Modern House: Claire conjures a picture-perfect home; a real beauty and typical 60’s style, too!
Episode 505: In the doctor’s lounge, Claire picks up Modern Building Review, a magazine featuring four outstanding family houses in North Carolina. Her imagined 60’s home appears on the cover! After a moment, she puts down the magazine in favor of the “Impetuous Pirate,” courtesy of Dr. Joe Abernethy! 😉
Episode 213: Poor Greg Edgars, Gillian’s (Geillis) ill-fated hubby. In a few hours, he will be toast at the standing stones. A few fans have seen a resemblance between Claire’s imagined 60’s home and the Edgars’ abode: similar wood, windows and plants!
2. Big House: Claire imagines her beloved refuge in the form of an abstract painting. Some fans see flames and smoke rising from the house, a hint to the obituary found by Roger and Bree? You know, the one that sent Bree back to the 18th Century to warn her parents? 🔥
Episode 508: The Big House is safe and sound (for now) on Fraser’s Ridge. Magnificent!
3. Red Dress: Claire outfits herself in a delightful Red Dress for the dreamscape! 😍
Episode 202: Who can forget Claire’s stunning red dress with plunging neckline? Weil, Jamie asks for a dress that will grab the French King’s attention. And, Claire gives it to him, in spades… or would that be in hearts?
A quote from Diana’s second big book, Dragonfly in Amber! (Louis notices!)
I had forgotten the red dress; His Majesty halted directly in front of me and bowed extravagantly, hand over his waist.
4. Red Shoes: Must have footwear! Claire’s strappy sandals along with Jo’s red boots and Murty’s red loafers. (psst…Who chose Godfather’s pants? Precursor of 70s leisure suits?) 😱
Episode 202: Oooooh! Red shoe porn! ❤️
And, another infamous Red Shoe wearer!
5. Claire’s Hair: Sassenach imagines herself with Jackie Kennedy hair, perfectly coiffed with Claire-ol to the rescue – nary a grey strand in sight! 😉
Episode 505: In reality, Claire has a few silver strands here and there!
6. Red Nails: Claire grants herself a matching red manicure! 💅🏻
Episode 505: Sometimes Claire wears red nails, even at work? FYI, women in the healthcare field did not wear nail polish in those days, especially a surgeon! 😉
7. Rings: Claire’s dreamscape remains true to her rings; she wears both, just as she does in life. The lass takes her vows seriously! 💍
Episode 111: Claire takes a moment after the witch trial to check her rings. Yep, both are still there!
8. Watch: Claire imagines herself at the 60s house wearing a delicate wrist watch.
Episode 101: A callback to episode 101, as she rouses after traveling through the stones. The small wrist watch….. why didn’t the jewels inside cause it to burn up?
9. Rings: Episode 506: And, another ring callback (there are a bunch of these). This time, Jamie requires Claire’s rings as a stake against card shark, Phillip Wylie!
Herself explains in her fifth big book, The Fiery Cross book:
“The gold is worth more,” he said, and then, after the briefest hesitation, added, “in terms of money.”
“I know that.” I turned round to face him.
… “I meant—hadn’t you better take both of them?” My hands were cold and slippery with sweat; the gold ring came off easily; the silver was tighter, but I twisted it past my knuckle. I took his hand and dropped the two rings clinking into it.
Then I turned and walked away.
OK, Jamie Fraser! Take the rings, but I will never forgive you if you lose them to that handy-dandy fop! 😡
10. More Rings: At the turkey-table, Claire adds a wedding ring on Jocasta’s finger! 😃
And, a ring for Godfather Murtagh. Seems she imagined a Murcasta wedding!
Episode 506: No doubt, Claire’s grey matter recalls Murtagh’s proposal of marriage to Jocasta on the day she is to wed Duncan Innes! 😢
Switching gears, how does Claire remember Himself!
11. Jacket: Jamie arrives wearing a yummy belted, brown leather jacket! The lad looks fab in leather (or not 😉)!
Episode 512: In the same episode, Jamie drops Lionel’s body before older bro, Richard Brown. Talk about a smackdown! 🤼♂️
12. Jamie’s Hair: He arrives at their 60’s home sans brush or comb ! 😜
Episode 104: No doubt, Claire remembers Jamie’s “Je suis prest” hair. The lad cleans up verra well. We all love this one! 🥰
13. Jamie’s Sark: For non-book readers, Claire remembers Jamie’s shirt.
Episode 107: Behold, the sark, in all its glory! A quote from Voyager as Claire reflects on this remarkable garment: ❤️
He would not have worn his kilt—the wearing of all tartans had been outlawed after Culloden. Breeks, then, likely, and a linen shirt. I had made such sarks for him; I could feel the softness of the fabric in memory, the billowing length of the three full yards it took to make one, the long tails and full sleeves that let the Highland men drop their plaids and sleep or fight with a sark their only garment.
14. Jamie’s Breeks: Claire includes Jamie’s trousers, throw back to the 18th century, for sure!
Episode 511: Jamie’s 18th century breeks sport a wee tie and poofy rear-room, mayhap ease for riding a horse?
15. Jamie’s Boots: Claire approves of his footwear (As do we! 🥾)
Episode 501: Jamie boots are everywhere – here they are bathed with tears after telling Godfather, “be hard to find!” 😢
16. Plaid Wrap: Claire dreams she is swathed in the warmth and safety of Jamie’s plaid. She’s shaking so hard it’s rattling his molars! 🦷
Her first vision of the plaid imagines it a light brown, changing until finally it assumes the Full-Fraser plaid as her mind focuses!
Episode 101: We heard that waaaay back in the beginning, after Claire reduces Jamie’s dislocated shoulder. Brrrrr! 🌧🌧🌧
“You’re shaking so hard ye are making my teeth rattle!”
She doesn’t forget Ian!
17. No Tattoos! Claire’s dreamscape stripped Ian of his Mohawk tattoos! She also returns his original sunny disposition!
Episode 508: When he first returned from the Mohawk, a line of tattoos covered his cheeks and nose. Claire describes them in Drums of Autumn:
Jamie laughed in gratified surprise, and Ian grinned broadly back. His face was weathered to a deep brown, and the dotted lines of his Mohawk tattoos ran in fierce crescents from nose to cheekbones—but for a moment, I saw his hazel eyes dance with mischief, and saw again the lad we had known.
18. Warrior Ian: Claire reimagines Ian as a decorated Infantryman of the US Army! 🎖
Episode 508: In reality, Ian returns from the Mohawk, a warrior in every way!
19. Ian’s Hair: Claire’s dreamscape gives Ian a Mohawk-style haircut! ✂︎
Episode 510: Ian’s hair is striking as he muses about removing Steven Bonnet’s! 😳
20. Ian’s Awards: Claire imagines Ian with a Decorations and Awards Ribbon above his left breast. Also known as “fruit salad” or “Travel Ribbons,” these are awarded for outstanding service in the US Army. 🎖
Episode 508: So cool because Ian’s Awards Ribbon is composed of his Mohawk beads – likely made by “Works With Her Hands!”
21. Native American Patch: Claire conjures a splendid red and gold Native American patch on Ian’s left sleeve! The patch indicates his Unit of Assignment, the Mohawk, in this instance.
Learn about all the insignia and patches of Ian’s uniform in my last Fun Fact: Anatomy of Ian’s Uniform. Thanks to LTC Edward Maloney for his expertise!
Episode 513: Ian begins his Unit of Assignment when he is adopted into the Mohawk tribe along with his new name! From The Fiery Cross:
“That would be the proper thing to do,” Ian said softly. He had a new, strange stillness to him, and I was forcibly reminded that he had been a Mohawk for the last two years—washed free of his white blood, renamed Wolf’s Brother—one of the Kahnyen’kehaka, the Guardians of the Western Gate.
22. Service Cap: Claire’s escape places Ian’s service cap on a side table. Being a Heiland gentleman, he doesn’t wear it to the turkey-table.
Episode 103: Remember Frank’s and Claire’s service caps, waaaaay back in S1? Claire does!
Let’s see, what else has Claire given to her dinner guests? 🤔
Oh, yes, Murtagh!
23. Murty’s Hair: Godfather gets a haircut in Claire’s dreamscape, but his hair remains silver and plentiful!
Episode 412, Yeah. That hair! 👇🏻
24. Jo’s sight: Claire, ever the healer, chooses to restore Jocasta’s eyesight as when she was a younger woman. So wonderful! 👀
Episode 402: Sadly, from the first we meet, Jocasta is not sighted (ITB, she retains some limited light perception).
Here, when Claire first detects of Jo’s condition, from the Drums of Autumn:
Suddenly, the truth dawned on me: her hand on the butler’s arm, her touching Jamie’s face in greeting, the glass put ready for her grasp, and the shadow on her face when Ian talked of her painting. Jocasta Cameron was blind.
Now, we move to some odds and ends!
25. Blood Vow: At the 60’s house, Claire graciously accepts Jamie’s turkey-day toast! 🍾
‘Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone.”
Episode 107, The full blood vow from Outlander book:
“Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone.
I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One.
I give ye my Spirit, ’til our Life shall be Done.”
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26. Telephone! Speaking of phones… OK, we weren’t but, Claire inserts a 60’s style push button phone near the wine bottles! ☎︎
Episode 201: Phones are scattered in a few episodes but this is a good one. Heading back to S2, a rotary phone sits on an officers desk at the constabulary where Frank verbally abuses the chief of police!
“My wife is NOT with another man! “
Erm….. 🙄
Episode 303: Frank storms out. Claire receives a call summoning her back to the hospital. Such a fateful moment and it is the last time she sees Frank alive! 😔
27. Fergus Left Hand: Bless Claire’s heart! She restores Fergus’ lost hand in her dreamscape. Both hands enjoy turkey, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, and sweet-and-spicy, Marsali! 🙌🏻
Episode 213: The last time Claire saw Fergus’ dear wee left hand was in the final hours before Culloden! 🤚🏻
Jamie signs a “Deed of Sasine” conveying title of Broch Tuarach (Lallybroch) to James Jacob Fraser Murray (young Jamie). And who will take the deed to Janet and Ian? Herself clarifies, in Dragonfly in Amber book:
“Will ye have me take it to your sister?” Murtagh asked as I shook the paper carefully to dry it.
Jamie shook his head…
“No. Fergus will take it.”
28. Ringo: Speaking of Fergus and Marsali, Claire hears them suggest a new name for their unborn babe. Ringo? Please, no! 🚫
Episode 512, In the same episode Wendigo Donner talks to Claire about moon, stars, and Ringo Star. Yep, she kens the drummer!
This Fun Fact has steadfastly held the line to Easter eggs in Claire’s dreamscape, but here is one exception….
29. Man in the Moon: Speaking of Wendigo Donner, early in the episode, he says to Claire:
“The Moon — That’s the same wherever you go. Looks like a man on the moon”!
Hum…. Actually, Wendigo, the moon doesn’t look the same wherever you go. The moon appears upside down in the Southern Hemisphere compared to what is seen in the Northern Hemisphere! 🌗
Episode 309: Claire tells Jamie about the man in the moon aboard the Artemis while gazing at the night sky.
30. Family Dinner: A blessed time for family to gather and share fun, food, laughter, and memories. Any wonder Claire’s mind latches onto such an event? 😋
Episode 410: there are other family meals through the seasons, but this one, after Bree arrives at Fraser’s Ridge, is awesome sauce!
31. Wine: Claire imagines a good hostess offers libations; few Thanksgiving meals are complete without wine!
Episode 201: Claire mind harkens back to Uncle Jared’s wine business after sailing to France. 🍷
…Instead of proceeding directly to Paris, though, we had come down the coast from Ste. Anne to Le Havre, to meet first with Jamie’s cousin, Jared Fraser.
A prosperous Scottish émigré, Jared was an importer of wines and spirits, with a small warehouse and large town house in Paris, and a very large warehouse indeed here in Le Havre, where he had asked Jamie to meet him, when Jamie had written
32. Spoons: Recall the table setting prior to guests? Each setting is adorned with a pair of large spoons. 🥄🥄
Episode 205: Possibly intended, possibly not, but these remind some of the Apostle spoon set Jamie gave to Claire in honor of their unborn child….way back in Paris!
33. Ceiling Leak: A leak in the ceiling! What does this mean? I side with the theory it represents Claire’s attempts to keep at bay the horrific abuse she suffers. But, the limits of her carefully crafted mental barriers are tested. 💦
The ceiling leak could also represent that ghastly leak at the Beardsley’s cabin in S5! 😳
And, three other apropos leaks appear in the books.
The first, from Drums of Autumn, deals with a leak in the roof of the new cabin on Fraser’s Ridge!
“Another one!” Jamie sat bolt upright in bed beside me.
“Another what?” I asked sleepily, opening one eye….
“Another bloody leak! It hit me in the ear, damn it!” …
I shifted my glassy gaze from the hairy ankles in front of my nose, to the roof overhead. Sure enough, the torchlight revealed the black line of a split in one shingle, with a spreading dark patch of dampness on the underside…
He halted by the door, glared briefly at me, then, with the rebuking expression of an early Christian martyr, laid down his tools, stripped off the shirt, dropped it on the floor, picked up the tools, and strode majestically out to deal with the leak, buttocks clenched with determined zeal.
The second is from A Breath of Snow and Ashes. This is the book wherein Claire is abducted (in the TV series, it was moved forward to S5) Here, Jamie rescues Claire and brings her back to the Ridge. Not a light -hearted moment… 😭
Another drop struck him in the back of his neck, and he hunched his shoulders in surprise. Caught by his movement, she looked up, and he met her eyes with shock. She shared it; the shock of strangers meeting one another naked. Her eyes flicked away from his, up toward the ceiling.
“The roof’s leaking,” she whispered. “There’s a wet patch.”
And, a third from Voyager book:
The cloak behind me dripped water on the floor, a slow, arrhythmic patting. It reminded me unpleasantly of an old Highland superstition—the “death-drop.” Just before a death occurs, the story goes, the sound of water dripping is heard in the house, by those sensitive to such things.
34. Wallpaper: A wall in Claire’s 60’s house is covered with the most interesting print featuring Scottish thistles! Have ye seen it before?
Episode 112: Aye, we have! Same wall covering in the master bedroom at Lallybroch!
35. Sunburst Clock: Right out of the 60’s! It appears to read 3:15 – was that time significant in Outlander? Not to my knowledge. 🕰
Episode 505: A similar sunburst of the Monstrance at Claire’s house of worship!
Let’s turn to science/medicine. I spy two candidates! 🤓
36. Microscope: Claire’s dreamscape includes her beloved microscope, a 60’s style similar to the one she used before returning through the stones! 🔬
If you are interested in a brief history of microscopy, check out Anatomy Lesson #34, The Amazing Saga of Human Anatomy! (Current light microscopes are much more sophisticated than the ones Claire used.)
Episode 305: Glory be! Blurry, but that microscope sits on the shelf in the office Claire shares with Dr. Joe Abernethy! 🤗
37. Brief Case: A close look at the desk and behold: Claire’s briefcase lays on its side, in front of the typewriter. Is this really an Easter egg? Oh, I think it is! 🤗
Episode 302: Recall Claire first day in medical school? She sussing out the anatomy lecture hall and the prof’s scalpel! He wasn’t amused even though she offers a winning smile. Check out her leather brief case. Yep, that’s the one! 💼
38. Vase: Blame the vase! Claire remembers the blue and white vessel that launched this amazing saga! Would her life have played out differently had she gone into the shop and bought the vase? 🤷♀️
Interesting question, but I dinna think so. In Outlander book, Claire buys a set of three vases but the stones take her, anyway! ⚱️⚱️⚱️
My gaze lingered on a shop window filled with household goods—embroidered tea cloths and cozies, pitchers and glasses, a stack of quite homely pie tins, and a set of three vases.
I had never owned a vase in my life…
Tucking my handbag firmly under my arm, I marched into the shop and bought the vases.
39. Ashtray: Every 60’s house must have an ashtray, although I don’t recall seeing any of these folks smoke.
Episode 301: A callback to Claire hurling an ashtray at Frank’s head? A traumatic event. Yep, the battle joined, indeed! 😮
Episode 101: Oops! I forgot! We did see someone huff-n-puff! 🚬
Episode 303: Double Oops! 🙄 Erm… another one! Claire is angry with Frank, embarrassing her on graduation day by the unexpected appearance of Candy-Sandy at her door. So angry, she resorts to a puff or two!
Claire also creates a little animal menagerie for her 60s home! 🐰
40. Turkey: Back to Jamie’s toast and the turkey roast. That is a delicious-looking bird on the table! 🦃
Episode 502: Gobble, gobble! Who’s a turkey? Dead-eye Bree shoots a turkey after Roger misses. Wonder if it is same one ion the dreamscape table?
41. Buffalo (American Bison): Claire’s dreamscape includes a Jo 🆚 Germain pillow fight! In the background, a buffalo sculpture adorns a cabinet.
Episode 509: Bree at the Buffalo-Bash!!! 🤸♀️😱
42. Bunny alert! Claire spies a bunny in her imaginary home. So apropos for our Easter Egg hunt! 🐰 🥚
Episode 301: Bunnies are special for Jamie and Claire. This one was chuffing at Culloden Battlefield.
43. Adso! Well, perhaps not Adso perched on the fireplace, but a reminder of the wee cheetie! (This is a Starz promo image)
Episode 505: What a cute, wee little fellow. Jamie finds him in an alleyway after killing Knox and then takes him home to Claire! This quote from The Fiery Cross gives us the background on his name:
“No. I’ve never had a cat before,” I admitted. “Frank was allergic to them—they made him sneeze. And what’s a good Scottish cat name, then—Diarmuid? McGillivray?”
He snorted, then laughed.
“Adso,” he said, positively. “Call him Adso.”
“What sort of name is that?” I demanded, twisting to look back at him in amazement. “I’ve heard a good many peculiar Scottish names, but that’s a new one.”
He rested his chin comfortably on my shoulder, watching the kitten sleep.
“My mother had a wee cat named Adso,” he said, surprisingly. “A gray cheetie, verra much like this one.”
“Did she?” I laid a hand on his leg. He rarely spoke of his mother, who had died when he was eight.
44. Dragonfly: Perched on the TV, near Claire! 😃
Germaine flies off with this stylized dragonfly.
Episode 301: There are many callbacks to the dragonfly that Hugh Munro gives Jamie and Claire as a wedding gift! This one appears in 301, as the piece of amber tumbles from Jamie’s grasp onto Culloden Battlefield.
An excerpt from Dragonfly in Amber book:
“I had not seen Hugh Munro again, but I had wakened in darkness the night before to find Jamie gone from the blanket beside me. I tried to stay awake, waiting for him to return, but fell asleep as the moon began to sink. In the morning, he was sound asleep beside me, and on my blanket rested a small parcel, done up in a sheet of thin paper, fastened with the tail-feather of a woodpecker thrust through the sheet. Unfolding it carefully, I found a large chunk of rough amber. One face of the chunk had been smoothed off and polished, and in this window could be seen the delicate dark form of a tiny dragonfly, suspended in eternal flight.”
45. Germain’s “Dragonfly Plane:” Germain flies his dragonfly through the air. Look closely at its head, very reminiscent of the nose of an airplane!
Episode 201, Through A Glass Darkly. Roger holds his beloved plane. He kens Frank just uttered awful words about his own wife!
46. TV: Claire kens no 60’s style home would be complete without a TV!
Episode 305, Two different TV shows, show up. 📺
In the doctor’s lounge, Claire and colleagues watch the first orbiting of the moon by the crew of Apollo 8.
Meanwhile, Roger watches Barnabus Collins of Dark Shadows! 🧛♂️
47. The Orange! Mustn’t forget the citrus! Claire picks up a perfect orange and slowly walks away. 🍊
Episode 207: Claire remembers a bowl of fruit in King Louis’ apartments. She leaves with her dignity (in the form of an orange) following her “transaction” with King Louis! It was forgettable! 😜
48. Woodpile! Claire grants her imaginary home a woodpile. 🪓
Episode 512, Why not a woodpile? A massive one is maintained at the big house which sports three brick chimneys!
Episode 301, Claire has a small woodpile in the back of her car. Millie offers to help.
49. Stone Wall: Claire’s imaginary house sports a stone wall feature.
Episode 102: Outlander has lots of stone walls – Lallybroch, Wentworth Prison, Ardsmuir Prison, and Castle Leoch, to name a few. Let’s go with the castle. She will recall those stones! 🏰
50. Bulletin Board: Everyone needs one in their dreamscape! 😄
Episode 213: Roger’s very, very messy bulletin board waaay back in S 2! 🧹Course, there are a bunch of other bulletin boards, too.
51. Green Couch! Yep. I noticed this beauty. I love the color and so popular in the 60’s. Green washing machines, dish washers, fridges, ovens, etc. The harvest colors were so in!
in!
Episode 305: Hearkens back to a green couch in her Boston Home!
52. Chess: The base of that green lamp behind the battling bolsters looks like a chess piece to some!
Episode 203: Jamie plays chess with the French finance minister! There is a bit of resemblance. He also played chess with Lord John Grey at Ardsmuir and with Lt. Knox before choking him to death. 😵
53. Cops! Doubtless, everyone recognizes the two cops at Claire’s door delivering tragic news about a car crash. Spoken in flat tones without care or compassion, the lives of beloved Bree, Roger, and Jemmy! Yep, Hodgepodge and the Weasel, a pair of…. 👿👿
Episode 512: Here are the cowards! Hodgepile listening as dead-eye Lionel delivers his scathing accusation against Dr. Rawlings column, informing women about their reproductive lives! And, depriving him of his god-given rights in the marriage bed. 😡
54. Prestonpans: As Murtagh messes with Germain, he mutters:
“Its Prestonpans all over again!”
Episode 210: We all remember Highlanders charging through the mists like vengeful ghosts!
55. Painting: I have struggled to find a connection for the stunning painting in the dining area of Claire’s 60s home. But, then, a reader came up with this excellent suggestion!
Episode 213: Here it is! Oh, I can see it! How about you? 🥰
56. Gone: Claire’s tragic face after the news that her beloved child, grandchild, and SIL are gone. killed in a car crash! 🚙
Episode 511: Claire’s mind sifted through the memories and latched onto the tragedy of Bree, Roger and Jemmy having gone back through the stones.
Episode 101: Claire has sad memories of car crashes. In episode 101, she compares traveling through the stones to the weightlessness of a car crash she once experienced.
And, her beloved parents were killed in a car crash causing Uncle Lamb to take her with him on his world travels. This quote from Outlander book:
My father’s only brother, and my only living relative at the time, he had been landed with me, aged five, when my parents were killed in a car crash. Poised for a trip to the Middle East at the time, he had paused in his preparations long enough to make the funeral arrangements, dispose of my parents’ estates, and enroll me in a proper girls’ boarding school. Which I had flatly refused to attend.
Episode 303: More bad news at the door as Claire faces Dandy-Candy-Sandy! Oops! 😳
Episode 303: And , finally, there was Frank. Another fatal car crash. 😥
Let’s finish with three special Easter Eggs just for Jamie and Claire!
57. Honeypot! Matt B. Roberts declared a honeypot marked with a bee appear in Clair’s 60s home. I may be mistaken but it could be the pot at green arrow. 🍯 Meanwhile, Marsali shoves Jamie out of the way as she goes for more sweet potatoes and marshmallows for wee Jemmy!
Episode 202: Claire visits Louise de La Tour and comes away, to Jamie’s dismay, with a bare honeypot!
“Claire, What have you done to yourself? Your honeypot, It’s bare!” 😃
58. Slow Dancing: Claire imagines herself cradled in Jamie arms as they slowly dance together.
Episode 213: As Jamie leads Claire towards the stones to send her back to Frank, he faces her and grasps her hand as if they are dancing. 🥺
Let’s end with this splendid moment. We all ken it well!
59. Dinna be Afraid: Another call back moment as Jamie cradles Claire’s face between his strong, capable hands. She remembers! 🤔
Episode 306: Whispering together in the print shop after 20 years apart! 😭
From Outlander book: 📖
“Don’t be afraid,” he whispered into my hair. “There’s the two of us now.” I felt warm, soothed, and safe for the first time in many days.
That’s All Folks!
Many thanks to those fans who shared Easter Eggs I originally missed! 🙏🏻
A trip down memory lane for me. How about you?
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Marvelous! Just adore the Easter Eggs here!
I’m not sure these were mentioned;
The fireplace (in all the castles, just everywhere)
The straw waste paper baskets, one with handles(remind me of the baskets on Frasers Ridge)
The records placed next to TV & playing a record when Bree & Claire were reminiscing about putting on a record of jazz or Led Zeppelin
The starburst clock could also mean when Jamie saw Claire for 1st time on Wedding day he said it was like the sun came out!
The delicate watch had a leather band like the belt she lost coming through the stones
Sweet potato was mentioned referencing when Claire told Jenny to plant potatoes.
Thanks for All your Eggs!
Mary
Wow, Mary! Thanks for all the grabs! Appreciate you sharing yourEaster eggs. Thank you for reading about mine! 😁
So many eggs found ! Congratulations !
By any chance, no turtle found ?
Yhe yellow painting in the dining room : maybe thé sun burst on th standing stones ?
OH, Christine! What a great association! Have been trying to figure out an Easter egg for that painting. Thank you. Will add.
Loved going through your list. Have a couple more re the rabbit appearing in the dreamscape in addition to the obvious one of J seeing a rabbit on Culloden Moor, which I have noted on rewatching series 3 and 4. In 3/9 when they are on the Artemis J& C are looking up at the moon and C tells J about how Bree recites a story to her toy rabbit and that Bree loves rabbits – this maybe why we see a shot of the rabbit on what appears to be a carpet and is a reminder of happier times C spent with Bree. The second one is the rabbit that is on the banks of the creek when C is talking to the Indian Healer and they are teaching each other the words for things in each others language – again a time of happiness for C.
Hi Debbie. Thanks so much for your comment. I like the rabbit addition and I also thought of Joshiah finding the rabbit to help Jamie in 509. But, your idea about C and J standing on the ship looking at the moon is also a egg for Donner asking Claire about the man in the moon. I will add these. Thanks!
There are two artifacts (you call them eggs) that occur to me. One is the psychedelic print of Jocasta’s dress. I had one myself that was similar, but the style was not nearly as voluminous as hers. If you look closely, though, it seems to be a paisley pattern. I believe that Paisley, Scotland, famous for this cloth, was one of the locations used? Anyway, definitely an association with Scotland itself.
The other artifact is the dream home itself, Claire has a face that can conceal no emotion, is totally transparent. The entire side of the dream house is glass, open to all to see. Yet inside, there are rigidly separated rooms, without doorways but yet each independent of each other; you can walk straight down a long corridor or stop off at any of the rooms along the way. Claire’s life is compartmentalized into different time periods, different places, different lifestyles, different husbands. I think the particular architecture of this house is a metaphor for Claire’s life.
Hi Nancy… Thank you for your thoughtful remarks. You have suggested two intriguing metaphores. I like them both, especially the house reflecting Claire’s complex life, one she did not ask for, but has tried to do her best in all circumstances. Thank you for writing!
Claire was also wearing the same wrist watch that she wore and lost in S1 Ep1
You can see it when she starts the record player.
Hi Sandra. thanks for your message. I will have to look at that moment. Later in the dream house, she wears a skinny watch but not identical to the one she lost after passing through the stones. If I find it is identical, I will amend the Fun Fact. Thanks so much!
I thought the 60’s house looked like Geilis’ house where Clair talked to her husband .
Good morning Kay. Someone else also saw similarities with Gillian Edgars’ home. I think the windows, plants and wood were shard similarities. I might add this to the FF. Thanks so much for writing!
There was also a cat statue (Adso!) and pet bed on the hearth.
Hi Jackie. That image didn’t actually appear in the episode it is a publicity image that has been circulating on SM. I will probably add, though, because I did add the one that shows the dragonfly sitting atop the TV and that wasn’t from the episode either. Thanks for the reminder!
Not sure if this is an ‘Easter Egg’ in the true sense, but I noticed Ian inquired if “my cousin and ‘the professor’ had arrived yet” for dinner. Was wondering why he didn’t refer to the latter as “Roger” as they knew each other well, having lived together on the Ridge; traveled together, saved each other’s lives— serious male bonding!
In an attempt to gain my own comfort during Claire’s dreamscape, I took it to mean that Ian and Roger had never shared those poignant (but painful) future moments together: Ian never forfeighted himself to the Mohawk for the sake of Roger’s life; Roger never prevented Ian’s suicide attempt, etc. All that loaded history didn’t exist between them; Claire wiped it out and made it right— in the way she restored Jocasta’s sight and Fergus’ missing hand.
All my interpretation, of course! Not sure if this is the appropriate forum for simple observations instead of eggs, but thank you for letting me share.
Hi Lora. Very thoughtful analysis of the query by Ian. I agree, his choice of wording was odd given their past. I like your idea that it is because Claire gave them a different relationship in her dreamscape. There are so many wonderful eggs throughout this episode. Not sure how I could write it into the Fun Fact but will think on it. Thank you for your input.
I assumed he called him Professor because that’s what Roger was before he went to the past. If Bree and Roger had successfully made it back to their time then he would be a Professor once again. I think it was used because they ARE close. Just as Jamie called Claire Sassenach.
Hi Susan. Thank you for your comment. It could be no more than a term of endearment. He also referred to Bree as his cousin and didn’t call her by name.
Thank you for compiling this extensive list! I’t’s been fun to point other fan friends to it and share in all the discoveries!
When viewing the ep for the first time I had an immediate sense of deja vu when Claire was advised by the two police that Bree and the others were dead. The look of disbelief and the heartbreaking “No…” uttered by Claire seemed so similar to when she was told of the death of her other daughter, Faith, by Mother Hildegarde and Sister Angelique.
Many thanks again for all your hard work on gathering up the Easter Eggs for the rest of us to enjoy!
Hi Lora. Oh, that is an excellent call-back! I think I will add that to the FF. Thanks for the suggestion!
Has anyone noticed, in the dream sequence, Murtagh mentions Prestonpans while playing with the kids.
Hi Terri. Yes, that was mentioned. I should add it to the list. Thanks for writing!
The dessert spoons on the dinner table are reminiscent of the Apostle spoons Jamie gave to Claire when she was carrying Faith. In or near the kitchen, there is small table with a ceramic honeypot (evident by the stylized bee on the side). And at one end of the sideboard with the buffalo, there is a round box, reminiscent of the Beaton’s medicine chest in the infirmary at Leoch. I don’t know whether it counts as an Easter egg, but Marsali refers to the baby she is carrying as “wee Jemmy.”
Thanks for writing, Genet. I will have to look for the dessert spoons. I did not notice them but that would be a terrific Easter egg. I will add that one. I had read that Matt or someone mentioned a honey pot but I didn’t see one from the episode. I took a lot of screen shots and nothing Was clear enough to identify a honey pot. Are you by chance looking at publicity photos from the episode? I found A shot of the round “box” or basket and can see why you might think it aimilar to the Beaton chest. Will think about that one. Thanks so much for the suggestions!
I noticed something that I don’t think has been mentioned yet. In the last episode, Wendigo Donner was trying to find out if Claire was a time traveler by things he said to her and her reaction to them. As he removed her gag at the tree , he talked about the man ON the moon rather than the man IN the moon. Was this a reference back to episode 305 when Claire watched the Apollo moon landing in the doctor’s lounge? Was he trying to see if she knew that man had indeed made it on the moon?
Hi Rosalie. Thank you for writing. I thought that was an unusual way for him to express it because he went back with the Montauk 5 in 1968. The moon landing was in 1969. In 305 at the hospital, Claire was watching the first orbit of the moon was Apollo 8 in 1968 – no landing. So if the writers were being historically accurate, Wendigo Would not know we made it to the moon. If they weren’t being historically accurate, then this explanation could work. Thanks!
Hi Juanita! Thanks for your comment. In 305, Claire and colleagues were watching the first moon orbit by the crew of Apollo 8. The first moon landing was Apollo 11 in 1969. So Wendigo didn’t know about the moon landing because he went back in 1968. However, linking it to Claire and Jamie talking about the man in the moon, works. But, my Fun Fact only uses Easter Eggs from Claire’s dreamscape. If I ere to include the entire episode, then the numbers of eggs would be much higher. Thanks for your thoughts!
Thank you! Wow! I’ve been focused on this episode too.
What about the typewriter on the desk – referring to Frank’s typewriter?
Hi Peg. I thought about the typewriter too and went through 304 and 305 to see if I could find one at Claire’s office. No luck. I will check back in 302. Was it on Frank’s desk as he was composing the letter to The Rev? Thanks for writing!
Did anyone mention the ‘turkey’ shot by Bree when Roger was trying to learn to shoot a rifle?
Hi Catherine. No! This is the first one I have heard about the turkey shoot. What an excellent Easter egg. Thanks so much. I will add it!
Along the line of the leak, one night after Claire is back with Frank, he is having trouble sleeping and hears every noise in the house including a dripping, leaky faucet. He gets u p and goes to his study and is writing to the Reverend., and Claire comes downstairs with labor pains and is ready to go to the hospital
That’s right, Sharon. Great find! 👍🏻
Thank you for your eggs…I think 💭 maybe one more egg… dream vs ep 101/1 Claire lost her watch as she rolled down the hill and she is wearing a watch ⌚️ in the dream.
Thank you for your eggs…I think 💭 maybe one more egg… dream vs ep 101/1 Claire lost her watch as she rolled down the hill and she is wearing a watch ⌚️ in the dream.
I noticed that watch on her wrist but didn’t think about her roll down the hill. I believe her watch In 101 was likely destroyed as its jewels enabled her to travel. Thanks for the egg!
When she turns on the record player in episode 512 I am reminded that in the opening credits for episode 101 you see someone starting a record.
Hi Debra. Thanks! I don’t remember that. Clearly need to check 101!
Amazing! The first few feedbacks I saw that mentioned some of these Easter Eggs which I hadn’t seen, made me think DOH! I am so stupid, but now I don’t feel so bad. I even DID pick up on some that you missed the first time. Thanks so much for doing this. – John Blair
Hi John. thanks for writing. I am so happy to hear that you got a basket full of Easter Eggs! It was a lot of fun. I did not include Easter Eggs from outside the dreamscape in my Fun Fact. Some people have looked for eggs throughout the episode. That greatly increases the number of eggs to find.
There’s another one. Donner asks Claire about the stars and then mentions the man in the moon. She was watching the moon landing on tv with other doctors andnurses and on the ship to the Indies, Claire and Jamie were on the deck abd talked about the man in the moon
Hi Juanita! Thanks for your comment. In 305, Claire and colleagues were watching the first moon orbit by the crew of Apollo 8. The first moon landing was Apollo 11 in 1969. So Wendigo didn’t know about the moon landing because he went back in 1968. However, linking it to Claire and Jamie talking about the man in the moon, works. But, my Fun Fact only uses Easter Eggs from Claire’s dreamscape. If I ere to include the entire episode, then the numbers of eggs would be much higher. Thanks for your thoughts!
Thanks for your very thorough and informative post, Karmen! I’m so obsessed with this episode and all the Easter eggs! Being a book reader, I was very concerned about how the show would handle Claire’s horrific abduction, beatings and rapes from the sixth book. Upon watching the episode the first time, I was immediately thankful for Claire’s time in her dissociative dream house, surrounded by her loving family. It literally gave the viewer a much needed break from the trauma of Claire’s terrible experience. I loved the music, furnishings and objects in Claire’s dreamscape! It was like a trip down memory lane to my childhood in the 60s! I think I’m going to have to rewatch this episode (yet again) and pause it throughout to take in the rich detail and enjoy the Easter eggs some more! FYI- I loved your BTS theme discussion of Claire’s endurance throughout the episode! That really resonated with me. I’m a proud Outlander geek and am thankful I found the BTS discussions and your fantastic anatomy posts!
Hello Patty and welcome! Thank you for your heartfelt and lovely comments. I appreciate it so much. I also value you sharing your Response to Claire’s trauma. I was grateful the OL team chose to keep the focus on Claire. So often, it seems to move to the abuser rather than the abused. I was a newly wed in the 60s and recall the era very well. I also loved that Claire’s mind swathed her in a cocoon of Comfort. Every time I watch, I weep. Thanks for listening to our OBTS Group!
Looking again at the shoes under the Thanksgiving table…Marsali is also wearing red shoes!
Hi Anna. Thanks for writing. I looked at the feet carefully. I think Marsali wears white gogo boots. They are visible when Murtagh tilts Germain upside down. You can see her yellow skirt and white boots. I would tag a shot but dont see anyway to do that in comments section.
Perhaps they are Fergus’ shoes?
Hi Donna. Thanks. Perhaps. Are you seeing another pair Of red shoes at the table scene I used in the Fun Fact? Claire has her left leg crossed over her right. This almost makes it seem as if there is another pair of red shoes, but it is her other foot. Could this be what you see? I will see if I can find an image of Fergus feet. Thanks!
Hi Diana,
I was just wondering who thought to use the song “Never My Love”? The words are so Jaime. The song was perfect-playing on a loop in my head.. Hope you are well🙋🏼♀️
In his podcast, Matt says they wanted another song but the rights to it were too expensive. I believe he says Toni asked about Never My Love, the rights were affordable and it worked even better than the first. You might search on line and listen to him. Thank you for writing!
Never My Love is such a beautiful song. To me it ties back to Claire’s insecurities when she was prepping to return to Jamie after 20 years apart wondering whether Jamie still loves her, whether he has changed, dyeing her grey hair, checking for lines on her face, etc. And she got Jamie’s response in this song!
Hello Ellen. Thank you so much for your comment. I had not thought of this but I can see your point. She also asked Dr. Abernethy if he thought she was attractive. She was clearly unsure of how he would feel about her. I agree, the song was a perfect answer to her worries. Did you know MBR and Toni wanted another song but the rights were too much money so they went for this one. He says it turned out to be even better than the unknown song they first wanted. Thanks again.
1.). Claire going to the door alone to open it and not see what she expected. On her graduation day, it was Sandy/Candy and proof of Frank’s infidelity; in the dreamscape it is the police with the death of her Bree, Roger, Jem.
2.) Claire being silent & pretty at the dinner table; Jamie telling her that Lord Lovett allows women to decorate the dinner table but they cannot speak [Fox’s Lair].
3.) the fighting with the bolsters; Claire using the fish to beat the bear Jamie fought in the books.
Not in the dreamscape but part of 512:
1.) Claire’s fetal position when Jamie finds her, laying on her left side and the fetal position Claire was in after the jeep was bombed/her PTSD flashback in season 2.
2.) The vacant, dead stare of Claire as she lies tied to the tree after the abuse; the vacant, dead stare of Jamie lying on the cot after Randall has abused & broken him; the sideways vacant stare Bree has after her rape by Bonnet.
3.) Both Claire & Bree are raped while a group of other men ignore what is going on. And both rapist swagger off after.
4.) the washing by the river with Jamie nearby – after the rescue and earlier in on the way to Lallybroch.
Hi Jude….. Thanks for all the associations. There are many in this episode. I appreciate you sharing the ones you value.
The table lamp reminds me of a chess piece, such as a pawn.
thank you for your comment. Yes, I saw that on Twitter a couple of days ago. Tried to find that lamp in earlier episodes but to no avail. I could compare it to Knox and Jamie’s chess board or OJG and Jamie at Ardsmuir. It does have similar form. Thanks!
Just an FYI, femail medical professionals would NOT have worn red nail polish to work. According to my mom, a nurse in the 50’s, it was forbidden because it would remind the patients too much of blood.
Hi Barbara. Yes, I realize that. I started my doctorate at a medical school in 1965 and was a professor at several for almost 40 years. Professional women in the health care field did not wear nail polish. And, especially Claire who was surgeon. Obviously, this was imagined by the OL team. They wanted Claire to appear highly sophisticated is my guess. I will add this to the FF, though. It is good for folks to know. Thank you for your comment.
Something I noticed about the plaid Jamie uses in the dreamscape to wrap around Claire: The pattern keeps changing. First it’s just a plain tan blanket, then it has a simple red tartan pattern, then it’s a more complex tartan, and then finally, it’s the full Fraser hunting tartan.
Also…when we see them from behind (when Lionel approaches the window), the plaid goes back to being plain tan.
Thanks, again, Anna. Will take a closer look-see!
Hi Anna. Nice! I noticed the plain tan plaid and the final but not the other changes. Too busy with other stuff, I guess. I will add that to my FF!
There was a photo of lallybroch.
Hi Lois. Yes, but that image was not in the episode. I think it was a publicity shot. I used one of those in the FF and could use this one, too, as I have a copy of it. Thanks for the suggestion.
In your picture 37 is that a buffalo statue on the sideboard? Reference to the buffalo claire shot at the house.
Hi Chrissie. Yes, it is. I think I included a picture of the buffalo pitching Bree into the air. Thanks!
Great jpb Easter Egg Hunting. Did anyone else mention that in Claire’s Dreamscape, Jocasta could see?
Nope! Another great one. Will add. Thanks!
You mentioned the red shoes without quite mentioning the Wizard of Oz that Diana references often in different ways in her books.
Thanks, Leslie. No, I didn’t mention the Wizard of Oz, although Claire tells Laoghaire to click her heels together three times in 104 if I recall correctly. I will look for some references. Thanks!
In Ep 207, Claire echoes a line from The Wizard of Oz about “I’ll miss him the most” (talking about Master Raymond”.
Thanks Connie. Does she say that line in the dreamscape? I am limiting my Easter Eggs to speech, images, things in her dissociative state. If I were to search for Easter eggs throughout the seasons, the Fun Fact might be a mile long. 😉
Regarding the smoking, there is one other scene where Claire has a cigarette in her hand. Episode 303 All Debts Paid, where Claire confronts Frank about his mistress showing up at their house on her graduation day. He comes home and she’s sitting in a chair.
Thanks, Paula. Someone reminded me of this yesterday. I didn’t have a photo of that and couldn’t recall where it was in S3. Didn’t have time to rewatch that episode. will find it and add. Thanks!
I do remember Claire smoking in the episode where She graduates from Medical School. She is sitting and waiting for Frank to return.
Hi Cindy. Yes, you are right. Several others reminded me of it. The things is I didn’t have that image in my photos and forgot about it. I will watch the episode todaya and grab a screen shot and get it in there. Thanks for writing.
The image of Claire smoking a cigarette while waiting for Frank came from publicity but didn’t actually appear in the episode. In the episode, she had a drink in her hand, but wasn’t smoking.
Thanks, Connie! I couldn’t find it in my library and thought I had missed it. I will check the episode anyway, just in case. The only eggs I found were Claire throwing the ashtray and smoking as a girl.
She was holding a cigarette when Frank came home. When I watch episode I think how odd for her to smoke.
Hi Connie. Thank you for commenting. There seems to be a difference of perception. Some say she holds a cigarette in a promo pic, others like you, feel they saw it in the episode. I have to take the time to watch. Have had to get starts in my garden today but will try to find the time to check.
Well done. I love hidden objects puzzles. One other occurred to me re wood pile; when Claire in the 60’s abandons her stove to cook dinner in the fireplace. ?!
Hi Marion. Oh! Good one! I loved that scene. Will add. Thank you.
It appears Jocasta has her eyesight in the dreamscape as well. Also, the police officers that show up to inform her of Brianna and Roger’s demise are Brown & Hodgepile, her captors.
Hi Ashley. Thank you so much for the comment. Someone else pointed out Jocasta’s sightedness so will add. Yes, I saw who the officers were but didn’t think about them being Easter eggs. Will take care of both today. thanks for writing!
The leaks really befuddled me. My first thought was Jamie going up on the roof in the middle of the night, naked, to repair the shingles, but that was only in the book. There was a comment made somewhere that it (?the producers, maybe Matt) eluded to evil leaking in.
I would like to hear a round table from those involved with all these Special Easter eggs. How the planning, design and ideas came about. Their favorite hidden gem…
Hi Vee. Well, some of them may have more than one meaning. My first response upon watching the episode was that Claire’s efforts to keep her mind away from the abuse was not entirely successful. This is borne out by watching the episode. She goes into her dreamscape and then periodically comes out of it as fear and helplessness grip her. I also thought of the leak in the roof after Jamie brings her back from the abduction. Not fun like the first leak. So, the leak can have multiple references. I would love to hear the group share a discussion on how they chose the eggs for the episode. Thanks!
After my second viewing in the wee hours of Sunday AM, I was too wired to sleep, so I picked up Drums of Autumn – the book – which I am reading for the 5th time. The place I had left off with was (no spoiler here – it was skipped in the show) the botched abortion Claire and Jamie came across in the mill while they were discussing whether to stay at River Run. The description of the drip, drip sound that Claire hears, and connecting it with the Highland superstition of the “death drop” portending a death, reminded me of the dripping ceiling in the ’60s house, followed by the terrible news of the car accident. I know there have been other theories regarding the symbolism of the dripping, but I found it spooky that I should have read that passage so immediately after viewing the episode.
Hi MG. That is a very spooky scene. Claire is left alone for a moment as Jamie slips into the darkness. I recall it well. I think there is another death drop also, have to check on that. That was Sergeant Murchison’s girlfriend I believe. It is interesting that you should read it right after viewing 512. I bet you didn’t sleep so well that night! Someone on Twitter also mentioned the death drop a few days ago. That is when I found another passage. Have to hunt for that. Thanks for writing and sharing your experience!
Found it! Voyager, chapter 36, when Claire returned to Lallybroch to tend to Jamie’s gunshot wound. Her cloak was dripping.
Hi MG. Thanks so much for looking! I found the Voyager reference last night and added to the two quotes about roof drips. You can check out the Fun Fact again and see if it is the same one you found. Thanks so much for your interest
Claire going in and out of the dreamscape I think is not so much as fear/helplessness grips her as much as she is escaping another rapist. Claire stayed fairly in the here & know until after Lionel beat her into submission to rape her. First escape. Then he leaves and she hears him invite the others to “roll with the hedge whore”. Second escape. As jarring/time jumping & repeating the escape, it implies brief respites between rapist. She answered “How many?” with “I don’t know.” Clearly, more than three as she was pushing herself farer and farer away.
Hi Jude. Thanks for your perspective. To me, these are the same things. Her dissociative mental process took her out of the pain, horror, desperation she experienced. She appears to have begun her dreamscape before the rape, if I recall correctly. But, as I noted at the outset, we don’t have to agree. Thanks for writing!
I thought they must have had a contest! There are so many including some not get mentioned. But I missed the red shoes. Up to 15 rewatches. Incredible episode but the Easter eggs were plentiful and great. I think a round table with all they thought they had put in would be great. John Gary Steele? Producers? Writers?
Oh, I agree, Lynn. A round table is a fabulous idea! Would love to know which ones were intentional. Most were, but there may be some that were unintended. Agree, fans would love this! Thank you!
Fantastic list! Lots that I’d missed. Plus the way Germain was playing with the dragonfly is a callback to one of the first times we see Roger as a little boy, playing with the toy aeroplane in Rev Wakefield’s house – the exact episode escapes me, but it immediately reminded me of it – they’ve shot it the same way
Hi Meg. That might have been in 108 but have to go check. Thanks!
I just wish they had set the table with Claire’s China pattern from her hutch in Boston, the Gingham Pattern by VernonWare.
Hi Denise! That would have been awesome! A wonderful Easter egg. I tried to find a match somewhere with the pattern on the dreamscape table, but no luck. Thanks for the comment!
Wow great job. I have been looking for a list of as many as were found. Yours has been the most detailed. Thank you!
Hi Kelly. Thank you so much! I appreciate your comment.
The 1960’s house featured in the magazine is so cool. I never would have noticed that!
The only thing I can think of to add is the car crash. Claire loses the people she loves more than once from a car crash.
Claire was once in a car crash as well. She said “Once, traveling at night, I fell asleep in the passenger seat of a moving car, lulled by the noise and motion into an illusion of serene weightlessness. The driver of the car took a bridge too fast and lost control, and I woke from my floating dream straight into the glare of headlights and the sickening sensation of falling at high speed. That abrupt transition is as close as I can come to describing the feeling I experienced, but it falls woefully short.”
-outlander chapter 2
I took the cops at the door saying that bri and family had been in an accident to this part of the story. Bri and roger had just left the ridge to go through the stones. Claire at the time of her abduction was not aware that they did not go back.
Thanks so much, Chrissie. Will add this Easter egg to the Fun Fact. She is describing how it felt to go through the stones, if I recall correctly.Thanks!
Good morning Sara! Thank you for writing. OH, yes! The car crash that took her parents and now Bree, Roger and Jemmy (in her dream). I will add. Thank you.
Apparently honey pot was posted on Instagram by Jon Gary Steel – in the kitchen.
You did a great job.
Thanks, Judith. I saw the kitchen held a lot of stuff but Items too small to be sure. Will have to look for the honey pot! Thank you!
The birds in flight in the painting over the fireplace and the birds when Master Raymond healed her after Faith?
Hi Leslie! Oh, lovely! I missed that. Could also harken back to the murmuration of starlings in when Claire and Geillis were in the The pit, and the passenger pidgeons at the Beardsley’s and when Jamie finds Claire has been abducted. I might add this tomthe list. Do you mind?
Is there a red rose bush outside the last window in Claire’s escape house? Like the one at Lallybrook.
Hi Tina. You know I didn’t notice a rose bush. Must check on my photos. Ellen’s rose was yellow if I recall correctly but no matter. A rose would work fine. Thanks for the tip.
I didn’t know that was john gary steeles last episode. I am so saddened. His set designs were amazing. I fear we are nearing the end as the OG’s retire.
Yes, it was his last. He is moving on. Matt says thee will be a season six so I am not doncerned we are nearing the end. Starz would be nuts to stop a golden egg like Outlander, imo. So hope you dont despair!
Am I mistaken in seeing an easter egg in the crooked garden stake harkening back to the stakes for the foundation of the new cabin? Both were crooked and Jamie wanted to fix them right away.
Hi Jo. Thank you for your comment. I think you are right about the stakes. I just limited the Easter Eggs to Claire’s dreamscape. If one adds in other examples, I expect there are many more.
The phone looks to be a touch tone, rather than a rotary one.
Hi Patsy. Yes, I got that one wrong. Brynn notified me earlier. I have since corrected it.
Thank you!
So awesome! Except that’s a push button phone in #22 and not a rotary dial. I literally have that exact phone (still working!) in my living room. Gosh I feel old now!
I’ll always think of 512 as Jon Gary Steele’s parting gift to us fans. He will be so missed!
Right you are, Brynn! I have corrected that in the Fun Fact! My family’s first phone had no dial at all. You picked up the receiver and told an operator the number you wanted. Thank you!
My youth was spent with a party line! If the old bitties up the road weren’t monopolizing the line, the we’re listening in on YOUR conversations! The joys of Appalachian living! LOVE LOVE LOVE your pieces, by the way. I’ve learned SO MUCH! THANK YOU for the time and effort you put into them!
Hello Brynn! Thank you for writing. I understand completely. Although I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, the biddies were still interested in convos that were none of their business. I think they were pretty much everywhere! 🙂
Karmen:, The golden starburst object you show is called a Monstrance. It is a vessel used in the Roman Catholic, Luther and Anglican church to hold a blessed host (the bread) or a relic.
Hi Cynthia. Thanks so much! I knew, of course, that the object was Roman Catholic but not its proper name. I have added it to the Fun Fact.
I am a Missouri Synod Lutheran and have never seen a Monstrance in our church. Now that I think about it, the pastor passes the body out from a chalice he carries around and the blood is in tiny plastic cups on a tray. Sounds goofy doesn’t it?
Hi Kelly. Thank you for your comment. I did not know the name for the sunburst. Cynthia Topps wrote with the correct term. I am not Roman Catholic so was not familiar with the Monstrance. Also known as a solar monstrance. This is a link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monstrance
You caught so many good ones! I knew there had to be all kinds around that desk! Thanks for the microscopic view:)!
Thanks, Lisa! I heard on FB that someone caught 50! You are most welcome!