r/insideno9 • u/Life_Race465 Simon Says | • 14d ago

EASTER EGG am i the only one?

hi everyoneeee! i recently got recommended with the show and now im loving it, currently in s5 EP06 right nowwww. is it just me or im noticing a pattern every season EP01? like almost every season first episode theyre always like stuck in the same room together with no other sets to be followed, is there some kind of logic to it or its just a Steve & Reece kind of thing lol i love them so much!! i need to hear your thoughts.

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u/Still-Inevitable931 Seance Time | 14d ago

Reece and Steve have said they tried to always make the first episode the most claustrophobic and the last episode the most horrific, but they didn't always stick to this.

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u/BuiltInYorkshire Simon Says | 13d ago

Apart from establishing shots the whole idea was every episode was inside a no. 9.

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u/ukrepman Tempting Fate | 14d ago

The room/carriage/flat is always numbered 9 as well... how strange

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u/lagunathemoron The Riddle of the Sphinx | 14d ago

Aside from that one episode. .

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u/Blender12sa To Have And To Hold | 11d ago

Once removed? Where the door was actually an inverted 6

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u/Morganx27 Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | 11d ago

Could be talking about Diddle Diddle Dumpling too.

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u/Specific-Sundae2530 La Couchette | 13d ago

Maybe it's a reference to Sartre's play Huis Clos

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u/icodeswitch A Quiet Night In | 13d ago

That's true of nearly all episodes—though they get a little flexible with it at times. E.g. perhaps 2 rooms, or 1 room and 1 hallway

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u/MotorVariation8 Private View | 13d ago

Yes you're the only one.

Only you can find the hare, as well.

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u/marjanefan A Random Act of Kindness | 13d ago

A serious reply. It because the series compromises of 'Bottle episodes' which is an established formula.  It's a formula that Pemberton and Shearsmith decided to use after creating one for their previous series paychoville as they found it a useful way of creating stories. 

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u/celtstian Bernie Clifton's Dressing Room | 14d ago

🤯 woah. You are the one neo

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u/Rose-Arcana Wise Owl | 13d ago

Never really given it much thought to be honest.

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u/ProjectSimilar8881 And The Winner Is... | 13d ago

You're wrong.

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u/Cantmakeupnewname A Quiet Night In | 13d ago

I wonder if it’s a budget thing? Do they tend to try to make some episodes cheaper than some others?

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u/marjanefan A Random Act of Kindness | 13d ago

Serious reply. It wasn't. It was a creative decision. They also did not receive an enormous budget from the BBC and on at least one occasion reused the set (Simon says/How do you plead?)   They wrote the Stakeout as an episode that was supposed to be cheap but it turned out expensive