Characters appearing or mentioned in this episode
Robert Jardine
Sarah Jardine (mentioned only)
Steel
Sapphire
Helen Jardine
Didja Notice?
Sapphire remarks to Steel that the nursery rhyme Robert had
spoken that brought the spirit soldiers ("Goosey Goosey
Gander") refers to the Parliamentary wars, when Cromwell's
troops searched for people who wouldn't pray. This is a
reference to the English Civil Wars under Oliver Cromwell
from 1653-1658.
Twin
Peaks note: Sapphire becomes trapped inside a room
of a painting of a cottage in the Jardine house. In
Fire Walk With Me, Laura enters the Black Lodge
through a painting on her bedroom wall given to her by Mrs.
Tremond.
At 20:54 on the DVD, Sapphire, trapped in the room of the
cottage painting with a rope hanging from the
ceiling
and a meat cleaver, tells Rob she's glad of the rhyme he
chose, because he "could've settled for 'Oranges And
Lemons'". The rhyme he chose earlier was "Goosey Goosey
Gander", which has as its most violent line, being thrown
down the stairs. "Oranges And Lemons" is another traditional
English nursery rhyme, with a line at the end about a
chopper come to chop off your head!
While stuck in the painting room, Sapphire remarks, "...if
roundhead soldiers belong anywhere, it's in this hellhole."
"Roundheads" were the supporters of the Parliament against
the King of England during the English Civil War.
The "upstairs and downstairs" that the spirits are heard
chanting are words from the "Goosey Goosey Gander" nursery
rhyme.
Memorable Dialog
ghosts.mp3
upstairs and downstairs.mp3
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