Black Mirror is back, and woven into the narrative of the sci-fi satire's dark humour and eerily prescient technological foreshadowings, are more easter eggs than ever before as ELLE UK's May cover star, Emma Corrin, teased.
'There's a 'San Junipero' easter egg in this episode,' Corrin confessed, advising fans of the series to 'watch out for the signs.'
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Corrin isn't the only one to have nodded at Brooker's proclivity to weave in hints at previous Black Mirror episodes. Speaking to RadioTimes.com, the show's producer Jessica Rhoades said: 'The fun of the show is that it's not just Charlie that is coming up with [the Easter eggs and references].'
'We have this incredible team, and at some point it kind of becomes a badge of honour to get one in. We have this amazing graphic designer, Sam Morley, who works across the season, and I think he sometimes throws one in that we won't even catch a number of times,' she added.
Creator Brooker agreed, adding: 'I'm like, oh, that's a deep cut. He's referred to an episode back in season two, and that's... wow.'
Now that season seven and all of its six episodes have been released, there are easter eggs aplenty peppered throughout Black Mirror's latest series, none more so than in Corrin's episode, 'Hotel Reverie'.
What are the Easter eggs in Black Mirror, 'Hotel Reverie'?
When actor Brandy Friday (Issa Rae) is researching film star Dorothy Chambers (Emma Corrin), she logs onto YouTube where she finds videos uploaded by Pia (Myha’la) and Davis (Samuel Blenkin) – two podcast makers from season six episode 'Loch Henry'. That's not all — eagle-eyed fans also spotted that videos at the side of the YouTube page reference yet another episode from season six, 'Demon 79'.
'We also have a Space Fleet shirt in the control room,' Brooker told Netflix's Tudum, referencing the online game featured in another Black Mirror episode, 'USS Callister'. The shirt is worn by a technician played by Ted Lasso’s Charlie Hiscock.
There are also 'San Junipero' — the fourth episode from the third season — references throughout Corrin's episode, including Dorothy having previously starred in starred in St Juniper and My Kingdom for a Pig, which fans have interpreted to be a reference to Rory Kinnear’s prime minister in the show’s very first episode, 'The National Anthem'. The 'San Junipero' references don't stop there — Brandy also lives on Juniper Drive. And the fictional actor’s version of 'Hotel Reverie' is also made available on Streamberry, the fictional streaming service first introduced in season six episode 'Joan is Awful'.
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Naomi May is a seasoned culture journalist and editor with over ten years’ worth of experience in shaping stories and building digital communities. After graduating with a First Class Honours from City University's prestigious Journalism course, Naomi joined the Evening Standard, where she worked across both the newspaper and website. She is now the Digital Editor at ELLE Magazine and has written features for the likes of The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, among many others. Naomi is also the host of the ELLE Collective book club.
