![]() Bree corrects him and says she’s pregnant again. Roger commits to staying around to help Bree and Jemmy. Bree tells Roger what she saw in the woods and he realizes Mrs. Marsali points out that it’s a love spell based on the items and the positioning. The party stumbles upon a weird formation in the grass. Later on in the episode, Bree and the other women are walking in the woods to survey a location for a water wheel. ![]() At first, he dismisses it as people being mean or uncaring and possibly Bree developing a jealous streak. In this episode, Bree tells him that the villagers are starting to talk about how much alone time Roger is spending with her. Not only has he been working on the house, he’s also applied his lay preacher skills to help her adjust to life in a new place. McCallum and her son Aidan build their cabin. Earlier in the season, Roger promised to help the widowed Mrs. Meanwhile, back on the Ridge, two separate conflicts appear to merge into one thanks to Malva. So far no one has figured out Claire isn’t coping, so this is likely a thread that will have to be picked up in a later episode this season. Claire decides to take some medicine herself to bury the painful flashback. ![]() Their discussion of royalty triggers Claire into remembering Season 2 at Versailles when she was forced to have sex with King Louis. She also admits he didn’t have the leadership skills for long term success. Their conversation in fact is more interesting than Flora’s actual speech because Flora reveals she was never really in love with Bonnie Prince Charlie. Flora also notes that a jewel from her necklace was stolen. I’m pretty sure that’s 18th Century for weed. Jocasta starts to feel dizzy and Flora is nervous about her speech so Claire offers them some hemp flower. Claire notes that Flora MacDonald in the future will be remembered on biscuit tins as the defiant Highlander and not as a Royalist. Jamie says that Jocasta has lost her fighting edge. This message is a little too late for Jamie, but Flora persuades many of the Scots in attendance. Since Culloden, Flora has become a staunch supporter of the British Crown and is now urging the Scots in North Carolina to not risk losing what they worked so hard to rebuild after the failed rebellion. Everyone else in these scenes is focused on Flora’s visit. Claire treats Mary like an acquaintance but it’s very obvious she is enslaved. Jocasta is escorted around the event by her new husband and an “attendant” Mary. ![]() Jamie is also in town as Aunt Jocasta is hosting a gathering with Flora MacDonald as the special guest. There’s a risk of them meeting up as spies are everywhere but Jamie wants to be at their next meeting. Meanwhile, Jamie’s proving the governor partially correct as he makes contact with representatives of the Sons of Liberty. He asks Lord John Grey to find out Jamie’s real plans. The governor received his resignation from the Indian Agent position but he is concerned Jamie has the manpower to turn guns against royal troops. What treasures or damning information is she seeking to hide from a search?īack in the current timeline, Jamie travels to Wilmington on business. At the end of this sequence, Flora accidentally drops her purse which a redcoat picks up. A well-known Jacobite, Flora McDonald, assists his escape by passing him off as one of her traveling companions to see a sick relative abroad. This time it’s the story of how Bonnie Prince Charlie escaped after Culloden. Once again this season, an episode starts with an extended flashback to Scotland. This episode is the second directed by the first Black director for Outlander, Christiana Ebohon-Green, and it shows off her ability to helm both emotional development scenes and chaotic action. Meanwhile, on the Ridge, there might be a domestic war brewing as Malva escalates her spying and creepy behavior to blackmail. Jamie realizes that this is the time to use Claire and Brianna’s future knowledge to join the growing colonial rebellion. This week’s Outlander episode intensifies the oncoming storm of the Revolutionary War.
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