![]() ![]() It’s a big miss for the show not to play up Brianna’s relationship with both her parents. Last episode, we got one second of them looking at each other. The only other thing missing this season are significant Jamie and Brianna scenes. Claire says it’s just shell shock and then says, “No matter how lost he is, have faith you’ll find him.” This reminds me of all the times Jamie and Claire saved each other, specifically Jamie’s attack by Blackjack Randall in Season one - and, sorry, but Brianna and Roger have shown no potential to be that strong of a couple.īut it is good to finally see Claire with her daughter. We finally get the mother/daughter scene we need when Brianna confides in Claire that she’s afraid Roger is lost. Even Brianna’s trauma turned into Roger’s trauma since he made himself the focus by making it about the fact that he might not be Jemmy’s father. But I really hope Roger’s trauma doesn’t saddle Brianna with placating Roger even more than she already has all season. Okay, I do feel bad for Roger - he looks broken and has severe PTSD. ![]() In fact, reaction might be the most accurate as to how most of the audience felt.Ĭlaire and Bree leave, and Roger flashes back to Buck and the soldiers hanging him. ( Outlander, when you have to have a character explain why you are using a visual tool, that means it’s probably not going to work well). Brianna says “I can pretend we’re in one of those silent movies that we used to see in Oxford.” Which explains the black and white silent film angle for this episode, I guess. But he just stares blankly and says nothing. Claire tells him he needs to try and speak. She tells him his throat is healing well and the scar has faded. Three months later, Claire is checking on a very angry Roger. Where Claire gets this straw from, we will never know, but she’s Claire and you just don’t question this, okay?! Jamie screams, “He’s breathing!” Claire quickly performs a field-side tracheotomy, as Claire does! She sticks a wee little straw in Roger’s neck. It picks back up when Jamie, Claire and Brianna find Roger’s hanging body. I think they’re trying to show this from Roger’s perspective. The episode then switches to a black and white silent film, which is kind of jarring. Because Roger’s not-so-death was probably the worst kept secret. Get ready for this episode to beat us over the head with obvious Roger metaphors. Roger’s class asks him what his last words will be. Rogersplaining for those of you who don’t know is when Roger explains shit. Roger teaches his class in a very Roger-splainy way. ![]() At first, I thought Outlander was pulling a Jamie/Claire 20-year jump on us, and I would not have been able to handle it. It seems perfect that it was Ian and Roger who were able to reach each other.We begin with a flashback to Roger and Bree in the future. It was so nice seeing their family dinner (we will see it again) with Claire and Jamie at each end of the table and all of their kids. We do learn more about how Ian has changed. I absolutely love Ian and was so happy to see him when I first watched this episode and I think I love him even more since he’s been with the Mohawk. See, we weren’t gaslighting you about Roger, it really was him, we just didn’t tell you that he survived. Yet again, an extraordinary reaction to an extraordinary episode of Outlander! I'm thankful she stars in two of my all-time favorite series Orphan Black, and of course, Outlander! I think her poignant farewell to Murtaugh helps make this episode even more of a classic! and still is, a wonderful Irish singer before becoming a fantastic actor. I absolutely loved it.įinally, Maria Doyle-Kennedy (Jocasta) was. And his pain has overwhelmed him.įor me, the metaphorical and poetic comparison of the "buried tool", for Roger his words, and for Ian his hatchet, is extraordinarily well-written story-telling. His sorrow and his 'truth' seem to be hidden very deep. ![]() It was only then that Briana truly saved him.Īs for Ian, it's even more complicated. even to his moment of truth on the cliff. And the jury was out whether Roger would come back to life. IMHO, this episode should have won some type of awards - not only for the inventive direction-production using the silent film enhancement, but for the brilliant writing as well.įirst Evie, it's important to know. You will eventually hear Ian's story, but I'm think it isn't until S. Even in the later books he occasionally has a flash back. Evie "war neurosis" or "shell shock" has a modern name. ![]()
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