1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,920 Hi and welcome to K Let's Talk, the podcast where we breakdown 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:07,440 storytelling across books, television and film with a 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,800 special love for book to screen adaptations. 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:13,520 Here we talk about craft, character arcs, structure, 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:17,040 dialogue, visual language, and the creative choices that shape 6 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,480 how a story lands. If you like thoughtful, 7 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:22,560 conversational, deep dives into the stories you can't stop 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:24,240 thinking about, you're in the right place. 9 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:27,200 Let's talk. This will be Part 1 of my 10 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,800 Outlander Season 8 Episode 4 review titled Muskets, Liberty 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,520 and Sauerkraut. As always, if you are looking to 12 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:36,400 avoid spoilers from the book or the TV show, please do keep on 13 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:38,840 scrolling. So at the top of this episode, 14 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:42,960 we see that Jamie has reconsidered Brianna and Rodgers 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:47,200 offer to go buy him guns for the Ridge in Savannah now that he 16 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,720 knows what Cunningham has been up to right underneath his nose. 17 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:55,960 And again, Frank's book is being used as a sort of guide for the 18 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,200 family, similarly to how Claire, Brianna, and Roger all use what 19 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,040 they remember of history in order to predict their current 20 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,720 future. Jamie confirms that in the book, 21 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,880 Randall refers to the end of the siege of Savannah taking place 22 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,520 on the 9th of October's. And the Continentals will fail, 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,720 but the inside of the city is going to be safer because the 24 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,320 battle takes place outside of it. 25 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,480 He knows that the two of them will be safe inside the city 26 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,560 with Fergus and Marsley. And then he hands a letter to 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,320 Roger to give to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Marion. 28 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,720 Marion was a real figure in history who was also known as 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,240 Swamp Fox, and he's mentioned quite a bit in Go and Tell the 30 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,680 Bees that I Am Gone. Roger then asks if that means 31 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,680 that Jamie is going to be starting a militia of his own 32 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,840 because he doesn't want to join Cleveland's, and Jamie admits 33 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,000 that the last thing he would like to do is take part in 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,000 Cleveland's specific militia and that he is going to try and 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,920 muster up one of his own on the rich. 36 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,240 Roger also asks if they want to turn the gold into musket balls 37 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:07,000 again, but Jamie says he has another idea for the gold. 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,360 So we again set our eyes on the bars of gold and there's a lot 39 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:17,200 of conversation about how Jamie has largely not touched the gold 40 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,640 that he has in his possession while on the Ridge. 41 00:02:19,880 --> 00:02:23,440 Because as soon as anyone on the Ridge or in the vicinity knows 42 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,520 that he has it, they will come after it. 43 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,160 Similarly to how we saw Archbug do the same thing. 44 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,840 That is when we get the title card, which is muskets, liberty 45 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,640 and sauerkraut. And it's this really beautiful 46 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:40,040 slow pan over this table of all Brianna's painting supplies and 47 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,160 watching her hands pack them up as she gets ready to head to 48 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,720 Savannah. We're then back at Fergus's 49 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,160 print shop. We get this shot again of the 50 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:52,520 sign outside of his door, and we see Roger starting to dump the 51 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,480 sauerkraut out and everybody complaining about the smell. 52 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,880 Inside the containers are hidden bottles of whiskey and the gold 53 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,960 bars that they can use to make into musket balls in Savannah. 54 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,080 And Bree and Roger then fill Fergus and Marsley in on the 55 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:11,400 grander plan because they did not want it in writing in a 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,960 letter. And we hear Fergus start asking 57 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:16,920 follow up questions of Roger and what the plan is. 58 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,320 And it made me happy because it reminded me so much of when he 59 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,280 was younger. And he was always looking to 60 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,240 take part in these plans that Jamie and Claire were coming up 61 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:26,440 with. But he was too young. 62 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:30,480 And now as an adult, not only is he taking it upon himself to get 63 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:34,760 involved in the rebellion by writing his pamphlets, but he is 64 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,800 now actively being included in the same plans that Jamie and 65 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:40,360 Claire are coming up with themselves. 66 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:44,440 Rodger explains that many of the weapons that they're looking to 67 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:48,000 acquire are more than likely not going to be at the he's going 68 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:51,520 to, and so arrangements will have to be made with Marian for 69 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,000 payment. And so Bri and Roger were hoping 70 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,440 that they could leave the gold with Fergus and Marcely. 71 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,600 And Marcely is quick to figure it out and point out that Fergus 72 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,280 probably has hiding places within their home. 73 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:07,040 She wouldn't be surprised if they found the crown jewels 74 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:09,560 there. When Fergus and Marcely step 75 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:13,640 aside, Bri and Roger take a moment to discuss when Roger 76 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,920 should be leaving so that he has enough time to find Marian and 77 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,720 avoid the impending battle. And again, that's foreshadowing 78 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,920 to the end of this episode how the timing, even though they're 79 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,160 trying to manage it well, is going to be a hindrance to the 80 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,840 plan. And Brianna is uneasy about that 81 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:34,680 whole thing. Arguably her part in this plan 82 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,640 is the least stressful or dangerous to anyone. 83 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Then back at the Ridge, we see Jamie coming back to the Big 84 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,200 House and he feels clear in on all of the information he's 85 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,560 collected about Cunningham from the tenants. 86 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,800 As he went out to collect rents, he was trying to get a sense of 87 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,320 where everyone's loyalties lie, and he's deduced that most 88 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,640 families here are loyal to the Crown, and those who aren't are 89 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,880 very much reluctant to join a militia who opposes it. 90 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,280 Because everyone at that time knew the power of Britain and 91 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:09,640 had very little faith that the rebels would be able to defeat 92 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,720 them. Jamie's also worried that if he 93 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:15,120 starts to pull together his own men, Cunningham will catch wind 94 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,520 of it. And even with the Ardsmere men 95 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,800 and a few others, it's not going to be enough. 96 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,240 So Jamie's going to have to expand his reach and start to 97 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,920 collect men from outside of his current circle on the Ridge. 98 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:31,680 That's when Claire tells Jamie he should just evict Cunningham, 99 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,880 and Jamie tells her pretty candidly that whether or not he 100 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,600 gets rid of himself, evicts him, someone will replace him or come 101 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:44,040 to avenge him soon after. Which I think is a really valid 102 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,680 argument and a good reminder to the viewers that this is a 103 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,840 little more convoluted than it might seem to Jamie. 104 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:53,240 It's better to have a close eye on Cunningham so that he can 105 00:05:53,840 --> 00:05:58,320 follow his movements, keep an eye on him, and make sure that 106 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,880 he has his finger on the pulse of what's happening at the 107 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,520 Ridge. Even though up until this point 108 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Jamies done a very poor job of that. 109 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:10,440 He then tells Claire that Cunningham reports to a man 110 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,960 named Patrick Ferguson who is someone that Frank had written 111 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,800 about in the book and he's the person who forms the militia 112 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:21,360 that fights at Kings Mountain. Claire at this point is still 113 00:06:21,360 --> 00:06:24,800 not sure of Frank's intentions with the book so she doesn't 114 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,560 know if she can trust his word. But Jamie is seeing the words 115 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:31,720 that he wrote play out in front of them and he can't deny that 116 00:06:31,720 --> 00:06:33,600 any longer. And so he tells Claire that 117 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:38,040 regardless of the book, if the man forming the militia is as 118 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,680 dangerous as Frank wrote about, they will need to be ready 119 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,240 either way. And it doesn't matter whether or 120 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,160 not Jamie's going to fight at Kings Mountain. 121 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,400 They have to defend the Ridge regardless. 122 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:53,280 We see Fergus, Marsley, Brie, and Rodger cheers one another 123 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:57,280 with the title of the episode and drink the whiskey inside the 124 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,480 print shop. And Marsley points out how 125 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,480 ironic it is that a minister and his wife are the ones that are 126 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,160 going to be smuggling guns back to the Ridge. 127 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:08,760 When Marsley jokes that she had thought they had come all that 128 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:12,120 way to actually visit them or to paint a picture for Lord John, 129 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:15,440 that's when Fergus tells the group that John has already 130 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,480 written to him too and suggested that he meets with an associate 131 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,200 of his, which we know is Percival Beauchamp, and he asks 132 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,600 if Bria Rodger recognizes the name. 133 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:29,400 John has claimed that this man has information that will be of 134 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,760 great interest to Fergus. And that's when Brie points out 135 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,600 that Claire's maiden name is Bouchon or Beecham. 136 00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:39,240 And that's when the glass then behind her shatters from a rock 137 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,880 being thrown through the window. This very quick mention of 138 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,040 Fergus and the meeting with Percy and that storyline is sort 139 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:52,080 of meant to be a hook to gauge interest from us viewers into 140 00:07:52,120 --> 00:07:54,720 that storyline. And it's one that in the book I 141 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:58,160 was interested in and found really compelling. 142 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,800 I liked getting all these little Nuggets of information that I 143 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,280 was trying to put together in the background of the larger 144 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:06,880 story. And so the show's doing a good 145 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,120 job of doing that. Again, here with the storyline 146 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:12,480 in the show, we see that Fergus's sign has been broken 147 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:15,920 and he runs after the men who threw the rock and destroyed his 148 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,480 sign and he calls them cowards. And Marsley then explains to 149 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,080 Roger and Bree that this is happening often. 150 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,000 They often have bags of dead rats or other awful things on 151 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,400 their door and Bree doesn't understand why. 152 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,400 And Marsley is able to explain to them that when people don't 153 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,120 like the news, they blame the printer. 154 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,640 Now, again, if you've read the book and you understand the 155 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,559 storyline that takes place between Fergus and Marsley and 156 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:45,960 their family, then this, again, is foreshadowing to what we're 157 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,280 going to see later on in the season. 158 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,680 And I also found it interesting that when Fergus is holding the 159 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:56,760 peace that broke off of his sign, the word sons is on the 160 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,360 front of it. And that's what we're looking 161 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,720 at. And it's foreshadowing to what's 162 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,160 going to happen to one of his sons. 163 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:08,280 Roger and Bree come to learn that even though they're 164 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:12,680 printing for both sides of the war, in doing so, they're 165 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:16,400 angering both sides evenly. And that is ultimately the 166 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,840 reality of being a printer during the war. 167 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,320 Back at the Ridge, we see Jamie, Jung, Ian and Josiah riding off 168 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,600 to go find more men to join the militia. 169 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,880 And in this short clip, we can see that the prospects are not 170 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:32,080 looking too hot in the lands outside of the Ridge. 171 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,760 He does earn the loyalty of a few men. 172 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,720 And that's when Ian calls Jamie over because he's come across a 173 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,560 Scottish man who claims to know Roger and Brie from Scotland. 174 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:45,760 And Jamie's face drops because he's already been debriefed on 175 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:49,160 why Brie and Roger had to leave Scotland in the 1st place. 176 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,960 And he knows that they've been worried someone would time 177 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:54,840 travel to find them. And this is when we get our 178 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:59,240 really the first big deviation from the source material when 179 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,080 Jamie comes across Buck McKenzie in this tent. 180 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,960 Jamie is convinced that the person he's going to come up 181 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,760 behind is actually Rob Cameron. And so when he confronts the 182 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,960 person, he asks, are you Rob Cameron? 183 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,480 And Buck has this really humorous reaction. 184 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:23,920 And again, we didn't know what was going to happen with Buck. 185 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,800 It's a complete departure from the source material, where we're 186 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:31,160 largely left wondering what happens to him when Rodger and 187 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:35,160 Bree leave him in the future. The show has him deliver this 188 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:38,440 line of dialogue where he says Cameron won't be bothering Bree 189 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,520 or Rodger again and that he's come to return Rodgers we book. 190 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,160 So from that negative information, we can deduce that 191 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:50,000 in the future or somewhere in the past, depending on whether 192 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,760 or Rob Cameron actually ever time traveled, he handled the 193 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:56,680 matter himself. And in the trailer for the 194 00:10:56,680 --> 00:11:01,080 season, there is a very quick shot of him and Rob Cameron 195 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,800 fighting one another. So I have a feeling we're going 196 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:07,240 to see what actually happened on our screens at some point during 197 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,080 the course of the season. And the book that he's referring 198 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:14,000 to is the one that Roger had been taking all of his notes 199 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,840 about time travel in. And when Jamie realizes that 200 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,640 this is the book Roger told him about, he puts it together that 201 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,600 this is Dougal's son. I do think the casting's really 202 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,640 good because when we get this head on shot of him with his 203 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:31,480 tricorn hat looking at Jamie, you can see the resemblance for 204 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,880 sure. And Jamie has this really 205 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:38,320 humorous reaction by saying, you remind me of your father. 206 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:41,000 And it made me laugh because yes, he does. 207 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,440 But also Jamie has a very complicated relationship with 208 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,440 Dougal. So what does that actually mean 209 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,400 as it pertains to Buck? I think Buck has earned himself 210 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:56,120 a place as a very sweet and compelling character and very 211 00:11:56,120 --> 00:12:01,240 much like an older brother or cousin to Bri and Roger's 212 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,240 children. We see later on that they refer 213 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:07,840 to him as cousin, so he very effortlessly fits into the 214 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,520 Fraser group. But I'm curious how they're 215 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,680 going to utilize him in the show. 216 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,600 And more than likely, I think he will go to battle with them 217 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,600 because his family, in this current timeline, they've 218 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,280 already left America and gone back to Scotland. 219 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,400 So even if he came back with the intention of finding them again, 220 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,440 he won't because they're not there. 221 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:32,560 And so he'll be kind of tagging along with Jamie and Brianna and 222 00:12:32,560 --> 00:12:36,200 Rodger and their families. And I have to imagine it's so 223 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:39,040 that he can be part of this militia that Jamie is forming. 224 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,160 We go back to Savannah and we're outside of the print shop and 225 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:48,040 this is one of the scenes that I think is the most awkward of 226 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:51,200 this episode. It feels very soap opera E 227 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,320 esque, and and that's also in the way it's shot, but mostly in 228 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:57,840 how wooden everyone's acting is here. 229 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,800 But we also get this filler dialogue to again foreshadow 230 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,480 what's going to happen with Fergus and Marsley's family, 231 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,680 where Fergus suggests that when Bree's done painting for Lord 232 00:13:07,680 --> 00:13:10,880 John, she could come back and paint him and Marsley and their 233 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,760 family. That's when everyone says their 234 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:16,440 goodbyes. They all are optimistic that 235 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,960 everyone remains safe on this journey and Roger heads out to 236 00:13:20,960 --> 00:13:25,200 find the camp while Brianna heads to Lord Johns. 237 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:29,200 Back at the Ridge, the weather has taken a turn and Claire and 238 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:32,360 Fanny are preparing for the evening and having a 239 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:36,800 conversation about whether or not houses are alive, and Claire 240 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,280 believes that houses affect the people living within them 241 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,720 directly, so it is likely that it would work both ways. 242 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:49,120 Which segways into a conversation that is a lot more 243 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,440 emotional. When Fanny asks if Amy Lindsay 244 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,400 is still in her cabin haunting it, and Claire tells Fanny that 245 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,320 feeling people who are gone through their memories and your 246 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:05,200 longing for them is a very common feeling and Fanny says 247 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,280 that she wishes Jane would haunt her. 248 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,440 Claire insists that Fanny won't forget Jane and that Jane won't 249 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,600 forget her either, and the two of them are talking about the 250 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,480 people that they have lost and how they can best keep them 251 00:14:19,480 --> 00:14:22,000 alive. And that's when Fanny starts to 252 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,680 reveal more about her parents. In the book, Claire makes a very 253 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:30,040 conscious effort to not press Fanny on information about her 254 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,920 family and her parents, and in this scene she reveals that Jane 255 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,080 used to whisper Goodnight Ma Cherie because that's what their 256 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,400 mother used to call Fanny herself. 257 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:44,400 And so Claire is shocked to learn that their mother spoke 258 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,160 French and Fanny starts to share more about their parents and 259 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,480 it's always good or funny things that Jane would talk to her 260 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:56,120 about, but nothing serious. And so Fanny figured out pretty 261 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,600 quickly that Jane would only tell the other girls in the 262 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,360 brothel about the serious things. 263 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,040 And that's consistent with the book and how young Ian had 264 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,320 consulted the women in the brothel when he was sent to go 265 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,840 get more information about Jane and Fanny's parents. 266 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,440 And he was able to find out what Jane had told them. 267 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:16,440 I didn't think we were going to get that storyline, but it does 268 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,360 come up in this episode. And you can infer then that 269 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:24,000 Claire had talked to Jamie about what was said between her and 270 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,520 Fanny this night. And the two of them came up with 271 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:30,840 this plan to have Ian go and find out more information as he 272 00:15:30,840 --> 00:15:33,960 passed through Philadelphia. That's when the windows start to 273 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:36,640 rattle. And Claire goes to close it when 274 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,200 she sees Elspeth Cunningham approaching the house. 275 00:15:39,520 --> 00:15:42,080 And she delivers one of my favorite book lines, which is 276 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:45,800 And Your Little Dog, too, which Fanny overhears. 277 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,360 And it's quite a humorous moment. 278 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:50,560 And you'll recall that Mandy had called her the Wicked Witch when 279 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,320 we were first introduced to the character. 280 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:57,600 And Fanny very clearly isn't excited by her visit, because 281 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,480 when Claire asks her to let her into the parlor, you can tell on 282 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:04,800 her face that she's upset about it. 283 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:08,280 And Elspeth basically falls into Claire's arms when she gets 284 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:11,040 inside the house and tells her that she's fallen onto her 285 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:12,680 shoulder and that her son is away. 286 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:18,560 And Fanny watches Claire remove her clothes and diagnosed that 287 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,800 her shoulder is dislocated and the two of them get her ready 288 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,200 and prepared for Claire to slip the joint back into place. 289 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,440 Claire gives her whiskey for the pain. 290 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:33,400 And almost every beat of this scene is word for word beat for 291 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:35,760 beat taken from the source material. 292 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,400 And Claire and Elspice relationship is one that I 293 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,760 really enjoyed in the book, and so it's nice to see that the 294 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:47,240 actors are able to translate it so perfectly on screen. 295 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:53,200 We also get this sort of removal of Elspeth's armor in the scene 296 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,640 because as soon as she has a few drinks in her, she lets the 297 00:16:56,640 --> 00:16:59,840 profanities fly. And Fanny can hardly believe 298 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:04,119 that this woman who presents as so prim and proper is capable of 299 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,000 speaking in such a way. I feel like these two, both 300 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,680 Fanny and Elspeth, are presented as having more in common than 301 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:15,040 they realize. And that's a a theme I think 302 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:18,920 with Elspeth's character that we're going to see expanded upon 303 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,800 in future episodes and throughout the storyline and 304 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,079 situation with her son. And we get a sense for that when 305 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:29,480 Fanny leaves the room and Elspeth says that Fanny is a 306 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:34,160 remarkable child. And Claire explains to her that 307 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:37,160 despite her upbringing, she knows not to speak that way in 308 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:40,320 public. And the two of them have this 309 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:45,840 really subtle conversation with heavy undertones of finding 310 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,320 common ground between them. And that's when Claire invites 311 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,680 her to spend the night because there's no way she's having her 312 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:55,520 walk back home in her condition. And Elspeth has this really 313 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,840 hilarious line about her condition being either her being 314 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,040 drunk or her being injured. She can't deduce which one it is 315 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:05,160 at the moment because she's had so much to drink. 316 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,760 Back in Savannah, we see Bri arriving at Lord John's house, 317 00:18:08,760 --> 00:18:11,960 and she's met with William coming down the staircase, and 318 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,840 he's clearly surprised to see her. 319 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:16,320 And Lord John appears at the very same time. 320 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,520 So it's made clear from the jump that William was not 321 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,280 anticipating seeing Bri or having her come into the house. 322 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,000 And it sets up this interesting dichotomy between William, 323 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:31,480 Brianna and Amaranthus, who sees Bree come in through the front 324 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,960 door and William's reaction to her and his face completely 325 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:39,320 lights up. And so she assumes that there's 326 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,320 history between them, and her face in the scene says it all. 327 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:47,000 She has this very clipped expression as John so happily 328 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,880 greets Bree and tells her that he was worried he'd never see 329 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,720 her again. And William all the while is 330 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:57,160 watching her so curiously. And John then introduces 331 00:18:57,160 --> 00:19:01,440 Amaranthus, who admits that she is surprised that the portrait 332 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,080 painter is a woman and asks where she's traveled from. 333 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:06,880 And that's when Bri says North Carolina. 334 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:10,320 William is confused by this because the last time he saw 335 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:13,040 Brianna, her and her family were going to Boston. 336 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,800 So this is something that is getting his wheels turning as to 337 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,480 why she'd returned. And we hear him ask her that 338 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:22,600 question later on. That's when both Amaranthus and 339 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:27,080 Lord John excuse themselves and leave William and Brianna alone 340 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:30,800 in this room to talk to one another, because this was Lord 341 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,560 John's plan all along. And in the book, this was very 342 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,320 strategic to have Brianna come here and talk to him. 343 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,640 And it ends up being this really tender moment that we see 344 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,600 William kind of humanized as a sibling to Brianna. 345 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,360 And their scenes in the book were some of my favorites. 346 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:50,800 So I was really excited to see how this dynamic was going to 347 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:56,240 play out on screen as Brianna and William start to familiarize 348 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,720 themselves with how she ended up at Savannah and why she isn't in 349 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,480 Boston. She explains to William that 350 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:07,040 they returned to Fraser's Ridge to be close and safe with family 351 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:10,840 and William is excited to learn that because it means that she 352 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:14,000 has met Fanny and he asks how she's doing. 353 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,800 Brianna tells William that her parents have taken quite a 354 00:20:17,800 --> 00:20:22,880 liking to Fanny and. Reminds William that Jamie is 355 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:27,480 their father, so she kind of segways the conversation into 356 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,800 the elephant in the room because this is the first time that the 357 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,400 two of them are actually conversing about that fact. 358 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,480 That's when William asks Brianna if she knew that they were 359 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,360 siblings when they met in Wilmington. 360 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,120 And I really enjoyed the pacing of this conversation between 361 00:20:41,120 --> 00:20:42,600 them. And I did in the book as well 362 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:47,200 because she refers to her family as being his. 363 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,960 And, you know, Williams says in jest, it's a little late to lie 364 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:53,880 about the truth. Now, in the book, he says, 365 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,880 particularly when it's as plain as the nose on your face and 366 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,560 mine, since the two of them are written and described as having 367 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,280 Jamie's nose. And I felt like Charles van der 368 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:11,000 Vaart did a great job with this scene and really kind of making 369 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,960 William softer to this conversation than we would have 370 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,120 seen him a few years ago when he was younger. 371 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:23,200 And he says as much to Brianna. She is quite literally the only 372 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,640 person that understands exactly how he feels. 373 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:31,320 She did not learn that Jamie was her father until she was an 374 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:36,640 adult and she was able to come to terms with that and then form 375 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:41,000 a really beautiful relationship with him and admires him in a 376 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:47,760 way that I think William is still reluctant to do or accept. 377 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,120 But he has watched it from afar with her. 378 00:21:51,120 --> 00:21:56,040 And I think that William finds comfort in the fact that Brianna 379 00:21:56,480 --> 00:22:00,440 was able to get there with Jamie, and that even if William 380 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,920 kind of keeps that on the periphery of his life, the man 381 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:09,280 clearly is someone who is worthy of that relationship dynamic 382 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,680 with Brie. And therefore I think it gives 383 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:16,600 him confidence in him one day having a cordial relationship 384 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,240 with him as well. A lot of this dialogue is pulled 385 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,560 straight from the book where he says he's glad that Brie didn't 386 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:24,720 tell him back then because he wouldn't have known how to 387 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,680 respond to it at the time. And frankly, he still doesn't 388 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:30,640 quite know how to deal with it. I think the difference being 389 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,920 that he is more willing to deal with it now than he was back 390 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:36,840 then. In the book, William actually 391 00:22:36,840 --> 00:22:41,400 finds a portrait that Brie had painted of Jane, and she tells 392 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,080 William of all of Jamies other children, how he adopted Fergus, 393 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,240 his wife Marcely, his stepdaughter Joan, their 394 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,280 children. And William becomes overwhelmed 395 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,840 with all of it and asks her to stop talking about it and save 396 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,520 it for another day. So again, that implies that even 397 00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,440 though he doesn't want to deal with it all in that moment, he 398 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,280 is open to hearing about it. And I think that the scene, even 399 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,240 though it was truncated, does a good job of conveying that. 400 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,880 Then we cut to Fergus meeting with Percy Beauchamp in a scene 401 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:17,040 I never thought I would see on screen, and I'm happy that we 402 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,840 did. But I'm also curious about how 403 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,640 they're going to wrap this storyline up in the show, and I 404 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,880 hope they give it a really dignified ending. 405 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:30,000 Percy wastes no time telling Fergus about the circumstances 406 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:34,760 of his birth and that the Comp Saint Germain is his father and 407 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,520 all of the lore from the books is kind of dumped into this 408 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,680 scene. And I really loved that we had 409 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,640 this longer moment with the actor who plays Fergus because 410 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,520 he does a really beautiful job here. 411 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,880 The way the scene was written is, I think, really effective as 412 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:54,280 well because it takes a pretty complex storyline and makes it 413 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,920 very easy to understand if you haven't read the source 414 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,000 material. Because Percy tells Fergus about 415 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,400 his wife's elder sister and that she had an affair with the 416 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:09,000 compt, and Fergus confirms that he knew a young girl named 417 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,360 Emily, but she died a long time ago. 418 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,960 Percy explains that yes, she did die a long time ago. 419 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,920 And he walks him through all of the information that he's 420 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,960 discovered, and Fergus is able to fill in the blanks with the 421 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:25,360 name of the brothel that he was born in, and Percy's able to 422 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:29,640 confirm that and that Emily gave birth there to a young child 423 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,320 named Claudel. You can see in real time how 424 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,760 Fergus is reframing a lot of his childhood, his whole existence. 425 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,400 And again, you have to remember that he met the Comp Saint 426 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:45,240 Germain, and he was Privy to how horrible a man he was. 427 00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:51,200 Fergus, though, understands that this proposal that he petitioned 428 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:56,160 for the estate is something that can't really happen because he 429 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:59,000 is a bastard. And that's when Percy shows him 430 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:03,840 the marriage certificate and proves to him that should this 431 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,080 be legal, he is the rightful heir. 432 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:10,200 I did get a good shot of the actual contract and hopefully I 433 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,760 can zoom in and read what's written on here. 434 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,920 I really love being able to screen grab moments like this 435 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:19,400 from the show and look at the work that someone put into 436 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,320 writing this whole thing out and creating the seal for it and 437 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,560 creating the signatures. I think it's just like a 438 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:27,760 beautiful part of storytelling that often doesn't get the 439 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:31,960 appreciation it deserves. And Fergus is smart, so he knows 440 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:35,440 that Percy wants something out of this conversation. 441 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,440 And that's when Percy explains that the Compt owned his estate 442 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:43,280 and still does own a majority of the stock of a syndicate 443 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:47,960 investing in land in the New World, though main asset of 444 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,960 which is a large parcel of land in what is called the Old 445 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:54,480 Northwest. And Percy has people in Paris 446 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:58,400 that truly believe that while Britain is fighting in this war, 447 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,880 the opportunity to establish a French colony on the land with 448 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,240 French settlers is ripe for the picking. 449 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:09,120 And unfortunately, the comp solicitor will not sell the 450 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:12,560 stock to anyone at any price. But if Fergus were the 451 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,840 legitimate heir, then he could sell it to them. 452 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,520 And Percy tells him that they would pay him a very significant 453 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,160 sum of money for the land. And so we're left on this 454 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:25,240 cliffhanger, wondering what Fergus is going to do with this 455 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:29,560 information when he stops and actually thinks it over. 456 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,200 Back in Savannah, we see Amaranthus outside reading when 457 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,480 she's approached by William and he asks her point blank if he's 458 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,440 done something to offend her. William rightfully calls her out 459 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:46,840 for being jealous and he gets this confirmation that 460 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:51,400 Amaranthus is interested in him. And this is when he decides to 461 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,720 tell her his truth and that he enjoys her company. 462 00:26:56,200 --> 00:27:00,600 And we slowly see them start to move closer to one another over 463 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:04,720 the course of this conversation. And as that dance is happening 464 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:08,720 between the two of them, the look on Amaranthus face gives 465 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,920 away so much about what is at play here. 466 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,920 She's really got him eating out of the palm of her hand. 467 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:19,120 The show takes this very different approach by having 468 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:24,000 William tell Amaranthus that Brianna is his half sister and 469 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,320 therefore not a threat to her, and he continues revealing 470 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:33,240 things about himself and tells her that he is a bastard and he 471 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,560 doesn't actually have the title that he holds. 472 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:39,280 Not legitimately, at least. There's this great moment where 473 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,680 Amaranthus points out that if the two of them share a father, 474 00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:45,640 he must have been a very striking person. 475 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,640 And William's face is so perfect because I feel like they were 476 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,280 very much channelling facial expressions that Jamie made when 477 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:54,960 he was younger. And he has this really adorable 478 00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:58,040 smile on his face. And his eyes are lit up in the 479 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:00,600 same way that we would see Jamie's when he was younger. 480 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,480 And I really loved that call back and how he also admits 481 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,320 that, yes, he is a striking person. 482 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,040 And again, that feeds into William becoming far more 483 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,400 accepting of the fact that Jamie is his father and someone that 484 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:17,680 he can be subtly proud to say is his father. 485 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,600 When he starts talking about renouncing his title, this is 486 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,840 when the show weaves in the conversation that Amaranthus has 487 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:29,520 with him, where she proposes that they get married and she 488 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,720 give him an air that he can pass the title onto instead of 489 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,280 renouncing it. So again, this is rearranged. 490 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:40,520 In the book, it happens before their conversation at the top of 491 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,880 the episode. Here it's happening after. 492 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,200 And they make them seem like they are on such close footing 493 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,840 with each other, having their parentage be similar. 494 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,160 And Amaranthus then gives this grand speech of titles and how 495 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:58,040 William is more than a title, at least he is to her. 496 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:03,200 And that again pulls William in closer into her orbit. 497 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,080 She makes him feel seen and accepted and special. 498 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:11,720 And on the surface you could deduce that this is a really 499 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,960 sweet, budding young romance. But Amaranthus has a plan. 500 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:18,720 She wants protection, and she needs protection because she's a 501 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,760 widow and she no longer has a husband to protect her. 502 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:27,400 And she is very young. And so you can see that she's 503 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,480 positioning herself as best she can strategically here, and 504 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:35,400 William is none the wiser. Back at the Ridge, it's the next 505 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,720 day and Claire and Elspeth are continuing to converse with one 506 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:43,800 another, and Claire asks Elspeth if she believes what her son 507 00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:49,400 says about her grandson's death. At first we can tell that she is 508 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,600 being diplomatic, but she reveals that she believes that 509 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:56,440 Cunningham believes it, and to her, that's enough. 510 00:29:56,440 --> 00:30:00,360 So at least it plants a seed in Claire's mind that L Smith is 511 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,720 looking at it maybe a little bit more objectively than her son 512 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:08,840 is, but is choosing not to contradict him in any way. 513 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,280 If he wants to believe that to be the truth, she's not going to 514 00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:13,720 be the one to tell him otherwise. 515 00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,080 This is going to be important later on in the story because 516 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,560 Elspeth naturally, you would assume, is going to stand behind 517 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,200 her son no matter what, but they're planting the seeds here 518 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:31,080 that she might be willing to side with someone else and have 519 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:35,440 a more objective view on the situation at hand than her own 520 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,760 son does. Claire, I think, is doing a 521 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,280 really great job of collecting information without it being 522 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,000 obvious that she's doing so. And that's when Cunningham 523 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:50,080 appears and he enters the house without being welcomed inside to 524 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,880 fetch his mother. We see him walking around inside 525 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:58,200 and Claire having to steer him back towards her surgery because 526 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,600 he's letting himself in. And when the two of them 527 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,160 interact, you can tell that it feels quite rehearsed. 528 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:08,080 The dialogue that Cunningham delivers to his own mother feels 529 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,960 very practiced, rehearsed and sort of icy. 530 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,640 Claire tries to make it clear that her and Elspeth actually 531 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,160 have a very good relationship and that she enjoyed having her 532 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:24,280 at the house and that she's fine after spending the night in her 533 00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,720 care. That's when Elspeth let's her 534 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,360 son know that Jamie is away on business. 535 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,440 And I don't think that this is necessarily meant to throw 536 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:38,160 Claire under the bus. I think it was just an honest 537 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,000 statement that she made. But everyone in the room picks 538 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,320 up on the fact that it's like a shark in the water with blood 539 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,720 that Cunningham starts to pivot the conversation and point out 540 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:54,200 that Claire must feel so lonely when Jamie is away. 541 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:59,000 And his face, again, is that very rehearsed face that is 542 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,200 hiding so much but is also just unapologetically transparent. 543 00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,960 For him to say. This house must feel so empty 544 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:11,960 with Jamie away and you being there all alone, it's very, very 545 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,720 loaded. And you can tell that his mother 546 00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:19,440 picks up on that and can feel that something is at play here 547 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:22,400 that she's unaware of, Especially when we see her 548 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:26,840 looking at her son and then slowly panning her eyes over to 549 00:32:26,840 --> 00:32:30,120 Claire. And Claire paints on this face 550 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,840 and reassures him that she's fine alone. 551 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:38,040 And I think this is, again, a great example of us watching 552 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:43,280 Claire in this time, being so much better equipped to deal 553 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,440 with situations like this, even though they are inherently so 554 00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:48,800 dangerous. She knows how to converse with 555 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,920 these men in a way that women of that time would never dare to. 556 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:54,880 And this is another perfect example of her doing that. 557 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,840 And essentially, she warns him so much as she is defending 558 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:04,040 herself and tells Cunningham he should be back any minute. 559 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:09,000 So basically, back off. His expression in that moment is 560 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,800 just so devoid of any sort of empathy. 561 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,760 And that's when his mother asks him if he's brought the wagon 562 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,600 and cuts the conversation off at the knees. 563 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:24,080 And they exit the big house, and when they leave, Cunningham has 564 00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:28,600 this really kind of eerie commentary about how this is to 565 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,960 be continued once Jamie returns home. 566 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,240 And Claire knows that this isn't going to end well. 567 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:40,160 Back at Ferguson Marsley's home, they're discussing the news 568 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:44,960 about his parentage and how Amelie was his mother and that 569 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,920 he had remembered her when he was young and in the brothel. 570 00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,920 I really loved Marcely in particular in this scene because 571 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:55,000 she's always been such a steady presence in Fergus's life and 572 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,440 such a rock for him, and she does this wonderful job of 573 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,720 guiding him through his feelings and being supportive without 574 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:08,520 being patronizing at all. She asks him questions that walk 575 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:13,960 him through his feelings, like I said, and asks him in particular 576 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,880 about his mother. Fergus remembers that she had 577 00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,159 been called the Baroness, and now as an adult and with all 578 00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,280 this added context, he realizes how cruel that name had truly 579 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,960 been. And when Marcely asks him if she 580 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:29,920 had been kind to him, Fergus tells her that she actually had 581 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,239 detested him of all of the children in the brothel. 582 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:39,440 That breaks Marsley's heart, and Fergus explains to her that he 583 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,840 understands why she would detest him so much. 584 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:47,239 He was, as he says, the spawn of the man who took everything from 585 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:51,320 her, and that's a really difficult thing for him to wrap 586 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,440 his head around. He had only been around six 587 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,800 years old when she had died, and he remembers that she had 588 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:03,840 summoned him to her bedside and told her in French to be a good 589 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,240 boy. Fergus at this point is 590 00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:10,760 recontextualizing his entire life since he knew the Comte and 591 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,520 recalls that he had tried to kill Claire. 592 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:18,160 Marsley then reinforces in him that just because his father was 593 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:23,200 that person, it doesn't mean that Fergus is like him or takes 594 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,880 after him at all. When she says that maybe he 595 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:31,520 could take this land and do something good for it and use 596 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:36,000 this plot of land that he's entitled to, Fergus calls out 597 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,840 the fact that he can tell that Percy Beauchamp is someone who 598 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:43,240 lived the same life as him. And again, if you read the 599 00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:47,720 novellas, you get a much better picture of Percy Beauchamp. 600 00:35:47,720 --> 00:35:49,560 He's actually very compelling character. 601 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:54,680 But Fergus ultimately needs to know why Percy and the people in 602 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:58,480 Paris want the land so badly. What effect will that ultimately 603 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,880 have in the long run? Because him and Marcely have 604 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,360 devoted their lives to this patriot cause. 605 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:10,480 And so if he inadvertently goes against that by giving up this 606 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:14,080 land, he wants to know what the outcome's going to be. 607 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,400 Marseille then counters that by asking why this offer is 608 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,120 weighing on him so heavily. And I absolutely loved this 609 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:26,560 moment and this dialogue. Because Fergus explains to her 610 00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:32,600 that having someone tell him that he wasn't a bastard and 611 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:38,520 that he had a father of great significance and who was on 612 00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:44,760 paper a great man would mean more to him if he wasn't already 613 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,640 the son of a great man. For Fergus to claim this title 614 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:53,480 and all of what he's entitled to by it would mean he would have 615 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,200 to publicly acknowledge who his real father was. 616 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,960 And yes, that's what every orphan wants to hear. 617 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,480 But it would mean that he would not be claiming Jamie as his 618 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,720 father. And to him that's not worth it, 619 00:37:05,720 --> 00:37:09,960 because he doesn't need to be publicly acknowledged as the son 620 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,480 of a great man when he already is because of Jamie. 621 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:17,040 And no one understands that better than Marcely. 622 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,920 Back at Lord John's house, we can see that Bri hears cannon 623 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,640 firing, and John tells her that there's a ship that's moored off 624 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:27,760 the coast. There's nothing for her to worry 625 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:29,400 about. They're safe inside the city. 626 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,000 But ultimately, we know that she's actually more worried 627 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,960 about Roger, and Lord John knows that something's going on with 628 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,800 her. But first she confronts John as 629 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,440 to why he didn't tell William that she was coming. 630 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:46,000 John then admits that he hoped Bri's presence would help give 631 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,960 William some guidance and a sense of purpose because she's 632 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,800 the only person he believes that could talk some sense into him. 633 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:55,360 And again, this is all sentiments coming from the book. 634 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:59,080 He had originally written the letter to Jamie to try and get 635 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,440 Brianna to come. And when he was writing that 636 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:05,320 letter, Hal had been giving him advice on what to say, and John 637 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,200 had expressed all of the things that he says in the scene with 638 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,440 Bri to Hal. That's when John flips it around 639 00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:16,280 and asks Bree about where her husband is, and she owns up to 640 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:18,680 it pretty quickly. Then we get this really 641 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:24,520 beautiful scene and dialogue where John starts to talk about 642 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,360 how William and Bree and Jamie all share this same 643 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,280 stubbornness. And again, this is incorporating 644 00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,600 that borrowed dialogue for the scene originally between John 645 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,840 and Hal. And it's this beautiful 646 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:40,320 commentary on what it feels like to be a parent and having this 647 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,880 ache in your body worrying about the outcome of your child. 648 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:48,800 And Brianna and him are able to relate on that feeling and what 649 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:53,000 it is to be a parent, which means so much to John because 650 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,080 even though he is not William's biological father, and now 651 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:01,080 William knows who his biological father is, he is still a father 652 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:03,080 to him. And I think that that idea and 653 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,800 concept is really beautiful to map out in this way. 654 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,040 I've always really enjoyed the relationship dynamic between 655 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:12,400 Brie and Lord John in the book and in the show, and so I think 656 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,760 it was nice to have this scene inserted and have it repurposed 657 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:19,400 to be a conversation between these two, and I felt it was 658 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,040 really effective. After we leave Brianna and John 659 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,000 and Savannah, we go back to Fraser's Ridge where we see 660 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,280 Rachel and baby Auggie outside of the trading post, and Rachel 661 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,600 sets her eyes on a paper which notes that there's been a 662 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:39,040 tragedy up where Ian's Mohawk wife and child are from. 663 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,800 We see her go back to the Ridge with that information and she's 664 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,960 sort of going through the motions with Claire and Lizzie 665 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,840 here, and she's very quiet. And we also can see that being a 666 00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:54,760 mother to Auggie, who is very colic, Ian cries a lot, is 667 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:58,360 weighing on her quite heavily. But then this added notion that 668 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,400 Ian's Mohawk wife and child could have been injured in these 669 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,920 raids is weighing quite heavily on her because Ian is not home 670 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,160 yet. Claire can sense that 671 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:11,400 something's going on with Rachel here and is very quick to pick 672 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:13,640 up on it. And we see the children playing 673 00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,880 at the big house. Lizzie is. 674 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:18,760 You know, thrilled to death that her children are getting along 675 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:23,840 so well with Brie and Roger's children and Claire makes a 676 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,800 point to go over and talk to Rachel. 677 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,360 The baby in the scene looks incredibly fake. 678 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:32,880 That's the one commentary I have on it is I wish it didn't look 679 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,280 so fake or at least like they covered the face more because 680 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:37,320 you can clearly tell that it is plastic. 681 00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:41,880 And then we hear the kids who are up on the deck looking out 682 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,800 at the land. They're able to spot that Jamie 683 00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:48,240 has returned home. And we see three men riding back 684 00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:50,360 together. I don't know where Josiah is 685 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,920 because all of a sudden he's no longer with them. 686 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,160 It's like they they gave him up for Buck. 687 00:40:55,800 --> 00:41:00,080 And as Buck gets off his horse, we can see that Jamie and Mandy 688 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,840 recognize him right away and run towards him and announce that 689 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,440 their cousin is here. So even though Buck is actually 690 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,040 their great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather, 691 00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:13,560 however many times great they refer to him as a cousin. 692 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:17,480 And this is when Jamie very proudly and excitedly introduces 693 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:21,320 Buck Mackenzie to Claire, and Buck says right away that 694 00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,360 Claire's reputation precedes her. 695 00:41:23,360 --> 00:41:25,560 And she agrees and says that his does too. 696 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:29,080 And they have this offhand commentary about how long his 697 00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,440 journey might have been because Claire is well aware that he has 698 00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,280 time travel to get there. That's when the offer for Buck 699 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:37,080 to stay as long as he'd like on the Ridge is extended. 700 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,120 And that's when we see Rachel and Ian reuniting. 701 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:44,000 And Rachel is not as excited to see Ian because something's 702 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:45,680 wrong and he can tell right away. 703 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:49,960 This is when she tells him about the massacre and she speaks of 704 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,560 Joseph Brandt and shows Ian the newspaper. 705 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,000 He reads through it and gives us more context clues as to what's 706 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,000 going on. And Rachel knows in her heart 707 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:05,440 that Ian's going to want to go north to see if his wife and 708 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,320 child are okay, or at the very least find out what happened to 709 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,280 them. And Rachel, at that point, says 710 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,840 that she will go with them because she knows that he is 711 00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,920 going to be called to do this, and nothing she says is going to 712 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,240 convince him otherwise. And so they agree that they're 713 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:23,240 going to head north. And this is a storyline that I 714 00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,280 sort of felt like they were going to omit from the series 715 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:30,560 just because it removes him and Rachel for such a long period of 716 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,960 time and for a payoff that I didn't know would add to the 717 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,440 greater storyline. But they are including it. 718 00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:42,120 And they also are going to use it to fill in the moment when 719 00:42:42,720 --> 00:42:45,400 Ian goes to the brothel in Philadelphia to find out more 720 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,320 information about Fannie and Jane's parents. 721 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:51,120 So we probably won't see a lot of them on screen because it's 722 00:42:51,120 --> 00:42:54,440 going to be a full calendar year before the Battle at Kings 723 00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,360 Mountain when he returns. But they might do some cutaway B 724 00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,800 plot scenes between these two. And that's when we start to see 725 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,960 them packing up already to head north. 726 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,680 Claire trying to convince them to stay, but Rachel knows she 727 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,080 can't allow her husband to travel that far alone and she 728 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:15,960 also doesn't want him to find out what happened to his wife 729 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:20,280 and son or alternatively find them both alive and then forget 730 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,360 the life that he has at the Ridge with her and their their 731 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,760 son Auggie. Rachel wonders if that makes her 732 00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:31,600 evil to be that what she presumes is selfish about the 733 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:35,160 situation, but Claire reassures her that that's a normal 734 00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:39,360 reaction for her to have. Separately, we see that Jamie 735 00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,040 and Ian are having a discussion about his travels up north, and 736 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:47,200 that's when Jamie asks Ian to inquire about Fanny and Jane's 737 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:50,360 parents in Philadelphia. So again, this storyline being 738 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,320 included is something I previously suspected they were 739 00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:56,760 going to skip. But again, I think it feeds well 740 00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:59,680 into the faith storyline that they're trying to write. 741 00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:02,760 They can insert any sort of dialogue that they want there. 742 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,880 They can make a story up that would fit the narrative that 743 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:09,400 they're trying to achieve. So I am curious how that's going 744 00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:13,080 to go with Ian going to the brothel and Rachel allowing him 745 00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,760 to go to the brothel, and how that's all going to play out on 746 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,200 screen. But we can see that Claire also 747 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:22,960 strategically pulls Rachel and Auggie away so that Jamie can 748 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,000 address the elephant in the room, which is when he brings up 749 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:32,280 Frank's book and the battle that's going to take place on 750 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:36,120 Kings Mountain. He asks Ian if he's been filled 751 00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:41,000 in by Brianna about her other father, and Ian says yes. 752 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,440 Frank Randall. And Jamie explains to him that 753 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,840 he's been reading his book and he learned of this battle on 754 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:51,640 Kings Mountain that Frank says he fights in, which take place 755 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:55,640 October next. The subtext of all of that is 756 00:44:55,640 --> 00:45:00,080 that Jamie is convinced Frank is telling the truth, and Ian can 757 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,160 sense his nerves and apprehension about it. 758 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:07,280 And so without hesitation, he promises to make sure he's back 759 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:11,400 in time for that battle so that he can guard Jamie's left in his 760 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,520 father's stead. And I've always loved young Ian. 761 00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,960 I think he's just a beautifully written character, and this 762 00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:21,960 dialogue and this whole delivery of it was really compelling to 763 00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:25,000 me. And you can tell on Jamie's face 764 00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:29,480 how much that means to him, that his own kin is going to be with 765 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:34,160 him in this moment, that he's really, pun intended, staring 766 00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:38,480 down the barrel of a gun. You know, of Ian is not someone 767 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:42,000 to shy away from a battle. And he's heard of Kings Mountain 768 00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,480 before. And if you've read the book, you 769 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,680 know that he is going to be really important in that whole 770 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:51,960 moment of the story. And so again, it's it's a full 771 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,800 calendar year before that's going to take place in the 772 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,960 timeline of the show. I don't know how many episodes 773 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,440 are going to take place in between that. 774 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,440 There's a lot of plot that still has to happen. 775 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,760 But where they have so much to wrap up, I'll be curious how 776 00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:07,760 much they truncate his journeys up north off screen, or 777 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:10,280 transversely, how much they include of it. 778 00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:14,280 That's when we see them all standing together performing a 779 00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,160 blessing for a warrior going out. 780 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:19,360 Personally, I didn't love how this was shot. 781 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,320 I feel like it would have been more effective if the camera 782 00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:24,880 wasn't swinging from so far away from them. 783 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,480 But the sentiment of it I really enjoyed and I thought was really 784 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,040 nice to include. Especially when we know that 785 00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:36,240 Jamie really, really wishes for Ian's protection as he ventures 786 00:46:36,240 --> 00:46:38,720 into what is a very dangerous situation. 787 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:43,480 This is when we finally set eyes on Roger, who has been searching 788 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,800 for this Continental camp, and he walks onto it. 789 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,120 We can see that it's the same set that they used for Saratoga. 790 00:46:50,720 --> 00:46:53,480 That's made more clear here with this shot in particular. 791 00:46:53,840 --> 00:46:58,320 And Roger has been looking for Marianne, who evidently is a 792 00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:02,280 very difficult person to find. So he introduces himself to 793 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:06,360 Marianne and explains the situation in North Carolina to 794 00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,120 him very succinctly because he's a very busy man. 795 00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,440 Francis Marion, as a real historical figure, was referred 796 00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:16,960 to as the Swamp Fox. If you're interested in American 797 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,880 history, he's someone who's definitely worth looking into. 798 00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:24,200 He has a very interesting back story and Roger very proudly 799 00:47:24,200 --> 00:47:28,280 hands Marian the letter from Jamie and asks him if he would 800 00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:31,920 be willing to help their cause like he's helped others before. 801 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:36,280 You can tell that Roger is very proud to be associated with 802 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:40,520 Jamie, so it's a very comical moment when Marian recognizes 803 00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:44,760 Jamie's name and negatively associates him as a man who 804 00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,320 abandoned his troops to tend to his wife. 805 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,640 So all the confidence that Roger went into this conversation 806 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:55,200 having dissipates almost instantly when it's made clear 807 00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:59,600 that Marian is not impressed and cannot give his reassurances to 808 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:03,720 someone who he cannot trust. At that point, Roger realizes 809 00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:07,120 that he's sort of hit a dead end and it's time for him to take 810 00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:09,480 his leave. But that's when Marian tells him 811 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:13,560 he cannot leave, something Roger never anticipated as part of 812 00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:16,120 this plan. Marian tells him it's only a 813 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:20,000 matter of days before they siege on the city, and they're not 814 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:24,240 letting anybody leave the camp so as to inform the British of 815 00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:27,080 what their plan is going to be. Which makes total sense. 816 00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:31,920 Roger does not wish to fight, and Marian essentially guilt 817 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:33,880 trips him. If he doesn't want to take a 818 00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:37,120 weapon and fight alongside them, then he'll be there to bury them 819 00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:42,040 all if need be. And Roger being a minister and a 820 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:46,480 preacher is one thing, but him being a patriot is another. 821 00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:50,160 And while yes, Roger has promised his wife he'd return to 822 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:52,280 them, so did every other man at this camp. 823 00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:57,080 And Roger recognizes that. And that's when he switches and 824 00:48:57,080 --> 00:49:00,040 says, if you have a sword, I'll fight alongside you. 825 00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,400 This is foreshadowing to some of the clips from the trailer where 826 00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,880 we see Roger in the full uniform and so I suspect we will be 827 00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:08,480 getting that in the next episode. 828 00:49:09,240 --> 00:49:09,880 Play Akka song.