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 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:28,120 Let's talk, this will be my Outlander Season 8 Episode 5 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:29,960 review titled Send for the Devil. 11 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,080 As always, if you are looking to avoid spoilers from the book or 12 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:34,960 the TV show, please do keep on scrolling. 13 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:39,200 So episode 5 starts with Claire and Jamie harvesting honey from 14 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,320 the bees at the big house and we hear Jamie call it ambrosia, 15 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,560 which means the food or drink of the Greek gods and implying that 16 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:51,280 their honey tastes delicious. Claire asks Jamie if he has 17 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,600 anything he would like to tell the bees and we get a more of a 18 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,960 contextual line where Claire reminds the viewer that they're 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,960 alone because Bree and Roger left them to go to Savannah and 20 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,000 everyone is away from the big house except for Buck who can be 21 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,920 seen playing with the kids in the grass. 22 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,200 Jamie and Claire talk about the fact that the bees haven't said 23 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,520 much to Claire herself since she started talking to them, and 24 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,640 this is foreshadowing again for her continuing to talk to them 25 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:18,240 just like she does in the 9th book. 26 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,240 Jamie also tells Claire that Buck promised to fight alongside 27 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,240 him at the Battle of Kings Mountain, which means that Jamie 28 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,120 has told him about the battle. And for Jamie, because he knows 29 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:34,000 that he's a time traveler, there's no point in keeping that 30 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:38,360 information from him. Buck being in this time is show 31 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,760 cannon only, this doesn't happen in the books. 32 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:43,840 And so they also have to then come up with a way to address 33 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,720 the fact that Jamie killed Buck's father and Claire killed 34 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,160 Buck's mother. So the two of them decide that 35 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:53,600 that is something they're going to keep from him because he 36 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:57,040 doesn't need to know that they are responsible for his parents 37 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,720 deaths. Having Buck be in this time is a 38 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:05,280 show Canon change that I actually think works well here. 39 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,880 We already had a lot of ground laid establishing that he's very 40 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,840 close to Breen Rogers children and feels protection protective 41 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,880 over them. And I think having him play a 42 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,080 role in this particular episode too, he's an easy character to 43 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,160 kind of plug in and the actor who played him really impressed 44 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,440 me last season when we first saw him show up on our screens. 45 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,640 So I was happy that he was included in this plot again. 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,280 While he's playing with the children, we can hear a twig 47 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:39,160 break in the woods and he turns around and tells the kids to run 48 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,120 to the house. And that's when he starts to 49 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,240 walk towards the edge of the woods to see what is approaching 50 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,400 them. Buck so seamlessly falls into 51 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,560 this secondary role of defending the house, just like Jamie. 52 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,520 You can totally tell that they are cut from the same cloth 53 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,160 here, and Jamie can tell from Buck's behavior, even at a 54 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,800 distance that something's wrong. So we see him coming up behind 55 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:03,760 Buck, and that's when Whitaker emerges from the woods and warns 56 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,200 Jamie that Cunningham is coming for him. 57 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,120 So in this very quick intro, we already are laying the 58 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,960 foundation of who's currently at the Ridge and what the main 59 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,640 issue in this episode is going to be, which is the threat of 60 00:03:16,640 --> 00:03:18,880 Cunningham. That's when we get the title 61 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:23,640 card, which is a shot of this drummer boy at the rebel camp 62 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,000 where Rodger was left in the last episode, with the drums 63 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,920 signaling that the battle is beginning. 64 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,320 This is foreshadowing to the events of the episode, but also 65 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,360 for a character that Rodger is going to be interacting with in 66 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:37,840 this episode as well. At the big house, we continue 67 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,120 the conversation with Whitaker, who explains to Jamie that he 68 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:44,760 and some of his men were hunting with the Cherokee, and this is a 69 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,920 change from the book where the character's name is Cloud Tree 70 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:50,280 and is a Native American himself. 71 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:54,280 In the book version, he hears cunning at the Cherokee villages 72 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,960 where he's been trading, but in the show, Whitaker says that he 73 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,920 overhears some white men talking about the Cherokee joining a 74 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,240 loyalist militia that Cunningham is putting together, and that 75 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,760 one of the men said Cunningham would soon be in charge of 76 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,600 Fraser's Ridge. This is when Whitaker mentions 77 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,000 the name Ferguson again and this gives Jamie pause because 78 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,600 Ferguson has been arresting rebels raising militias and 79 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:23,000 Cunningham means to attack Jamie and bring him to Ferguson as an 80 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,800 example to the other rebels. And in the book Cunningham 81 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:30,200 actually got tired of waiting to hear back from Ferguson about 82 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,080 Jamie after he invited him to the Ridge to take care of Jamie 83 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,560 and so instead he decided he was going to arrest Jamie himself 84 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,440 and bring him to Ferguson directly. 85 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,920 In the book, this is when Jamie asks Cloudtree about a man named 86 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,000 Scotchie Cameron or Alexander Cameron, but in the show they've 87 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,640 omitted his character and his involvement in this plan that 88 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,920 Jamie comes up with in order to defend himself from Cunningham. 89 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:59,400 In the show, Jamie asks Whitaker when this attack is going to 90 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,840 happen and Whitaker tells him that all they said was in a few 91 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:06,440 days because Cunningham is waiting on a man named Partland 92 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:10,360 who is coming from a settlement of 96 with his own militia in 93 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,360 order to help him. Jamie then tells Whitaker he 94 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,000 owes him a service and he will not forget his help, but 95 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,480 Whitaker says he's actually the one that owes them for what 96 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,920 Claire did for his family and he's worried that if anyone were 97 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,920 to find out that he had helped Jamie that his family would be 98 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,160 in danger and so Jamie promises him that no one will find out 99 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,480 that Whitaker had warned him. Back in Savannah with Amaranthus 100 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,760 and Trevor, we can see that Brie is painting them in the study 101 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:37,760 when William arrives into the room. 102 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,400 Interestingly, William enters this room and approaches with a 103 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,080 very knowing smile on his face and this is the first time we 104 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:49,480 get a insight into Bree's mental state because we can see her 105 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:51,720 nervous about the sound of cannon fire. 106 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,840 Bree asks William what he thinks about the painting so far and we 107 00:05:55,840 --> 00:05:59,240 get a close up of the portrait that Brianna has been working on 108 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:01,640 before Amaranthus and Trevor leave the room. 109 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,480 Williams reaction to Amaranthus is all Bree needs in order to 110 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:11,400 bring up that she knows he has a crush on her, and William tells 111 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:14,960 her that she doesn't need to keep painting if she's worried 112 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,320 about her husband and changes the topic of conversation. 113 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,720 For Breonna, it's a worthwhile distraction, and so instead she 114 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,000 asks William if he was able to spend anytime with Jamie after 115 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,160 he found out that Jamie was his father. 116 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,040 A big part of Breonna being in Savannah is her being able to 117 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:37,080 talk to William and help give him a little bit more direction 118 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,400 and also aid in him coming to terms with the fact that Jamie 119 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,800 is his father. And that's something that both 120 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,000 she and Lord John understand is that she's the only person 121 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,440 that's going to be able to connect to him on that level. 122 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:52,880 So when she asks William if he was able to spend any time with 123 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:57,960 Jamie, it's a pointed question. She's trying to find a point of 124 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,680 entry to get him to open up about his feelings so that she 125 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,560 can share her own and let him know that he's not having this 126 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:08,480 singular experience. William then tells Bri about the 127 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,440 time that Jamie helped him look for Jane, and Bri knows about 128 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,400 Jane, so she says as much. And William admits he never told 129 00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,640 Jane just how much she meant to him. 130 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,480 And that's when Brianna starts to open up to him directly and 131 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,320 talk about her experience of finding out that Jamie was her 132 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,960 father. She tells him she was 19 when 133 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,800 she found out about Jamie but didn't meet him until years 134 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,480 afterwards, and she already had a father who she loved and 135 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,760 idolized. But by the time she learned that 136 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:40,520 Jamie was her dad, Frank had already died. 137 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:45,520 Which made it worse somehow, because it felt like everyone in 138 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:49,360 her life had lied to her for her entire life, including her 139 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:53,080 mother, and she was never able to rectify those feelings with 140 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,680 Frank either. She was so angry she made a 141 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,880 cutting remark that she wished it was Claire instead of her dad 142 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,440 who had passed away. And you can see William relating 143 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:06,680 to that experience so deeply. And he asks her how she ever was 144 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:09,160 able to get over it. And she says that she got to 145 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:13,120 know Jamie and that is kind of what allowed her to come to 146 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,640 terms with everything about herself. 147 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,440 And it seems like William doesn't like that answer, but he 148 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:22,760 accepts it all the same. In the book, there's so many 149 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:26,160 instances where I found William to be behaving in a very bratty 150 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:31,160 manner, and the few scenes that I found him most redeemable were 151 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,480 the ones where he was conversing with Brie. 152 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:36,919 And so I'm glad that the show is giving these scenes room to 153 00:08:36,919 --> 00:08:40,000 breathe and really establish that they have so much in common 154 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,440 and are going to be able to find that commonality in so many 155 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,280 areas of their lives as soon as William comes into the fold of 156 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,400 the family. And Brie is really the one 157 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:52,000 extending that olive branch and approaching him about it in a 158 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,320 way that doesn't incite anger in him every time they talk about 159 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,520 the situation back at the big house. 160 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,040 Whitaker reliefs and Jamie, Claire and Buck are starting to 161 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:04,400 come up with a plan, and Jamie acknowledges that he knows 162 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,600 Cunningham will not attack him at the house. 163 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:09,480 He would have learned about how everything went down with the 164 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,240 Brown family. What I loved about this scene is 165 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:17,000 how much it highlights Jamie's ability to think bigger and we 166 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,600 can see that he knows that Cunningham will wait for him to 167 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:24,360 be somewhere exposed and pulls together his thoughts to decide 168 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,640 that it would be at lodge. And while both Claire and Buck 169 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:31,320 are approaching this as an immediate need to solve the 170 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,600 problem and get rid of Cunningham quickly, Jamie knows 171 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,960 that there's repercussions to that and he has to play the game 172 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,600 as though it's much bigger than Cunningham. 173 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:44,520 Buck wanting to just eliminate the problem right away is very 174 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:48,040 akin to how his father would have reacted in this situation. 175 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:52,040 Jamie's biggest concern is learning who amongst him is a 176 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,480 follower of Cunningham's because taking out Cunningham won't stop 177 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:58,240 his followers from trying to go after Jamie after. 178 00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:02,680 And Jamie is also worried about this militia from the 96 and he 179 00:10:02,680 --> 00:10:06,680 knows that he has to cut it off. So because Jamie's own militia 180 00:10:06,680 --> 00:10:09,560 is untrained and unprepared, he has to make a deal with the 181 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:11,720 devil, which is the title card of the episode. 182 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:15,160 That's when we see Jamie hand Josiah a letter and we are left 183 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:20,520 in suspense wondering who. So after Jamie announces that he 184 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,720 has to make a deal with the devil, we see him hand Josiah a 185 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:27,920 letter and we are left waiting and wondering what Jamie's plan 186 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:31,680 entails and if this letter will get to its recipient in time. 187 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:36,080 And that is where the show cuts over to Roger and he is still at 188 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:38,360 the Continental camp preparing for the battle. 189 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:43,680 The show then uses a voice over in order to catch us up with 190 00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:46,160 what's going on in his world right now. 191 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:51,280 He has handed his sword to fight with and even though they have 192 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,520 watered down Rogers character quite a lot so far in this 193 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:58,320 season, they're trying to make it seem like this battle and his 194 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:02,960 involvement is a very big plot point, even though it doesn't 195 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,960 really amount to anything. My critique of the voiceover is 196 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,080 that it sounds incredibly rehearsed. 197 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:13,440 And so we walk through the days of Roger preparing to fight 198 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:17,240 while he writes out this letter that he intends to send debris. 199 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,240 And so the voiceover being overlaid on screen is the 200 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,560 contents of that letter. We see him in his uniform 201 00:11:24,560 --> 00:11:28,080 amongst the men, feeling the camaraderie that they are all 202 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,120 experiencing and the nervous energy that would come from 203 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:33,480 preparing for battle. And at the end of that 204 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,880 monologue, we hear him say Christ let him live through this 205 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,960 battle and warns that if he doesn't, he'll have Bree to 206 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:44,400 answer to this uptight shot of Rodger holding the letter up to 207 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:47,280 his forehead. And the voice over technique 208 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,000 that they use is very similar to how it's done in Blood of My 209 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Blood with Claire's parents and their letters that they wrote 210 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,880 back and forth to one another. And I think this joke about God 211 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:03,720 having Bree to answer to would hit harder if Bree was closer to 212 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:06,760 the version of her in the books, because she's far more 213 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,480 intimidating I find in the books than the show version of her, 214 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:14,080 which is much softer and less intimidating than I think most 215 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,000 book readers would describe her being. 216 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,560 That's when the drums begin and Roger starts to watch the men 217 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:25,040 grab their guns and we start to see the young boys that are 218 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:29,720 scared of battle, including this young drummer who again, is 219 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,440 presumably the man or the boy in the title card from the top of 220 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,400 the episode. That's when we see Roger 221 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,120 approach him and give him encouragement that God is with 222 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:42,440 them and we hear the boys speaking French and that's when 223 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,640 Roger speaks French back to him and we hear the line just we 224 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:50,200 pray, which is an omen because that's the Fraser motto. 225 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:55,080 The use of I am ready is another narrative call back to season 1 226 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:58,640 when we heard Jamie announce that that's the Fraser motto to 227 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,800 Claire. We also can think of so many 228 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:07,160 times prior to battle when mentally the Frasers are talking 229 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,320 themselves up and trying to convince themselves that they're 230 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:11,920 ready. And for Roger to hear that would 231 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,320 probably help him calm his own nerves, even though he's trying 232 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,120 to offer that support to this young boy. 233 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:21,000 Back in Savannah, the cannons continue to go off and Brie is 234 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:22,760 sitting at the table, unable to eat. 235 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:27,680 And that's when William comes in and approaches her and confirms 236 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:30,200 that the sound is not coming from the ships anymore. 237 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:33,840 The battle he knows, has begun, and he doesn't agree with the 238 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:37,840 choice to attack by the marshes. So again, it's an insight into 239 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:41,360 the fact that William, even though he's not serving in the 240 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:46,120 army right now, is very clever in terms of strategy and 241 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,560 understands what is actually going to be happening out on the 242 00:13:49,560 --> 00:13:52,520 front lines. And it's then that he asks why 243 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,280 Rodger was out of town. And Bri finally admits that he 244 00:13:56,280 --> 00:14:00,440 is at the Continental camp. William tells Bri that Lord John 245 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:04,400 is at headquarters, but had asked William to give Brianna a 246 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:08,840 flag to hang in the window so that if the Continentals were to 247 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:12,280 come into the city, they would know that Brianna is on their 248 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,040 side and that she would be kept safe in their home while he is 249 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:18,760 away. I've always found the very quiet 250 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:23,480 way that Lord John lets Brianna know how much she means to him 251 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,520 is one of my favorite bits of writing in the book series. 252 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,040 I think that Bri in the book again is depicted so 253 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:33,080 differently. But I I do think that the show 254 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:35,560 has done a good job of maintaining the fact that the 255 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:39,280 two of them are so close and that Lord John feels so strongly 256 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,000 about her and puts her in such high regard alongside William, 257 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,600 especially given the fact that they are siblings. 258 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,120 I think the argument can always be made that Brianna reminds 259 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,640 Lord John of Jamie and that that is in part why he cares for her 260 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,400 so deeply. But I also think that he has 261 00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:01,480 come to know Brianna as her own woman and can identify parts of 262 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,720 her that are also very clear and as her own person, separate from 263 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,400 her parents. He has found a kinship in her 264 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:09,840 that I think is really beautiful. 265 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:14,360 Back at the battle, we see Roger running through the woods as the 266 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:17,800 men are retreating and that's when he spots the young boy that 267 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,640 he went into the battle with originally. 268 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:24,440 But first he starts to see men who are dying, witness the 269 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:30,000 horrors of this battle, and amongst those men he finds a man 270 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,680 leaning against a tree and hears his final words and is able to 271 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,200 provide him comfort in his final moments. 272 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:40,280 This moment, I think is the most effective way to showcase why 273 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,880 Roger felt called to be there in the moment and how he was useful 274 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,160 at this time. Because he's not holding a gun, 275 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:51,080 he's not actively fighting in the battle, but he's providing 276 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,200 comfort to the men who are not going to make it home to their 277 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,600 loved ones. And I think that he finds great 278 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:00,080 purpose in that, and more purpose still when he carries 279 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,880 the young boy back to the camp and puts him in the hands of a 280 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:06,040 doctor. This is when we see Denzel 281 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,640 Hunter back on our screens again. 282 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:11,200 And I was so happy to see him because he's such an underrated 283 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,160 character. And I also love the actor who 284 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,440 plays him. I think he's done a really great 285 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,520 job of taking someone who doesn't have a lot of screen 286 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,160 time and making him very impactful when he is on our 287 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,440 screen. You can see when he's at work 288 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,760 how similar he is to Claire and why the two of them would have 289 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,000 found such a strong connection in one another. 290 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:33,320 And him being on screen in this high stakes situation and and 291 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:36,320 being able to be that calm presence is just so nice to see, 292 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,160 especially when he interacts with Roger because Roger is 293 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,520 frantically trying to make sure that this boy is going to live 294 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,280 and he doesn't realize that he's talking to Rachel's brother. 295 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,760 His interaction with Denzel is the first of a few connections 296 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,680 being drawn in this episode. But I noticed that he starts 297 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,200 speaking French with the young boy and I can't remember when 298 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:00,560 Roger could speak French. I don't know if that's book 299 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,359 cannon, I couldn't find it in my research of the books, but it 300 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,720 felt like this sudden announcement that Roger spoke 301 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:10,079 fluent French. When Denzel is able to 302 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:13,200 successfully remove the bullet, that's when Roger decides to run 303 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,640 back into the action in in order to find more men. 304 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,520 And when he's on his way up the hill, that's when there is an 305 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,920 explosion in front of him. And the show once again uses it 306 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:25,960 to circle back to the novella. A leaf on the wind of All 307 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:30,680 Hallows and Roger's connection with his parents and the moment 308 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:34,480 that the tube station collapsed in London when he was a young 309 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:36,960 boy and his father was able to save him. 310 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,320 So not only is this little clip able to tie us back to last 311 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,840 season and the scenes that we saw between Roger and his own 312 00:17:44,840 --> 00:17:48,560 father, but it puts it back in the forefront of our minds so 313 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:52,480 that we can start thinking about the time loop theory that Roger 314 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,440 is going to bring up later on. With Brianna back on the Ridge, 315 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:58,600 we can see Lizzie standing above the trading post on the hill 316 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:03,320 beside the lodge, and we see her with this basket full of flowers 317 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:06,160 and then reaching under her skirts to hide something beneath 318 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,880 a log there. And when we see her 319 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:10,920 strategically leave the basket of flowers that tips us off to 320 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,920 know that she's also part of this grand plan that Jamie has 321 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:16,360 put together alongside Josiah and Kessie. 322 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:20,120 Her family has always been loyal to the Frasers, so it's nice to 323 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:23,560 see that all of them are involved in protecting the Ridge 324 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,040 in this way. Back in the big house, Jamie and 325 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,160 Claire are both preparing for the night ahead, and through 326 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:32,040 their dialogue, they tell us that the grandchildren have been 327 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:34,440 sent away in order to be kept safe. 328 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,600 Claire tells Jamie she knows where the weapons are since 329 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,320 she's going to be at the house alone, but Jamie really doesn't 330 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:44,920 feel like Cunningham would ever come to the house or go after 331 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:48,800 her at the house itself. That's when he turns and asks 332 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:52,680 Claire how he looks and she says you'd scare the devil himself. 333 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:56,280 This definitely feels like a call back to season 5 when Jamie 334 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,000 comes around the corner and has Kilt preparing for the battle 335 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:03,160 and Jamie tells Claire he doesn't want to scare the devil 336 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:05,120 tonight, he needs the devil on his side. 337 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,520 He hasn't heard from Josiah yet, so he's going into this plan 338 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,320 somewhat blindly, and Claire reiterates that she doesn't want 339 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:16,280 Jamie to go, but Jamie promises her that he's going to execute 340 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:21,600 the plan regardless of Josiah and refers to Best Laid Schemes, 341 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,280 which is a nod to Season 2 Episode 6. 342 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,360 He reminds clear that Cunningham doesn't want him dead, only 343 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:29,680 captured. And this reference to Best Laid 344 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,440 Schemes isn't exactly a great omen considering that in the 345 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,760 episode it's referring back to and Season 2, Jamie went back on 346 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,240 his word to Claire and fought Blackjack Randall and that led 347 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,720 to Claire losing Faith. If Jamie's plan fails, he vows 348 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:44,840 he'll fight tooth and nail every man with him. 349 00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:47,520 And the music here is very similar to Season 1 when Jamie 350 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,360 goes off to Preston Pans. And that's when we hear Claire 351 00:19:50,360 --> 00:19:52,240 ask it will not be today, will it? 352 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,960 And Jamie kisses her knuckles like he always does and says I 353 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:57,400 didn't think so Claire, but I will not lie to you. 354 00:19:57,400 --> 00:19:59,040 I think it will be an evil night. 355 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,160 It's a great use of dialogue pulled directly from chapter one 356 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,440 O 8 and go and tell the bees that I am gone. 357 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,960 And a perfect segue into the following scene. 358 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:12,720 Jamie and his Ardsmere men head to lodge and we can see him spot 359 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:15,720 the basket of flowers that Lizzie left there, take a deep 360 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,920 breath and walk into the building knowing what is to 361 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,240 come. Thankfully, Jamie knows that he 362 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,080 has a handful of men who are going to have his back in this 363 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,280 situation. They've all been briefed on the 364 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:30,440 plan and now all they have to do is execute it and hope that 365 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,440 Cunningham doesn't act out of character for what Jamie has 366 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,640 assessed within him. When we see Cunningham, he is 367 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:39,560 talking to Hiram from Crombie. And again, this is foreshadowing 368 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,440 for the changes that they're making to Hiram, Crombie's 369 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,000 character, and how he's associated with Cunningham 370 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,360 himself in the show version of this story. 371 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:49,840 And that's when we see Cunningham finally approach 372 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,440 Jamie. And that's when Jamie asks, 373 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,240 shall we begin? And I really loved the 374 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:55,920 characterization of Cunningham here. 375 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,640 The actor who plays him has done a great job making him seem very 376 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,600 villainous under the surface, but shady, shifty. 377 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,320 We're not able to really understand what he's going to do 378 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:09,800 next, and he carries himself in a way that made him I find very 379 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,960 compelling as a character to watch on screen. 380 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,480 Back at the big house, Claire is setting up her surgery and the 381 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,600 nerves are evident on her face and as she lays out all her 382 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,120 tools and prepares for everything, we see her taking a 383 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:24,680 drink of whiskey and watching out the window. 384 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,960 That's when both us as viewers and Claire lookout the window 385 00:21:27,960 --> 00:21:31,120 and spot L Smith Cunningham approaching the house, and the 386 00:21:31,120 --> 00:21:33,840 two of them are in the same boat, awaiting the fate of the 387 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,600 men in their lives. And this scene with her and 388 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:40,360 Elspeth, and also the scene in Lodge are taken almost directly 389 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,680 from the source material, including the dialogue. 390 00:21:43,120 --> 00:21:46,000 Inside Lodge. Jamie starts to lead the 391 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,160 conversation and Hiram Crombie begins, and the way that they 392 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,520 shot this is so brilliant because we get a very clear 393 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:58,040 sense of who's in that room and how Jamie is scanning it 394 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,160 throughout this entire meeting. This wide angle shot is really 395 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,800 brilliant because it makes us feel like we are truly in the 396 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,920 room because we can see all three walls around Jamie. 397 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,400 We're also up and above him, looking over his shoulder, so it 398 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,520 replicates how he must feel standing in front of all of 399 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,960 these men, and it allows us to see the faces of everybody in 400 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,760 that room and scan them just like Jamie is. 401 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,600 Hiram Crombie mentions a neighbor needing help and Jamie 402 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,000 is taking the opportunity while he's speaking to watch the men 403 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,880 closely and notes that Cunningham is talking to the man 404 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:34,440 beside him and that another one of them leaves the lodge out the 405 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:36,560 door. And this is how Jamie starts to 406 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,280 piece together who among him is loyal to Cunningham and not to 407 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,720 him. As he's thinking through this, 408 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,720 the next man, McClure, stands up and says he's having a dispute 409 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,160 with his neighbor, a man named John Coyne, over well water, and 410 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,320 that he'd like someone to go with him to talk to him. 411 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:56,000 Jamie immediately says he will go, but McClure points out that 412 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:59,040 Jamie is his friend, so he'd like someone on his side, too. 413 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:03,680 And that opens up the window for Cunningham to offer his help and 414 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,480 says that he's free tomorrow at noon because he has, quote, no 415 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:10,240 other plans. The look on Jamie's face here is 416 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:15,800 so smart because you can tell that he's happy almost in a way, 417 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:21,160 to know he's lying ahead of time and have the upper hand here 418 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:26,160 because Cunningham so seamlessly lies to everybody in this room. 419 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:30,200 And Jamie knows that beneath that facade, he is a total and 420 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,080 complete snake. Back at the big house, Claire 421 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:37,440 offers Elspeth a drink. And Elspeth tells Claire she had 422 00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,680 to come, and that's when Claire tells her pretty candidly that 423 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:43,520 they already know about Cunningham's plan. 424 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,800 And for Elspeth, I think that comes as a shock. 425 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,800 But then I also think in the back of her mind, she must have 426 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:54,000 known that Claire and Jamie would have someone on their side 427 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,680 here protecting them in this way. 428 00:23:56,120 --> 00:24:00,800 And so she offers Claire the knowledge that he won't hurt 429 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,960 Jamie unless he has to, and that she's aware that Cunningham 430 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,880 would do the same. She offers that the two of them 431 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,800 could pray together over the situation, and Claire pretty 432 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,800 candidly points out that there are no prayers suitable for the 433 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,400 occasion. And I love this scene between 434 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:21,200 her and L Smith, and I really enjoy all the scenes in the book 435 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:22,560 and the show between the two of them. 436 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,920 I think this actress did a wonderful job conveying this 437 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,920 character and giving her a lot of depth. 438 00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:31,280 Back at Lodge, Cunningham stands and starts to speak on loyalty 439 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:36,240 and brings up being loyal to the Crown, King and Country and this 440 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:40,120 is immediate what sets Jamie off to the point where it comes 441 00:24:40,120 --> 00:24:43,480 across as Cunningham specifically egging him on. 442 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:46,440 For this reason. This is one of the highlights of 443 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,720 the episode and it's pulled directly from the source 444 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,120 material. When Jamie confronts him and 445 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:54,400 asks what brings this to mind, Cunningham points out that he 446 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,280 knows they're not supposed to bring politics into Lodge and 447 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,640 that's when Jamie overrides him and says I will say but one 448 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,400 thing dear friend. And he says that in Gaelic. 449 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,480 And this dialogue is so beautifully written, it says 450 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,360 this is not my own, but a thing said by our forefathers some 400 451 00:25:10,360 --> 00:25:12,600 years ago. As long as but a hundred of us 452 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,960 remain alive, never shall we under any conditions be brought 453 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,080 under English rules. And then Jamie points out that 454 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,000 they are fighting for freedom alone, and no honest man gives 455 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,080 that up, but with life itself. And all of the delivery of this 456 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,920 is so impactful, especially when he looks Cunningham directly in 457 00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:33,640 the eyes as he's delivering these lines and quoting this 458 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,000 oath basically that Cunningham adheres to. 459 00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:42,240 And the look on his face is just perfect because he's void of all 460 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,480 emotion in his eyes. And you can tell that he's just 461 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,960 met his match and Jamie totally. And that makes Jamie even more 462 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,040 of a threat than he had felt he was before. 463 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,160 And it's at that moment that Jamie decides to close lodge 464 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:58,400 with a prayer. And Hiram Crombie realizes that 465 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,560 something's going on here. And again, that foreshadows what 466 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,200 they're going to do with his character in this storyline. 467 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,560 And it's while everyone has their heads bowed that Jamie 468 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,840 leaves. And I loved how we can see that 469 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:16,200 all of the men who are in on it with Jamie lean into this plan 470 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,520 so heavily and allow him the opportunity to escape. 471 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:22,640 We watch him slip out the back door quietly and undetected. 472 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,080 And we get this beautiful, uptight shot of Cunningham's 473 00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,360 face when he opens his eyes, looks up and realizes that Jamie 474 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:30,840 knows what's going on. And that's when we hear him say 475 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:34,760 God damn it, leave with his men out of the lodge and run after 476 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,280 Jamie looking for him. By that point, Jamie has 477 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:40,280 collected the pistol that Lizzie had left for him. 478 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,760 Under that log, we get more confirmation of who is on 479 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:46,800 Cunningham's side as they all exit lodge together and Jamie is 480 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,840 cataloguing the men's faces and names. 481 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,640 And that's when we see him run into the woods and meet up with 482 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,400 Kezie and Buck who are waiting for him. 483 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:58,840 When Jamie and the rest of the men get to their meeting point 484 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,440 in the woods, they all hash out who's a traitor, and Jamie tells 485 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,600 the men that Cunningham wants him alive and he will not be the 486 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:06,960 one who brings death here tonight. 487 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,120 But for him, anyone in the woods is a traitor to him and the 488 00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,160 Ridge. And so the men are acting in 489 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,920 accordance to how Jamie wants to handle this plan, which is not 490 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,400 to have anyone get killed for no reason, especially since this 491 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,720 fight is primarily between him and Cunningham. 492 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,760 Then we watch all the men dispersed to their decided 493 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,920 locations, and we still are not clear if Josiah was able to 494 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,480 successfully deliver the letter that Jamie had sent. 495 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,560 As night falls, we can see that there's a storm coming in the 496 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:37,640 direction of the Ridge and Claire and Elspeth are still 497 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,840 sitting by the fire waiting for news of what's happened. 498 00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:43,960 Elspeth asks where the children are and Claire tells her that 499 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:47,600 the kids are away, but Fanny is asleep upstairs and I was 500 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,120 confused as to why Fanny wouldn't have been sent away 501 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:52,960 with the children too. But she does help Claire in the 502 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:55,920 surgery when they come back, so presumably that is why. 503 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,440 And that's when Elspeth says 5 more years and admits to Claire 504 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,040 that she believes in Cunningham's prophecy that he 505 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:05,480 will see his son in seven years. But to her, that doesn't mean 506 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,520 that he will kill Claire's husband, it only means that 507 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,840 Jamie will not kill him. That's when Claire bites off 508 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,160 that that must be a comfort to Elspeth. 509 00:28:14,360 --> 00:28:17,560 And Elspeth tries to justify the fact that Cunningham only wants 510 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,800 to bring Jamie to Ferguson, but Claire is very quick to remind 511 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,880 her that he's being brought there to be hanged for the sake 512 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,120 of Cunningham's own advancement. Elspeth says it's for the sake 513 00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,680 of his king, his honor, and as an officer of that king, and 514 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,920 says that Jamie earned his own execution by betraying the same 515 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,040 king. But then she backpedals. 516 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,280 Because I think at the core of everything, the two of these 517 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,800 women identify that they love these people. 518 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,960 And war is ugly, and it's leading to very ugly things. 519 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,880 And sometimes the way that you rationalize things like this is 520 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,880 very irrational. So Elspeth backpedals and says, 521 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:55,440 we were going to pray, weren't we? 522 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,040 That's when we see Hiram Crombie and he's armed, walking around 523 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:02,000 in front of the trading post when Jamie approaches him from 524 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,240 behind and knocks him unconscious. 525 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:08,960 The show makes Hiram Crombie a obvious traitor and uses him as 526 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:10,840 an example later on in this episode. 527 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,680 In the book, he's not on the list of men who Jamie orders to 528 00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,400 leave the Ridge. But that's when Jamie enters 529 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,440 into the trading post and finds Cunningham's office empty, and 530 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:26,240 Cunningham appears behind him. Then, asking to talk, he disarms 531 00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,320 himself. Jamie tells him to leave his 532 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,480 land on foot or in a box, and Cunningham truly feels like he 533 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,640 is immune to death. This prophecy is driving him to 534 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,080 make very irrational decisions. He says that he has a box 535 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:42,560 waiting for him in five years time, and that's when he instead 536 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,640 pulls a knife. And once again, I think the 537 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:48,400 performance here for Captain Cunningham's character is just 538 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,120 so unhinged and wonderfully done. 539 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,520 And that's when the fight between these two men ensues. 540 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,880 One thing about this scene between Jamie and Cunningham is 541 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,400 that the book does not drop us into the scene as it's happening 542 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,920 in real time. We actually learn about what 543 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:08,240 happened during the fight later on, and Jamie is retelling it to 544 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,560 Claire. So for the purposes of the show, 545 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:14,080 they were able to kind of reconstruct what happens in this 546 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:18,000 fight scene and make it work for the set pieces that they had in 547 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,680 the show. It makes for a big climactic 548 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:24,200 moment in the episode, sure, because we can see these two men 549 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,120 fighting in hand to hand combat. Naturally, the implication is 550 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,920 going to be that Jamie is the stronger of these two men, but 551 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:35,120 we see that Cunningham actually gets him in a precarious 552 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:37,440 situation quite a few times over the course of this fight, 553 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:41,000 especially when he wounds Jamie in his chest. 554 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,000 The choreography of this fight scene was pretty well executed 555 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,320 because it has so many different layers to it. 556 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:50,080 We see them using rope, we see them reaching for weapons, we 557 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,720 see them knocking weapons out of each other's hands, punching 558 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,280 each other, and Cunningham actually gets the upper hand a 559 00:30:56,280 --> 00:31:00,120 few times on Jamie, especially with his weapon being knocked 560 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,040 outside of this trading post and into the dirt. 561 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,360 It's at that point that Cunningham points it at him and 562 00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:10,800 Jamie is unarmed, and we start to wonder how this is going to 563 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:12,000 end. But of course, if you've read 564 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,840 the book, you knew what was coming. 565 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:18,640 Cunningham ends up having a few choice words for Jamie, which 566 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,120 buys other people time to come to Jamie's defense. 567 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,320 The main thing is that he wants to know how Jamie knew that he 568 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,400 was going to go after him, and Jamie simply says that it's his 569 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,480 Ridge and it's his job to know. And that's when Cunningham 570 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,000 admits that his plans are changing and he'd be OK with 571 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,360 bringing Jamie to Ferguson, dead or alive. 572 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,760 This is the look of a man unhinged. 573 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:45,440 This is a look of a man who has lost his way and he thinks he's 574 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:50,080 acting in a way that is in service of king and country. 575 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,520 And I think at this point, it's largely just to prove to 576 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:57,280 himself, out of his hatred or jealousy of Jamie, that he can 577 00:31:57,280 --> 00:32:00,080 follow through on this promise that he's made to himself to 578 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,760 deliver him to Ferguson. Especially when you think about 579 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,320 the line that he never wanted it to come to this. 580 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,680 And I think that that's proof that in some small way, Jamie 581 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,760 was holding a mirror up to his feelings as a person, and that 582 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,440 every point when he thought he was the smartest person in a 583 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:22,120 room, Jamie was able to outwit him and beat him to the punch. 584 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,040 And that's something that Jamie as a character has always done. 585 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,120 He's very clever, he's very observant, and that has always 586 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,640 been to his benefit. This is the moment when he pulls 587 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:35,240 the gun and Cunningham is actually shot in the back by 588 00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:39,400 Buck McKenzie, which Jamie obviously was not expecting and 589 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,800 you can see that surprise on his face. 590 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:46,000 This is a show only change because again, Buck is not in 591 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:51,000 this time in the main story of the book Canon and the book 592 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:53,200 never shows us this fight or what happened. 593 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,160 So they're filling in the blanks here with the Buck storyline. 594 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:01,400 I also think that subtly, it's implying the fact that Jamie 595 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:05,360 killed Buck's father and now Buck is saving Jamie. 596 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,480 It creates this kind of interesting redemptive arc. 597 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,200 Back at Lord John's, William approaches Brie and tells her 598 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,040 that John has written to the Continental camp and she knows 599 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,480 the battle is now over, but she's still waiting to see 600 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,280 what's happening, so she wants to go to the camp because she 601 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,520 can't keep waiting for news. The one thing about this sort of 602 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,440 storytelling that frustrates me is that in the book, you're 603 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,240 jumping between characters quite often, so it doesn't feel like 1 604 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,320 character is sort of suspended in time. 605 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:41,920 In the same way that a TV show makes it feel like it seems like 606 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,760 Brie has been standing in this window or sitting at this table 607 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:48,200 for days because we're only dropping into scenes when she's 608 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,080 looking out the window. And so it makes it feel like she 609 00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:54,000 hasn't had anything to do the entire time she's been in 610 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000 Savannah. And that can be difficult for an 611 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,560 actor because you're supposed to be conveying that this character 612 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:00,920 has been sitting in this feeling for days or weeks, and we don't 613 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,840 even know how long it's been. But in reality, in the show, 614 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:05,760 when you're watching it, it feels like this has all been 615 00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,520 happening in one day, and she's just been standing in front of 616 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,239 this window. William actually offers to join 617 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:16,800 her at first light and go to the Continental camp with her, and 618 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,320 while at first, on the surface it seems like he's doing it out 619 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,280 of the goodness of his heart and wanting to help with Brie, we 620 00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,199 also will learn that it's in part because he's still trying 621 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:27,800 to find out more information about his cousin Ben. 622 00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:31,320 I do think, though, that this is a gesture made out of the 623 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,560 goodness of his heart and his loyalty to Brie, and that in 624 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:37,840 some small way, through their conversations with one another, 625 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,480 his heart has been opened up to her in ways that are going to 626 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,320 become more impactful later on. And he trusts her. 627 00:34:45,600 --> 00:34:48,040 Back at the big house, Claire and Ellsmith have been waiting 628 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,199 all night, waiting for news in this big Thunder and lightning 629 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:54,520 storm. And Claire hears the back door 630 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,360 opening to her surgery. And I love this shot where we 631 00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,400 follow behind her with the camera into the surgery. 632 00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,080 It's like we're being able to see through her eyes in real 633 00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:06,480 time and wondering who is being carried into the surgery. 634 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:09,640 And that's when Claire discovers that it's Cunningham and that he 635 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,760 has been shot in the back. Jamie then appears and we can 636 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:16,000 tell that he's still laboring over the cut on his pectoral 637 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:17,960 muscle. And I love this confrontation 638 00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:21,120 with L Smith because she immediately says he had no 639 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:24,320 intentions of killing you and Jamie fires back and says you 640 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,480 can ask your son what his intentions were. 641 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,840 Claire immediately jumps into action and her and L Smith and 642 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,920 all the other men in the room work together for her to 643 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:38,480 diagnose Cunningham, and she suspects that he's been hit by 644 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,840 this bullet in a part of his lumbar that is going to leave 645 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:44,720 him paralyzed. You can kind of see that 646 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,760 suspicion on her face and she confirms it when she asks him to 647 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,000 wiggle his fingers and toes and he cannot move his feet. 648 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,960 All of the lines that they give to Fannie in this scene are 649 00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:57,000 taken directly out of the source material and I love how they 650 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,760 have her in the book and in the show fall so effortlessly into 651 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,360 this role as being Claire's right hand in command and 652 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:05,760 knowing what to do ahead of time. 653 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,640 So you can tell through these simple lines of dialogue that 654 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,520 the two of them have built up a rapport with one another and 655 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,200 fannies been paying attention. She knows exactly what to do 656 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,120 before Claire has to tell her to do it. 657 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,440 Elspeth then asks point blank if he will live, and Claire says 658 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,000 she thinks so, but admits that he may not walk. 659 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,360 It may heal because it didn't go all the way through, but it also 660 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,200 might not. And so she asks Elspeth to say 661 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,960 with her because she'll need her help, and we watch her remove 662 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,440 the bullet. Back in Savannah, we see 663 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,360 Amaranthus sitting outside and William approaching from behind. 664 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:44,160 She can sense him before he even reaches her, and she greets him 665 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:47,120 with a smile on her face because it's nice to see him after such 666 00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:50,400 a busy day. And we can see her laying it on 667 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,840 pretty thick, saying that she wants to see him in her 668 00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:56,760 waistcoat again. And the two of them start to be 669 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,400 a little bit more candid with their attraction towards one 670 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,760 another, Specifically William, who tries to make a clever joke 671 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:06,880 by saying he's developed a particular species of feelings 672 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:10,400 for her. I do think that it's fun to see 673 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,360 William, who is Jamie's offspring and Jamie is so good 674 00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,800 with his words, stumble over them a bit and be a little 675 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,440 awkward. And thankfully, Amaranthus, this 676 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,600 finds it amusing. She finds it charming. 677 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,240 But this moment has offered William a window to address 678 00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:28,160 feelings that I think he's been struggling with for a while now. 679 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:32,040 And he points out that you can lose people so quickly during a 680 00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,640 war, as evidenced by her losing Ben. 681 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,640 And so he doesn't want things to remain unsaid between them. 682 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,400 And it would make sense that he's feeling this way because 683 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,280 he's about to go into this Continental camp in the morning 684 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,960 with Brianna, and he's been watching Brianna worry about her 685 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:48,600 own husband for days. He tells her that he's been 686 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:52,040 considering her suggestion that they get married and if they had 687 00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,440 a son, they could give his title to that son. 688 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,200 And Amaranthus is strategic, especially in the book. 689 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,240 I think they've softened her character a little bit in the 690 00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:03,240 show. They've made her arguably a 691 00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,880 little more likable. You can see that she does have 692 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,480 an affection for William. That's probably more rooted in 693 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:12,400 reality than I read Amaranthus's character in the book. 694 00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,240 She says she wasn't jesting, but also points out that they 695 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,240 needn't get married straight away. 696 00:38:18,240 --> 00:38:22,280 They could give it a go anyways and maybe just enjoy the try if 697 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,120 the result does not end in a child. 698 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,160 And that's when the two of them share their first kiss with one 699 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,840 another. But this is when you can see 700 00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:31,640 that Amaranthus understands the power she holds because William 701 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,720 says it cannot be like this. And then she encourages him 702 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:37,280 further. And when he says we'll get 703 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,360 married, it's just like in the book. 704 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,440 And I wanted to smack William upside the head because 705 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,440 Amaranthus takes total advantage of the situation, and they 706 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,600 aren't married. And so if something were to come 707 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,400 to pass between them, he's now on the hook for it. 708 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:53,280 And he knows that, but he's not willing to say no in the moment. 709 00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,840 That's when we go back to the Continental camp. 710 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,960 The next day. We see Roger praying over the 711 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:01,040 bodies of the soldiers that they lost in this battle and then 712 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,200 Brie and him make eye contact through the tent and reunite 713 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:07,920 with one another. This is the hug that we saw in 714 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,480 the trailer. We can see Roger holding the 715 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:13,520 Bible in his hand. The two of them share an 716 00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:15,880 emotional reunion kiss once again. 717 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,480 Brie shoves him and expresses that she's mad at him for 718 00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:21,960 scaring her. And that is when they are 719 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:25,640 approached by Denzel Hunter and Roger explains to Brie that he 720 00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:28,920 had just discovered this morning that Denzel is Rachel's brother. 721 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:32,280 So we get the first of the new introductions out of the way, 722 00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,960 and then quickly William enters the old. 723 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,600 He reunites with Denzel, who we know he's met before. 724 00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,440 And this time it's Roger who's surprised to finally meet 725 00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,240 William for the first time. As we watch this reunion happen 726 00:39:45,240 --> 00:39:48,800 between Roger and Bree, Denzel and William, and then all of 727 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:52,560 them collectively learning who each other is to one another in 728 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,960 this interconnected world, the one thing I wished we had was 729 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,800 just a little bit more breathing room in this moment. 730 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:02,200 Because. When characters like these 731 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,720 finally get to meet, there's so much that has been unsaid or is 732 00:40:06,720 --> 00:40:08,880 left off the page. And I think the show had the 733 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:12,640 opportunity to even just give a witty one liner between William 734 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,320 and Roger something of them interacting. 735 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:18,120 But we don't get that in this scene and I was left wanting 736 00:40:18,120 --> 00:40:19,840 more. Instead, all we get is this 737 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,080 knowing look between Roger and Brie, and to be honest, I think 738 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:26,600 that's undercutting the importance of William and Brie 739 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,400 connecting in this story. I feel like Brie would want to 740 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:34,080 have Roger meet her sibling, that's a big deal. 741 00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,240 And so being omitted that scene and felt like we were missing 742 00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:39,320 something. But because of that we're able 743 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,840 to spend more time with this reworked moment between Denzel 744 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,680 and William from the source material. 745 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:47,960 Bree then makes the joke that for a loyalist, William has a 746 00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,040 lot of rebel friends, which again is going to become 747 00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,480 important as the story goes on. I don't know how much given that 748 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,440 we only have a few episodes left in the season to close out the 749 00:40:56,440 --> 00:41:00,120 story, but at least in the book Canon it is important to note. 750 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,120 And he tells Bree and Roger he'd like to stay a while to catch up 751 00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:06,520 with Denzel, which for the storyline would make sense if 752 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:10,120 Denzel was married to his cousin Dottie like he is in the book. 753 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,920 But instead they seem to have written her out of the show. 754 00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:17,760 And so he tells Bree go back to Savannah, rest up at Lord John's 755 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:19,760 house. His letter will still grant her 756 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:23,000 and Roger safe passage where they can get cleaned up before 757 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,040 they head back to the Ridge. And this is when William asks 758 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,720 Denzel about Rachel. And it's our first clue into the 759 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:33,520 fact that he is still hung up on her in some small way. 760 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,120 Denzel's able to tell William that she's had a baby and she's 761 00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:39,440 very happy. And that despite any of the 762 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:43,840 problems that William had with Ian, William's able to admit 763 00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:47,120 that he's very happy for them. Keep in mind that the night 764 00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:50,680 before, he had been fooling around with Amaranthus, so this 765 00:41:50,680 --> 00:41:53,520 man has woman problems up the wazoo. 766 00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,680 But having Denzel confirmed that he and Rachel have been 767 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,960 corresponding with one another this whole time is a nice little 768 00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:02,040 way to loop their storyline back together. 769 00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,800 Because Denzel hasn't been on our screens much this season. 770 00:42:05,240 --> 00:42:08,320 As Denzel enters into this tent, we can see that William is 771 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,760 afforded this private moment with himself where he's smiling. 772 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:14,160 And I have to assume he's reflecting on the fact that he 773 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:17,280 has someone to be excited about now in Amaranthus. 774 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,240 And I really do enjoy this uptight shot of his face because 775 00:42:20,240 --> 00:42:24,320 it feels like we've seen Jamie in this position and posturing 776 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,600 so many times before. It's definitely meant to be some 777 00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:31,560 sort of a visual call back to us looking at Jamie when he's 778 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,040 smiling to himself, thinking about Claire. 779 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,160 And that's when he sees Denzel come out of the tent and hears 780 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:43,760 the voice of Ben and this amazing shot of his face and the 781 00:42:43,760 --> 00:42:46,560 just disbelief on it. I really loved how it was 782 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:49,920 captured, and Charles van der Bart did an excellent job in 783 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:54,000 this entire moment for me. Ben, on the other hand, is 784 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,640 displeased to see William, to say the least. 785 00:42:57,080 --> 00:43:00,880 The two of them are in this sort of standoff in the middle of a 786 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,840 Continental Army camp, and so Ben immediately knows that he 787 00:43:04,840 --> 00:43:08,640 has to pull this into the tent, into the privacy of the tent, so 788 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,440 that things don't get out of hand. 789 00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:14,280 Denzel is none the wiser, so he offers an introduction to 790 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,360 William, and the two of them play it off as if they are old 791 00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,520 friends. For one second you get to see 792 00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:24,760 William relieved at the fact that his cousin is still alive, 793 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:30,240 before it's dawned on him that his cousin is still alive and is 794 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:34,400 in a continental camp serving as a general. 795 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,120 When they get inside the tent, you can tell that Ben doesn't 796 00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:38,680 understand how this is happening. 797 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,880 William, on one hand, is thrilled to death to see that he 798 00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:45,800 is not in fact dead and that his suspicions were correct. 799 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,160 And they're able to share this very nice hug with one another 800 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,720 before the realization dawns on both of them and William in 801 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:57,880 particular, because in a matter of seconds, he resolves himself 802 00:43:57,880 --> 00:44:01,040 to punch Ben in the face again. There's a few changes to this 803 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,640 storyline as we compare it to the source material in the book. 804 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,880 When William comes across Denzel, he asks if Miss Hunter 805 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,080 is around and originally means Rachel. 806 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:14,200 And he's surprised to find his cousin Dottie, who is married to 807 00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,640 Denzel Hunter in the books. And that's when he runs into Ben 808 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:20,200 shortly after. So they've again eliminated the 809 00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:24,360 character of Dottie here. And Dottie is Ben's sister, so 810 00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,680 again, she would have been in on this secret too. 811 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,400 For a character like William, who we've already at the top of 812 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:35,120 the episode, learned just how deeply affected he is by being 813 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,840 lied to about his parentage, this is just another blow to him 814 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:41,760 to know that he's been lied to by his cousin and someone that 815 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:45,040 he looked up to and idolizes. Back at the big house, Jamie and 816 00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,960 his men are drinking inside the house while Claire is tending to 817 00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:51,120 Jamie's chest wound. And this is a direct visual call 818 00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,720 back to the very first episode of Outlander when Claire was 819 00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:57,240 tending to Jamie's shoulder. Jamie admits to her that he 820 00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,360 really thought he was done for until he heard Buck's gunfire, 821 00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:03,200 and Claire asks about Cunningham's other men. 822 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:07,600 That's when Buck enters into the room and tells Claire that they 823 00:45:07,600 --> 00:45:10,560 all ran away deprived of their weapons and were sent home 824 00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:12,360 feeling less brave about themselves. 825 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:15,360 That's when Jamie asks for paper because he wants to write down 826 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:18,200 the names of the men and he starts to list them off from 827 00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:22,480 memory and Claire asks why he needs to write them down and he 828 00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,920 says it's so that she can get rid of them if something were to 829 00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:27,600 ever happen to Jamie. All of the names that Jamie 830 00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,000 lists off in this scene are taken from the source material, 831 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,280 which makes it a fun little Easter egg game. 832 00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:36,440 But the addition of Hiram Crombie is new and that is show 833 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,960 cannon only. It's in that moment that the men 834 00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:42,520 who are inside the big house with Jamie, Claire and Buck hear 835 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:45,760 and see men approaching the house on horseback. 836 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,040 And so everybody arms up and heads outside to investigate 837 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,920 because at this point, they're still not sure if this could be 838 00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,200 any of Cunningham's men coming to avenge him. 839 00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,440 This shot of Jamie looking out the window is very similar to 840 00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:01,400 when the house was under siege in Season 7. 841 00:46:01,720 --> 00:46:05,440 So they really love this kind of shadowy shot of his face looking 842 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,360 out the window. And this particular shot is from 843 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:11,040 the trailer. So again, it is akin to when the 844 00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:12,880 Browns were attacking their house again. 845 00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,600 So for a moment, as a viewer, you're wondering if this is 846 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:20,160 another group of people coming once again to take Jamie or 847 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,760 attack the house because you don't know if Cunningham's plan 848 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:26,520 involved other people, if this is the militia he was sending 849 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:28,520 after. If you read the book, you know, 850 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:31,120 But as a viewer, you're left in this sort of suspense. 851 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,560 And we see Jamie and Claire exiting the house, armed with 852 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,840 all of the men around them. And that is when we finally lay 853 00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:42,560 eyes on Josiah, who approaches on horseback with all of these 854 00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:44,800 men and calls out hello the house. 855 00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,200 Jamie, of course, is relieved to see him, but naturally, it would 856 00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:50,920 seem like he's a little too late. 857 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:55,280 That's when he starts to explain to Jamie and Claire that they 858 00:46:55,280 --> 00:47:00,440 did manage to find the militia men and take care of them before 859 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,240 they ever reached the Ridge. It's at that point that we see 860 00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:07,120 and hear Cleveland, who tells Jamie that he took care of the 861 00:47:07,120 --> 00:47:09,000 men. He won't have to worry about 862 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,520 them again. And we know that he handled it 863 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:15,280 in a way that Jamie is in direct opposition of because we saw 864 00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:18,360 Jamie tell his men that he does not want death to befall the 865 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,000 Ridge tonight. And Cleveland, although he 866 00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:25,800 wasn't acting in Jamie's service, is still now associated 867 00:47:25,800 --> 00:47:28,720 with Jamie. And it sounds like he was pretty 868 00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:32,000 malicious with how he treated this 96. 869 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:35,160 This particular shot I really liked because the makeup artist 870 00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:37,400 in the show, I don't think they get enough credit. 871 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,280 You can see the line around Jamie's neck from where the rope 872 00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:42,960 would have been. Everything about how they do 873 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:48,520 these very subtle make up decisions to make these people 874 00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:52,320 look like they're up this time is so wonderfully done that you 875 00:47:52,320 --> 00:47:54,720 don't even notice it right away. So I wanted to call that out 876 00:47:54,720 --> 00:47:56,080 because I think that's important to note. 877 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:59,120 And Cleveland once again starts peacocking. 878 00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:03,240 And I think by now, if you don't know his character from the 879 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:07,440 book, you can tell that he very much feels like Jamie is 880 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:09,960 indebted to him and has been the whole way through. 881 00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,600 And it's just taking Jamie a lot longer than Cleveland wants it 882 00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:15,800 to for him to realize that he's in the right. 883 00:48:15,800 --> 00:48:19,200 And Jamie can't keep operating from the same moral high ground 884 00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,720 that he appears to be. But Jamie has clearly thought 885 00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:24,600 this through. That's why he sent the letter. 886 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:29,480 He knew he was gambling, taking a chance, associating himself 887 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:31,920 with Cleveland. But he was desperate, and so 888 00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:34,040 desperate times call for desperate measures. 889 00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:38,200 He doesn't trust this man. We can see that Buck listens to 890 00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,760 Cleveland talk and also doesn't trust this man. 891 00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:44,800 He's a loose cannon. He is not to be trusted, and 892 00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,880 Jamie knows that. But Jamie also knows that it's 893 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,880 better to keep your enemy close, and at this point, he needs his 894 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:55,080 enemies as close as possible. And Cunningham is inside his 895 00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:58,040 house. He invites Cleveland inside to 896 00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:01,960 talk and that's when Claire says to him, send for the devil and 897 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:05,040 the devil appears and that's when we see Jamie ordering his 898 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,760 men to stand down. Everyone re enters the house and 899 00:49:07,760 --> 00:49:10,240 we assume they're coming up with the next stage of the plan 900 00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:13,280 because Ferguson is still a very real threat looming over all of 901 00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:13,800 their heads.