1 00:00:00,080 --> 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 --> 00:00:13,480 Here we talk about craft, character arcs, structure, 5 00:00:13,480 --> 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 --> 00:00:29,200 Let's talk This will be my Outlander Season 8 Episode 8 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:33,440 review titled Into the Forest. As always, if you were looking 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,200 to avoid spoilers from the book or the TV show, please be 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:40,160 mindful that spoilers are ahead. So we open this episode with 13 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:43,040 Jamie and Marcely, who are standing in front of Fergus's 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,160 burial site next to the Cairn, and Marcely says that she is 15 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,160 glad it isn't raining, and Jamie points out that rain made 16 00:00:51,320 --> 00:00:55,440 Fergus's missing hand ache. Marsley says he used to joke 17 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,240 with their kids that the rain meant God was sneezing. 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,320 It was best to be sure to wipe the Lord's snot off of their 19 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:04,519 clothes before entering the house, and Jamie tells her that 20 00:01:04,519 --> 00:01:08,600 his humor was the devil's own. Marsley chalks it up to it being 21 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:12,760 from Jamie, but Jamie claims that Fergus's pig headedness was 22 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,080 from him, not his humor. Marceline is thinking of Percy's 23 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,160 offer to rebuild the print shop in order to keep up the work. 24 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,120 And also for the kids to have some sort of purpose. 25 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,200 And for herself, because she believes in the 'cause when she 26 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,040 was leaving Scotland, she knew that that meant she'd be able to 27 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:34,640 make her own life and find freedom, and that's what she has 28 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,720 found in America. So for Marceline, if she's going 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,160 to risk her life, she wants it to be for something that 30 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,520 matters. And Jamie tells her that he 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,960 admires that. He also says it's wise to take 32 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:47,200 the money, and if she ever needed anything, she would only 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,000 have to ask him. And to me, this statement sort 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,160 of punctuates that the storyline of her taking this land didn't 35 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,720 necessarily need to be here because she could have come back 36 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,360 to the Ridge, lived there for a time. 37 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:04,080 And again, if Jamie was going to help her, she could have done 38 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:07,160 what she ends up doing in this episode without needing to get 39 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:10,000 the money from the land, especially so soon after losing 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,080 Fergus. So it sounds like she will 41 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:14,960 return to Savannah with the money and start over in the same 42 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,120 city once again. But in Go and Tell the Bees, 43 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,320 their storyline actually ends with Fergus having sent a letter 44 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,320 from Wilmington, and it comes with German to the Ridge. 45 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:28,280 And in that letter, they said they had an event that disturbed 46 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,840 them greatly, which saw them leave Wilmington for North 47 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,600 Carolina. Fergus says he wished that 48 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,000 Marcely and the kids would return to the Ridge to stay 49 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,600 safe, but she chose to stay, promising that if things got 50 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,760 worse, she and the twins would go to the Ridge. 51 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,120 But for now, she would not leave Fergus. 52 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:49,120 And he tells Jamie he is called to do the work of freedom and he 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,760 will not put his sword down, referring to the sword Jamie 54 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:56,160 placed in his hand which is using his printing press. 55 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,400 So their storyline is very open-ended for book 10. 56 00:02:59,640 --> 00:03:02,640 Marsley says it makes her heart heavy that Fergus was worried 57 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:06,160 the money would harm the rebel cause, but he also never wanted 58 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,280 to acknowledge the compt as his father and he knew the man to be 59 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,720 a villain. Marsley points out that he 60 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:15,720 didn't give a damn about the morals of a man long dead and 61 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,320 calls Jamie a fool because he didn't want to call anyone but 62 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,400 Jamie his father and he had thought of himself as Jamie's 63 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,760 son and that meant everything to him. 64 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:28,240 That's when we see Jamie calling out his name by saying Fergus 65 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,360 Fraser was my son. And then he approaches the grave 66 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,360 and says son of my name, of my heart, now, then and forever 67 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:36,800 more. No piece of paper nor anything 68 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:40,840 in this world can change that. And the two of them cry together 69 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,840 and Marsley then decides firmly she will take the money and 70 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,520 sends Jamie away so she can talk to Fergus alone. 71 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,200 I really love the scene because Marsley has that humor that 72 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:56,160 we've seen from her throughout her storyline where she points 73 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,440 out Jamie called him a Fraser forever more. 74 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,160 He better be happy about that. And that being the case, she 75 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:06,080 will sign the contract, take the money, build a new shop with the 76 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,760 barns, and then refers to the Baron yet to come because she is 77 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,080 pregnant. So Fergus has left her with a 78 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,720 parting gift. And she could curse him for it, 79 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,640 but she's so happy to have more of him. 80 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:19,320 And this whole scene was just so beautiful. 81 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,680 And I said it in the previous episode, Lauren Lyle should win 82 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,520 an award for her performance in these two episodes alone because 83 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,720 she truly is fantastic In every scene she's in, she steals. 84 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,960 That's when we get the title card, which is hands making a 85 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,640 fishing line, foreshadowing to the Jamie and William storyline. 86 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,400 And then we see Roger and Brie return to the Ridge with the 87 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,560 muskets, with Buck and Jamie helping them to unload. 88 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:46,640 They all note that the muskets are old but in good shape. 89 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:49,680 And Jamie tells everyone that he read in Frank's book that 90 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,840 Ferguson had invented a new gun that allowed them to load and 91 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:55,520 fire quicker. And Brie points out that Frank 92 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,360 had actually showed her the design of that rifle before. 93 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:03,000 And Jamie says he was right too, and it was genius in its 94 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:07,200 invention, but hard to make in quantity, which is the first way 95 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,520 that we're getting foreshadowing for Bree's knowledge and 96 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:13,400 capability with firearms again, and how her perfect aim and 97 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:16,280 insight into these types of weapons is all thanks to Frank. 98 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,720 And it further illustrates how Frank was preparing Bree for 99 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,160 traveling to this time because of the very specific research he 100 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,440 had been doing on that time period and how it was directly 101 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,160 involved with Jamie. Roger points out that there's no 102 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,440 way to know if her shooting abilities are nature or nurture, 103 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,760 but there is a reason that she's nicknamed Deadeye practically 104 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:39,480 from the time she could walk. And this is how the show reminds 105 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,280 us of the nickname, and it's in the dedication of Frank's book. 106 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:45,920 So Jamie is able to piece that information together. 107 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:49,120 But in the book, we're already Privy to this nickname because 108 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,880 of the passage where we read Frank's letter that he addresses 109 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,320 to Bri as dead I. So it was another fun Easter egg 110 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:58,440 to hear that called out in the show. 111 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:01,880 Jamie pulls the book back out, and he and Claire finally have 112 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,600 the conversation where they realize that everything was for 113 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:07,920 Brianna, teaching how to shoot, how to ride, learning about the 114 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:10,920 past. It was Frank's way of preparing 115 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,920 her. And he was looking for Jamie, 116 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,000 knowing that Claire might try to find him. 117 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,280 And so he armed Brianna with the knowledge of how to survive in 118 00:06:18,280 --> 00:06:21,600 that time. Jamie realizes that this book is 119 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:25,640 not a way to taunt him, but really it's to protect Bri. 120 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,720 And he admits that he used to pray for Frank because Jamie had 121 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:33,200 sent Claire back to him to keep her and Brianna safe. 122 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,120 So it feels very full circle in that respect. 123 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,040 Claire says again that she was so angry when she found out that 124 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,480 Frank had kept it from her when he knew Jamie was alive. 125 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:46,160 But perhaps now she thinks he kept her in their time. 126 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,640 So so that she could strengthen her skills, become a surgeon and 127 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,480 now if anything we're going to happen, she has the medical 128 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,240 skills to save Jamies life because of that knowledge. 129 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,760 And I do think the show softened Frank as a character because in 130 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,720 the book I don't think he was that pure of heart. 131 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:06,120 Their relationship was not depicted in the same light, but 132 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,840 it feels like they chose to wrap his storyline in a way that 133 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:12,000 makes him feel more honorable, which I can understand. 134 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,680 Jamie and Claire both recognized that they can't change the 135 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:19,520 course of history, but they can change small things and things 136 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,800 that may feel insignificant in the flow of time, which again, 137 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:27,680 is foreshadowing to the finale. And the two of them share one of 138 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,880 the very few tender kisses we've seen between them this season. 139 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,920 And it does feel like a lot of their quiet moments are really 140 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:39,560 cut short and very much are sort of info dump conversations 141 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,440 rather than tender conversations between the two of them. 142 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,360 We then cut back to Savannah, where Amaranthus approaches Lord 143 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,880 John. She's been asking for William, 144 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,520 but no one has seen him. And John tries to talk her down, 145 00:07:52,520 --> 00:07:55,400 but she fears that she might have driven him away. 146 00:07:55,800 --> 00:08:00,160 And John clearly suspects there is more things than just her 147 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:04,480 going on with William, and he knows that a big one of them is 148 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,840 his conversation. So he tells her that he and 149 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:10,040 William fought as well, and it was a difficult moment between 150 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,880 them. And that's when Amaranthus 151 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,040 admits that she had lied to him, and she fears he will be unable 152 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:17,240 to forgive her. And so the two of them are 153 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:19,640 unknowingly in the same boat in that respect. 154 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,400 John reminds her that William is a man of honor and integrity, 155 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:27,000 but also of compassion, and he hopes that he is full of 156 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,880 forgiveness as well. And that's true for himself and 157 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:33,120 also for Amaranthus. Jamie is reading the book, 158 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,360 studying the map, and we hear Frank telling him that he has a 159 00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:38,280 few months to prepare and not to waste it. 160 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:41,880 So both he, Bree and the men are seen studying the maps. 161 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,000 Bree is designing weapons, they're all training in the 162 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,840 woods with knives amongst this really beautiful landscape. 163 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,920 And we can see that time is passing, which is also marked by 164 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,760 Brianna's pregnancy. And when Claire and Fanny are 165 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,000 working in the kitchen, we see Buck teaching the men hand to 166 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,920 hand combat skills. We see them all reunite with Ian 167 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,480 and Rachel who are back from their trip with swiftest of 168 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,520 lizards and all of them continue to arm themselves. 169 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,400 So this is all glossed over by way of a montage, which I feel 170 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,560 was another sacrifice to this sort of shortened and rapid 171 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:18,600 season that I was a little unhappy about. 172 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,240 Because it doesn't aid in the storytelling to skip over so 173 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,680 many characters after we've already dedicated so much time 174 00:09:24,680 --> 00:09:28,160 with them earlier in the season, only to eliminate that time here 175 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,440 at the end. Buck and Roger have a 176 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,960 conversation about Gaylis and how Buck went back to spend time 177 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,600 with her, and he says that Dougal was always around and 178 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,440 took his presence as a threat and Gaylis took his interest to 179 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,600 be of an armorous nature as well. 180 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:46,160 And Rodger did say he warned him. 181 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:50,040 So that's a nod to the book. Since Buck didn't have any other 182 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,280 reason to be in that time or a reason to go back to his own 183 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:57,800 time because his marriage with his wife was so broken, he went 184 00:09:57,800 --> 00:10:00,960 back to Craig Nadune. And because he knew that going 185 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,160 back to Morag was unfair and that she was better off without 186 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:06,960 him, he decided to put his fate in the hands of the stones and 187 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:11,120 they sent him back to 1980. In the book, Rodger leaves him 188 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,760 in 1739 and so the show takes this opportunity to rewrite his 189 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,760 storyline with some exposition. So instead they use Buck to wrap 190 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:23,000 up the threat of Rob Cameron, which sort of felt anti 191 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,840 climactic and half baked to me. Buck tells Rodger that the first 192 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,240 person he saw in 1980 was Rob Cameron. 193 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:32,320 He watched him go into a shop, buy a gemstone, and then he 194 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:36,280 followed him home and he was dressed in colonial garb so Buck 195 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,120 assumed he was about to go through the stones after the 196 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,920 Mackenzie. And we see him head butt him, 197 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:46,440 tell Rob that he owed Rodger McKenzie a life and that Rob's 198 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,400 would do. And then when he's attacked by 199 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,600 Rob with a knife, he's able to use his strength and kill him. 200 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,040 Then we see him take his gemstone, leave him there in his 201 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:02,320 home, takes his whole bag and his hat and left to go back to 202 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,040 this time. In book cannon though, traveling 203 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,680 this much in such a short amount of time is physically very 204 00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:10,600 taxing and harmful. So much so that Bri actually 205 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:14,000 develops a heart issue in the book, but it seems like they're 206 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,240 omitting that from the show version. 207 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,840 That's when we see Rodger thank him for protecting their family 208 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,800 and Buck says free and clear best way to live. 209 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:25,480 Bri then walks up to them and agrees and says she has a 210 00:11:25,480 --> 00:11:28,360 surprise for them. So they all go out to try her 211 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,640 new weapon that she designed, and she challenges Jamie to 212 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:34,840 race. So we see that she's very 213 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,960 visibly pregnant. So we know that it's been a 214 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:38,920 large passage of time by this point. 215 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,040 They both pour their powder race to get the gun ready and Brie 216 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:46,320 shows off her version of the haul rifle and tells them all 217 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:49,640 that she can make more, and Jamie is very proud of her and 218 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,000 asks her to teach him how it works. 219 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,520 Then we cut to William approaching the big house on 220 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,080 horseback and he's met by Claire and Fanny in the yard and 221 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,200 they're curious as to why he's come and welcome him inside. 222 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,400 And the whole way that this was shot felt very awkward to me, 223 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,040 with them standing beside the horse smiling. 224 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:11,920 And the camera angle also felt sort of a subpar version of the 225 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:15,360 scene to me as well. And when Fanny asks where he's 226 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,880 been, what he's been doing, that's when Jamie comes outside 227 00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:21,000 and welcomes William to their new home. 228 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,760 And William is very formal with him and calls him Sir and hopes 229 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,640 he's not intruding. He then tells Fanny he will tell 230 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:30,200 her about all his travels after dinner, assuming he's welcome at 231 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,640 their table, and he directs that question to Claire and not 232 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:36,080 Jamie. But Jamie excitedly steps in 233 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,400 front of her, beaming, and says I, of course. 234 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:42,400 And he must have believed William had come to see him, but 235 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,640 then is surprised to learn that he's actually there for Brie. 236 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,280 And you can see it wounds him a little bit, which sets up the 237 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,480 overarching storyline for the episode between the two of them. 238 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,280 That's when we cut to William and Brie on the porch, and he 239 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,880 tells Brie about Ben and Amaranthus and admits that he's 240 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,000 heartbroken that she lied to him. 241 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,560 He's glad that Brie understands and says that he went to Mount 242 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:06,640 Josiah and needed to tell someone, so he came to see Brie 243 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:09,960 the only member of his family who hasn't broken his trust. 244 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:15,360 As a reminder, Mount Josiah is sort of near Richmond, VA in the 245 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,440 book, and Fraser's Ridge is in western North Carolina, so it 246 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,920 would have taken William a very long time to get there. 247 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,240 And he's been gone from Savannah for a long time. 248 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,280 And it would have taken him even longer to travel from Savannah 249 00:13:27,280 --> 00:13:30,400 to Mount Josiah first. So William has essentially been 250 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,200 gone without a word for the better part of a year. 251 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:38,120 Bri is glad he came and says that time there might be exactly 252 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:40,480 what he needs. Because this place is magical 253 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,520 and William says he doesn't believe in magic, but Bree asks 254 00:13:43,520 --> 00:13:47,080 him to keep an open mind, which is a nod to her being a time 255 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,080 traveler. Of course, at the table, 256 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:53,080 everyone Jamie loves except for Ferguson Marsley, which again, 257 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,040 why we didn't even get to say goodbye to Marsley or her kids. 258 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,160 They're all enjoying dinner together. 259 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,760 And William tells Rachel about his interaction with Denzel and 260 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,560 how well he looked and how happy he would be to see their kids. 261 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,040 And William raises a glass to toast Rachel and Ian and their 262 00:14:09,040 --> 00:14:12,360 newfound family, and Ian thanks him and Rachel too. 263 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,440 And Claire says William seems happy enough to Jamie, but Jamie 264 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,040 says it's as long as he's not near him, so it's clear that 265 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,560 there's tension between them. Rodger then makes an 266 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,960 announcement that he's been accepted for his application for 267 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,400 ordination as a minister, and there's a pastor who will be 268 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,840 performing the ceremony when he's passing through Fraser's 269 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,960 Ridge. And that's when Jamie says this 270 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:36,400 is a happy day indeed and raises his glass to good news, new 271 00:14:36,400 --> 00:14:39,280 beginnings and joyous arrivals and to their future. 272 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,760 Everyone then says their good nights and Rodger and Bree tell 273 00:14:42,760 --> 00:14:45,520 Rachel and Ian to go to bed, they will clean up and that's 274 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:47,600 when William asks if he can be of service. 275 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,960 But the two of them say no and Jamie walks in and says that 276 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,680 he's hoping to do some fishing in the morning and invites 277 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:56,840 William to join him. Because when William was a boy 278 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,680 they went last together and they had a rather unfortunate 279 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:05,560 encounter with the Cherokee and Jamie lied to protect him and 280 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:08,480 William is bitter about that, how easily duped he was. 281 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:12,960 He initially denies Jamie's invitation and lies and says 282 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:16,560 that Bri is giving him a tour of the Ridge tomorrow, but Bri 283 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:20,800 basically forces the issue and makes William go with him. 284 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,960 So Rodger feeds into it and William is eventually forced 285 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,840 into going fishing in the morning with Jamie. 286 00:15:27,040 --> 00:15:30,560 When Jamie leaves, he thanks Bree and Rodger for their help 287 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,720 and is very reluctant about it. But the next morning we see them 288 00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:36,680 in the river, which is a call back to when we saw them fishing 289 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:41,360 the last time when he was a boy. And Jamie points out that he has 290 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:45,360 a fine casting line and asks if he went fishing often after he 291 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,800 left hell water near the a place called the Devil's Beak. 292 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,200 Jamie and William talk about their time fishing there, 293 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,960 compare how many fish they caught there. 294 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,800 William says he caught two dozen and brags about it and then says 295 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:02,240 if he doesn't believe him to ask his father, meaning Lord John. 296 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:05,400 And that opens up the conversation about Lord John. 297 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,640 So Jamie asks if he's had a falling out with him and if it's 298 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,320 of a private nature, and that's when William says he discovered 299 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:18,200 that Lord John is a sodomite and realizes that this might not be 300 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,120 news to Jamie. But William tells him that he 301 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:24,120 caught him with his arms around a man. 302 00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:27,320 Jamie says that must have been a shock to him, and William asks 303 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:30,480 if Jamie and John while at Ardsmere might have been lovers 304 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,160 and in Go and tell the bees that I'm gone. 305 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:37,000 William learns that Richardson has accused Lord John of being a 306 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,120 sodomite through Dennis Randall Isaacs, and while he immediately 307 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,920 denies that claim to Dennis, Dennis has this really great 308 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:48,280 line that gossip has probably killed more men than musket 309 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:51,240 fire. And so Jamie counters and says 310 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,400 why would you ask me something like that? 311 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,040 That it isn't true. And William is quick to point 312 00:16:57,040 --> 00:17:00,000 out that Jamie has no issues defending someone who is a liar 313 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,000 and a hypocrite. And that's when Jamie tells him 314 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,160 that John's life and his personal affairs are his own. 315 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:10,240 He will neither defend nor condemn it, but he has been his 316 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,800 father most of his life, and in that time he has loved him with 317 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,920 all his heart and soul and given him everything he had to give 318 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:20,640 except the truth, which to William is most hurtful. 319 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,319 And in that respect they are exactly the same. 320 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:28,119 So he leaves Jamie in the water to Mull over that, and he walks 321 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:30,840 away angrily. And it's another example of 322 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,520 William's immaturity as a character, which I think is 323 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,200 actually more at the forefront in the book. 324 00:17:37,360 --> 00:17:40,960 The show kind of tempers it down a little bit, but this scene 325 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,880 really does a good job of highlighting how he can be very 326 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,200 short sighted when he storms off and he looks like he's preparing 327 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,400 to leave. I really loved the insertion of 328 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:54,920 this scene between Claire and William because she confronts 329 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:58,200 him in a way that I don't think Jamie ever would, and he's 330 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,000 receptive to Claire in a way that he would never be of Jamie 331 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,200 at this point. So she asks William if he's 332 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,320 planning to say goodbye or to storm off again, so highlighting 333 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,720 that he tends to storm off quite a bit. 334 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:12,840 And she points out his issues and calls him rightfully out on 335 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:16,400 his behavior. And he asks her to forgive him 336 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,600 and says that it was a mistake to come here. 337 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:21,360 But she points out that it was not an impulsive one for him to 338 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:23,800 come because again, he would have traveled very far to get 339 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,320 there. And he says he came for Brie, 340 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,400 but they both know he came for Jamie. 341 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,280 And William knows it was a mistake and asks Claire to at 342 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,680 least give him credit for knowing his own feelings about 343 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,800 the subject. But she says she won't discount 344 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:40,440 his feelings, only ask that he recognized they are in the 345 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:44,360 middle of a war. He says he fully recognizes that 346 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,840 and is aware. But Claire makes a point of 347 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:50,600 saying this very well may be the last time you see your father 348 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,560 alive. And that stuns William because 349 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,240 he says it sounds very bleak coming from Claire, which I 350 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:59,160 think is true. And Claire points out that he 351 00:18:59,160 --> 00:19:01,800 may well have to lead people into battle again soon. 352 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,440 And William having been in the army, he knows what that means. 353 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,200 So she tells him to really think about how he would feel if 354 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:13,160 today, this morning, was the last time he ever got to see his 355 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,360 natural father. And that gives William pause. 356 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:20,360 And he looks out to the field and we see Jamie with Mandy 357 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:22,080 teaching her how to ride a horse. 358 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:26,320 And William's memory goes back to his time at Hell Water when 359 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,040 Jamie did the same thing for him. 360 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,160 And we see him smile fondly about that and then is hurt all 361 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,520 over again when he recalls Jamie leaving. 362 00:19:35,120 --> 00:19:38,160 But that moment is enough to make him stay. 363 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:43,560 So again, that little kind of tidbit of hurt that we see him 364 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:47,960 feel when he recalls Jamie leaving is more foreshadowing 365 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:50,280 for the big conversation that they'll have later on in the 366 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:52,720 episode. Inside the house, Fanny and 367 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,880 Rachel are talking on the stairs. 368 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:58,120 And Fanny says that there were boys at the trading post reading 369 00:19:58,120 --> 00:20:02,880 pamphlets and calling Jane a murderer, and that she is in the 370 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,560 eternal flames of hell. And. 371 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:08,800 Fanny struck one of them, then ran away and Rachel can 372 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:11,720 understand why she felt anger but points out that violence 373 00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:16,040 really brings peace and it's so hard for her knowing that she 374 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:18,320 won't see Jane again. But she can't stand the thought 375 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:21,760 that she might be stuck in the eternal flames of hell. 376 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,840 And that's when Rachel points out just because they said it 377 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,640 doesn't make it so. Not all that read the Bible 378 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,000 understand the full measure of God's mercy. 379 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,280 And she also encourages Fanny to speak with Rodger about it. 380 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,680 So this kicks off a little subplot with Fanny and Rodger 381 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,960 for the episode 2. In Savannah we see John at his 382 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,120 desk and Amaranthus enters his office once again and says she 383 00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:49,040 found a letter outside addressed to him and she was hoping that 384 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:51,920 it might be a reply from William, but he says that he 385 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:54,920 doesn't think so. So when she leaves, he opens it 386 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,640 and finds that it's word from Percy, who has located the man 387 00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:03,840 they are looking for, which we know is Captain Richardson, and 388 00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:07,880 he asks John to go to his residence to meet him about it. 389 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:11,080 Back at the Ridge, Jamie is having all of the men prepare 390 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,040 for battle. And they're running drills over 391 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,520 and over again. And we see William approach him 392 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,080 in the woods. And Jamie is telling all the men 393 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,720 to spread out, hold the line, not engage with the targets only 394 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,160 after they engage with them first. 395 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,360 And William's watching Jamie, and as two soldiers, you can 396 00:21:29,360 --> 00:21:31,800 understand that this is something they now have in 397 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,880 common. And so Jamie points out to 398 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,200 William, they aren't exactly British regulars. 399 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,480 He wonders if the men will follow orders in the smoke and 400 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:42,080 ashes of battle. And that's when we also see 401 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,800 Whitaker approach him. Jamie introduces William. 402 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:49,600 And we learned through Whitaker that Ferguson has burned down an 403 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,040 entire settlement of free men when they refused to join his 404 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,960 cause. And so they moved to their 405 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,440 families further into the mountains and fled and sought 406 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,840 Jamie out. So when Jamie asks how he can 407 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,880 help them, he says they're actually there to help him by 408 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,800 joining his militia. And we can see that Jamie is 409 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,320 very excited to have more men and he offers to introduce them 410 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:14,040 to the rest of the troops. That's when William very 411 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,960 boyishly tells Jamie that they should go hunting in the forest 412 00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,800 and asks if they can go together, if they have time and 413 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,840 if Jamie might want to join him. And then he stutters and says 414 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:29,920 would tomorrow suit? And William agrees, so Jamie 415 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,600 makes fun of him by saying we'll meet in the forest, given that 416 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,040 William sort of stumbles over his words and asks him multiple 417 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:38,840 times if they'll go hunting in the forest. 418 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,000 And that is the title of the episode. 419 00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:45,800 Rodger is singing when Fanny approaches him and he asks what 420 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:47,840 she thinks of the song he selected. 421 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,120 And she points out that God is good to his sons, but doesn't 422 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:55,000 care about his daughters, and asks if he will be different 423 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,120 after he is ordained. Rodger compares his role to 424 00:22:59,120 --> 00:23:01,840 Jamie leading his men. People will know Rodger is a 425 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,680 good leader too, because he will be ordained, but he will be 426 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:08,280 leading them into God's hands. So Fanny thinks that that means 427 00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,800 that he should still have a sword for protection. 428 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,560 But Rodger can tell that there's something else on her mind. 429 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:16,880 And when he asks, she lies and says no. 430 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,120 But he says that he will be glad to see what she thinks after she 431 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:24,800 attends his ceremony, and we can see that something is still 432 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,480 plaguing her. Roger is on to it as well. 433 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:30,680 When we finally see Jamie and William hunting deer. 434 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:34,080 We watch them shoot the deer together, and Jamie is praying 435 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,480 after the deer, and William is pacing back and forth, watching 436 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,160 him from behind. So when Jamie finally asks if 437 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,960 he's all right, William sort of blurts out that he wants to 438 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,920 apologize for what he said to him at the river, and that he's 439 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,760 given it a lot of thought and realizes that his accusation was 440 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,560 malicious and beneath both of them. 441 00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:56,160 He asks for Jamie's forgiveness and Jamie says he accepts his 442 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,200 apology and they'll never speak of it again. 443 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,320 And William then tells Jamie that at Hellwater, he looked up 444 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,400 to him because he never treated him like a child and was the one 445 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,200 person in his life that he actually wanted to emulate, and 446 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,080 he worshipped him like a hero. And ultimately, he tells Jamie 447 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,240 that he loved him. But after he left at Hellwater 448 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:20,080 and rode away and didn't look back at him, he was heartbroken. 449 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:21,920 And he asks Jamie, I was your son. 450 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,320 How could you not look back at me? 451 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:26,560 I didn't even know it then, but you did. 452 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,240 You were the adult in this situation. 453 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,440 How could you just leave? And I loved this scene because 454 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,800 we haven't had a moment like this in the book yet. 455 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,400 So the show kind of got to write it however they wanted to. 456 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,880 And Jamie's crying. And he says, I love you too, but 457 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,200 I had nothing to give you. No name. 458 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,920 Money land. He was a Jacobite trader, 459 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,640 distrusted and hated by every man who had kept his oath to the 460 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,240 king. And he made those choices and 461 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,440 was prepared to live with the consequences. 462 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:59,200 But William, as much as he wanted to cry out the truth to 463 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,840 all angels in heaven, he says, would have been condemned to a 464 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:04,840 life of pain. So he did what he thought was 465 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:08,320 best, which was leave. And he didn't look back because 466 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,320 he knew that if he saw the look on William's face, it would have 467 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,800 shattered his resolve. And admits to William in a way 468 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,680 that I think is really, really healing for him, that he's 469 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:22,200 regretted that for years. When William came to Fraser's 470 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:26,560 Ridge with John, he saw the man that William had become and 471 00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,640 knows that he had caused him pain when he discovered the 472 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:33,400 truth. And for that he's sorry, but he 473 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,480 really hopes that he can forgive him. 474 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,520 And that's when we get this really beautiful hug between 475 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:41,760 William and Jamie, and the two of them cry in each other's 476 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,640 arms. And Jamie is finally able to hug 477 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,960 his son and comfort him as a man. 478 00:25:48,360 --> 00:25:49,920 And it's such a beautiful moment. 479 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,840 And I love the addition of Jamie looking up to thank God, which 480 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:58,600 flows right into Roger leading his service, everyone singing, 481 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:00,680 the kids and everyone at the Ridge taking part of it, 482 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,960 including William. And we see Fanny enter from the 483 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,480 back and when she makes eye contact with Roger, she 484 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:11,000 immediately retreats. So Rodger once again can sense 485 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,720 that something's going on with Fanny that he will need to 486 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,640 address. So when he gets back home, he 487 00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,080 finds her pressing flowers in her book and approaches her and 488 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,400 asks if all is well because she didn't stay at the ceremony. 489 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:27,160 That's when she explains that she can't stand being in a place 490 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:31,240 where her sister isn't welcome. So when Rodger enters into the 491 00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,360 room and asks if he can discuss it with her, she makes this 492 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,120 really snarky comment that unlike God, she is very 493 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,480 welcoming and will allow him to enter her room. 494 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:44,200 And Rodger clarifies that this is because of how Jane died, 495 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,720 right? Fanny thinks that she's 496 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,280 committed mortal sins and it's in hell now. 497 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,160 And Rodger says he's not sure if that's true because the Bible 498 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,600 says that that's the rules. But Rodger points out that 499 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:59,840 different denominations have differing beliefs, and the 500 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,960 church is made-up of people, and the rules are put in place by 501 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:08,080 man and not by God. So if she thinks Jane is with 502 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:13,440 God now, she should be able to talk to him and let him know how 503 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:18,080 she feels. It's up to Fanny to let him in 504 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:20,720 if she chooses. And Rodger says it's helpful to 505 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,080 be open to the idea of conversation with him first and 506 00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,920 sort of eases her into this concept, which I think for Fanny 507 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:30,360 is really healing because he's not telling her what to do, 508 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:34,680 simply offering her a solution to help her deal with her pain 509 00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,920 in a way that might be a little more healthy than how resentful 510 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,480 she's been feeling. He ends their conversation with 511 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,920 this line that Bri told him recently. 512 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,000 Sometimes all you need is a little time. 513 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,280 And then he makes a joke about maybe her talking about the herb 514 00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:51,680 instead. And then we see Fanny leave that 515 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,680 conversation and go to the Cairn where she normally talks to Jane 516 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,360 and tell Jane that she has hope that she'll see her again. 517 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,360 And she asks and begs for a sign that Jane can hear her. 518 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:06,840 And when she touches the Cairn and then makes her way to the 519 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,920 water, we see her picking up a stone that is green and dropping 520 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,440 it because it's hot to the touch and burns her hand. 521 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:17,320 And when she picks it up again, we hear the buzzing and we see 522 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,520 her watching the stone shatter in her hand and put her hands 523 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,760 over her ears, which confirms to us that Fanny is a time 524 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:29,360 traveler. This very much feels like a show 525 00:28:29,360 --> 00:28:33,720 only change to potentially weave this character into the Blood of 526 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:37,720 My Blood series, which I don't necessarily feel we need to do, 527 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,120 but they've spent so much time setting it up and then 528 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:45,320 confirming it in this scene that it feels too intentional to not 529 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,280 have some sort of a payoff in the Blood of My Blood series. 530 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:51,440 And it's not that I don't like the character of Fanny, because 531 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,640 I actually think this actress is a really talented little actress 532 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,280 and she does a wonderful job as her. 533 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,920 It's just all show only writing that doesn't necessarily fit 534 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:05,560 into the story, I know. And so I'm not sure what her 535 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,960 character in this capacity adds to the overarching storyline. 536 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:13,000 But I think for myself and hopefully for other people 537 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,400 watching the show, it's important to remember that Blood 538 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,040 of My Blood is entirely new material too. 539 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:23,240 So if they 2 choose to use Fanny, that's fine because she's 540 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,280 going into a narrative that doesn't exist in the book Canon. 541 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,760 At the solicitor's office, we see John waiting to meet Percy, 542 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,480 pacing back and forth. And Percy arrives late and he's 543 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,200 clearly nervous and offers John some Sherry. 544 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:39,840 And John says no and impatiently asks if he's found Captain 545 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,840 Richardson. And when he asks where he is, we 546 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,000 see Richardson knock John unconscious. 547 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:49,600 And that's how the episode ends. One thing that I personally 548 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,640 thought was missing from the show version of the story is 549 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:57,080 Richardson getting between William and Brianna. 550 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,160 Because in the book Richardson actually meets William near 551 00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:05,000 Charlestown and tells William I know your sister as a means of 552 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,400 threatening him. And William then writes Bri a 553 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,440 letter about it, warning her about him and actually signs 554 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,600 that letter as your brother, which is a significant moment in 555 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,680 the book for me. And he also sends a sketch of a 556 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:24,280 picture of Richardson to Bree. And she is then able to pinpoint 557 00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:27,280 the fact that he is a time traveler and he was one of the 558 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,520 men that was at Lally Brock when her family was being attacked in 559 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:34,160 Season 7. And it all ties back to Frank's 560 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,280 warning in his letter debris about Rob, Cameron and 561 00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,800 Richardson going back in time after her and people in the 562 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,920 future knowing that she is a time traveler. 563 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,280 So we see how the show made changes to that storyline in 564 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:49,800 episode 9. But I do think that for all the 565 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:52,960 work and groundwork they've done to make William and Bree closer, 566 00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:56,400 that storyline and his protectiveness over her when it 567 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,640 comes to Richardson was something I actually really 568 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,800 enjoyed in the book and I would have liked to see in the show. 569 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:04,640 But I I understand that they had to rework a lot of it and this 570 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,200 ended up getting cut for for that reason.