Jamie and Bree take a walk together among the fireflies and talk about William and Disneyland, among other things. ‘A GIANT RAT?’ | With the rest of the jewels procured, they prep for the trip out to Ocracoke the next morning. “It is my very great pleasure,” John says, barely holding it together. With a bow (c’mon man, no hug?), Jamie thanks him and leaves. They talk about how William, a British soldier, is excited to fight and how John can’t understand why Jamie won’t also take up arms for The Crown “even for no other reason than to stand by your son?” It becomes very clear that they will not reach a meeting of the minds on something as major as the forthcoming war, and then Jamie says the thing they’re both thinking: “I fear we must sever all connection between us.” This nearly brings Grey to tears, and then Jamie is verklempt when he promises that “even in silence, I shall remain your most humble friend.” Lord John then produces a gemstone that Jamie took from the island when he was a prisoner, and presses it into his friend’s palm, telling him to use it for Brianna. MY TWO DADS | … he swings by Lord John’s rooms later. Oh, and Jamie witnesses his children’s first meeting from down the street, which comes up again when… William goes about his day, still unaware that he’s just conversed with his half-sister, and Lord John probably relief-sweats through his cravat while he thanks Bree for her discretion. (Ha!) I loved how thrown Lord John is by her sudden appearance. And that’s where Brianna happens to see Lord John and William, all grown up now, as she exits a shop. How much did I love the episode, written by executive producer Toni Graphia? Let me count the ways:īIG WILLIE STYLE | The MacKenzies’ imminent departure means a trip into Wilmington to procure more gems to protect the family as they travel through the stones at Ocracoke. This realization sets off a chain of events that gives us really good stuff from a whole lot of characters. Mandy’s cardiac problem leads Roger and Brianna to realize that they’ll have to return to the 1970s in order for a surgeon to be able to save their daughter. When that time turns troubling, thanks to Claire’s diagnosing a problem with her new granddaughter’s heart, we’re presented with some real evidence of the drama’s creative rebirth. After a rough start in which Allan Christie confesses to impregnating and then murdering his sister, Malva (complete with a flashback that shows him thrusting on top of her while she disassociates, which I’m fairly sure was not necessary)*, we get lots of Fraser family time highlighted by the birth of Brianna and Roger’s daughter, Amanda Claire Hope MacKenzie, or Mandy for short. Starz Cancels Three Shows, Including Heels and Run the Worldīut this week’s episode makes me very hopeful for the rest of Season 7 and Outlander’s subsequent - and final - Season 8.
There were some standout performances and nicely handled moments (Caitriona Balfe’s harrowing work in the Season 5 finale, Sam Heughan’s portrayal of Jamie in the aftermath of Murtagh’s death) but there were also a bunch of ultimately uneventful episodes (all those times the British pressured Jamie, and we’re just now getting to the revolution?) and some really regretful scenes (the cringey goings-on in the stables at Jocasta’s wedding, may we never speak of them again).
That’s why it’s been so disappointing that the last couple of seasons of the show were about as vivid and interesting as that dunbonnet Jamie wore during his years in the cave.
I’m an Oldlander through and through: I love Claire and Jamie Fraser more than any adult should probably care about fictional characters. If you read our site with any regularity, you know that I’m a devotee of the books from way back, and I’ve written about Starz’s adaptation since before it aired its first episode. Time to flip the “Number of Episodes Since Outlander Made Me Cry” counter back to zero.
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