Welcome to season 5, episode 2 ofOutlander,special blood and guts edition!
So far, my worries have not been allayed.
Sorry, not sorry.
Credit: Aimee Spinks/Starz
Back on the Ridge, it’s far from peaceful and quiet.
One of the settlers brings her husband to Claire’s surgery, in a panic over his difficulty breathing.
Knox dreams of capturing Murtagh to win his own land grant.
The two argue about honor and manners, and let’s move on before I fall asleep.
Perturbed by the perils of 18th-century medicine, Claire embarks on an autopsy of her dead neighbor.
She also fears anyone finding out and thinking Claire is a witch.
And worse, his wife accelerated his death.
He introduces them to the victims of the riot, showcasing their wounds still raw with tar and feathers.
Jamie is stunned, clearly shaken by the violence Murtagh and his men will perpetrate.
But they are defiant, proclaiming, “I am Spartacus Murtagh Fitzgibbons.”
Naturally, Jamie uses this as an excuse later that night to go and jailbreak the remaining regulators.
But they’re still disgusted with his choices.
And then they drop the bomb that Murtagh was there the night of the riot.
Not exactly staying hard to find like Jamie asked, is he?
He reminisces about Tufty Fluffytail, a cartoon squirrel who teaches Scottish children about road safety.
But they’re soon arguing again as she realizes he wants to go back to their time.
She doesn’t their whole family is here in the past.
Guys, should you not have discussed all this BEFORE the wedding?
The dead neighbor is still in Claire’s makeshift doctor’s office.
But Claire still has to contend with the perils of old wives' tales and historical medicine.
In Hillsborough, Knox and Fanning bemoan the jailbreak with Jamie pretending to know nothing.
The lesson here war is coming and Jamie doesn’t have enough men.
Knox wants him to gather a true militia and be prepared for battle.
It’s time for a Claire and Roger heart-to-heart.
But he surmises it’s probably psychological.
Having been raised by a minister, he’s reluctant to shoot anyone or anything.
Surprisingly, Claire sides with Roger and wants them to leave.
But they agree no decision can be made until they know whether Jem can travel through the stones.
Though he does assure them neither he nor Jamie has any say over the other.
Apparently, Bree is less concerned that Three Dog Night songs will disrupt the fabric of spacetime.
Like WTF?).
Is this your way of telling us Bonnet has mommy issues, writers?
His colleagues are horrified, wondering why Bonnet didn’t just kill the man outright.
He ominously replies, “It would set a bad example.
I’m a father now.”
Which can only be VERY, VERY bad news for the whole Fraser clan.
