Yes, because, free alcohol always quells mob violence.
Back on the Ridge, Bree is holding down the fort.
Bree immediately decides to move everyone into the big house for safety, fearing Bonnet will come there.
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But all they want is a shot at Morton.
Which, like, fair.
They give the Beardsleys the good news that they’ve secured their papers.
Roger has abused his title of captain by dishonoring the loyalty his men promised him.
Jamie’s solution is to have Morton marry Alicia, but there’s one minor problemMorton is already married.
He loves Alicia, but he has a wife from an arranged marriage.
But Jamie’s solution is for Morton to hightail it out of town.
He’ll help him escape, and Morton will just have to live with never seeing Alicia again.
Back with the women folk (lol), Claire is explaining the strange tale of the Beardsleys.
The argument works, and the men of Brownsville even resolve to join the militia, answering to Richard.
On the Ridge, Bree tends the fire, while the children play.
She goes outside to fetch firewood, and when she returns is terror-stricken to discover Jemmy is missing.
Already jumpy, she’s now almost hysterical, calling out for Jemmy.
Marsali and Mrs. Bug venture to reassure her, and he is fine, playing right outside the door.
In Brownsville, Roger takes down the names of the new men, all with the last name Brown.
She reveals that Lucinda’s baby was born too early, and they lost her.
While Alicia helps Claire make the bed, she confesses the depth of her love for Isaiah.
This makes Alicia burst into tears because to make matters worse, she’s pregnant with Morton’s child.
So Marsali tells a tale of how she killed her father.
She just wanted to demonstrate that thinking about something doesn’t make it true, a.k.a.
Bree shouldn’t worry so much.
Later, Bree goes through her drawings and burns all the ones she’s made of Bonnet.
The militiamen are setting up camp when Claire notices Keziah is feverish.
She looks in his throat and realizes his tonsils are as infected as his brother’s.
Then, she can return to Jamie and his men.
The party atmosphere continues in BrownsvilleI guess all that whisky really works wonders.
Lucinda once again offers to Claire to keep the Beardsley babe.
Claire watches Jamie dance a Scottish jig before the two drunkenly wander in the woods.
Not to mention, the deed to the Beardsley house could be a potential home for Alicia.
Jamie is a bit forlorn at losing this chance to have another child.
She regrets that they were never parents together, but that regret isn’t reason enough to do something.
Not to mention, the very fertile Fergus and Marsali will probably keep the Ridge populated.
A gun shot interrupts their conversation.
Claire brings her back and tends her wounds, trying to convince her that nothing is worth dying for.
And surprise, Morton has come back into town.
Jamie encounters him in the dark, dropping the news that Alicia is pregnant.
So Jamie brings Morton to Alicia, and they kiss.
He tells Alicia he loves only her, not his wife.
Morton and Alicia admit it’s reckless, but they can’t live without each other.
Sensing kindred spirits/hopeless romantics, Roger, Claire, and Jamie all agree to help Morton and Alicia.
Claire watches as she monologues about adultery, betrayal, and dishonorand the excuses we make to justify them.
This Libra is shook.
What do you think Sassenachs?
