This episode had me feeling all kinds of emotions.
First I was Awwww, then I was Ohhh and finally it was Oh, My God!
Let’s Go.
Hey guys it’s Marcia and welcome to Really Seriously for real.
Yesterday I posted a video about what I thought of Season 4 So far?
Though I’ve been underwhelmed, I still press on because I really felt like ultimately,
everything would come together or at least the story line would open up to something
more juicy.
Hmmmp!
Did it.
When I tuned into Savages at midnight on the Starz app…I could hardly contain myself.
My Dad always said to listen to elders.
Listen to their stories.
They have amassed years of knowledge and wisdom you can learn from.
Watching Claire with Adewehi made me think of my Dad’s words.
Their exchange of culture and language was mesmerizing.
She tells Claire, her daughter is here and Claire assumes she means in her heart.
Sure Claire. LOL
Tantoo Cardinal who plays Adewehi is a legend in her own right.
Lending her talent to so many movies and tv appearances over the years.
Her eyes are captivating and believable.
She was someone I was looking forward to following throughout the season.
Buuuut, we’ll come back to that.
Jamie was headed to town with Ian so they can try to find people to fill in the 10,000
acres they were given by Governor Tryon.
And, can we pause a bit to showcase the awesomeness of the finished Fraiser Home.
Very nice I must say.
And that also helps to establish that quite some time has passed since the events of last
episode.
Before saying goodbye to Claire, we see Jamie take one of his mother’s candlesticks that
Jocasta gave him before their departure from Riverrun.
We see him shove it in his bag without Claire noticing.
But I love that she notices later on.
It’s interesting because Jamie tells Claire he had a dream about Brianna and describes
her birthmark.
Did the cosmos just send Jamie and Adewehi a message about Brianna?
Poor Claire was left off the email string I guess.
Anyway, Jamie needs to get going but despite his concern for leaving Claire alone, she
tells him to have no fear, it’s just a few days.
What can happen?
Famous last words.
So Jamie and Ian head to town and Claire delivers a baby for a neighboring German family.
I felt the writers and actors did a great job disarming me.
They make Claire an honorary grandma to the new baby and then they name the baby Clara
to honor Claire.
Oh, they loaded it on thick.
The jubilant grandfather, Gerhard and uncle come home baring gifts which the young mother,
Petronela was so happy about.
They completely made you feel that life was good…so you knew something was about to
mess things up.
And then Rollo just had to start barking.
This alerted everyone to our Cherokee friends obtaining water for their horses in a creek
just in front of their home.
I was like dang Rollo, you didn’t recognize them.
But I suppose not.
The jubilant grandfather went all Rambo and he and his son grabbed their rifles ready
to fire.
Claire jumps between them all hoping to dial down the anger.
Which she does.
Everyone calms down, lowers their guns.
Tawodi is like, you’re lucky you’re friends with Adewehi “Bear Killer’s” wife.
Then Tawodi starts sprinkling something near the water.
Oh my gosh, Gerhard starts pointing his gun again.
Claire yells, it’s just a blessing.
Claire heads home and the poor thing is just worn out.
She just delivered a baby and brokered a truce.
The next bit was cool because you get to see a day in a life of at the homestead.
Taking care of the livestock, cooking, cleaning.
Just running the home.
And then that knock at the door.
A minister who had the unfortunate task of telling Claire that Petronella and the baby
she just helped deliver a week ago has now died due to the measles.
Gerhard however believes the Cherokee cursed them and possibly blames Claire.
The minister tells Claire to find somewhere safe until things blow over she decides to
stay and sleep with a rifle.
-no country for old men style.
I think it was No Country For Old Men
It's like one of the characters is just sitting there in the chair with a gun
Both her and Rollo are jumping at every noise until finally Gerhard shows up at her door.
She has the gun trained.
And then he just walks in.
Maybe I should’ve looked this up, but when were indoor locks evented.
How is this guy supposed to just waltz in.
And fine, if there aren’t any locks then Claire really should’ve barricaded the door.
He would not be getting in if that were me.
No, this guy just walks right on and makes himself comfortable.
You want some tea?
I thought that scene was so powerful both in his delivery and in Claire’s.
Watching her drop her guard more and more and finally relax as he said all the right,
seemingly logical things.
And his own internal clock just seemed to wind down.
Tired from his grief.
When he handed the cloth to Claire though, I knew it was too bulky to be the doll, I
just couldn’t have imagined it would be Adewehi scalp!
That really got me in the gut cause she didn’t deserve that.
Someone said Adewehi’s words to Claire in the previous episode will start to make sense
sooner rather than later and yes it did.
The native retaliation was haunting.
Watching their fire arrows tear through the night sky and in Gerhard’s home.
Watching his wife walk out the burning cabin and both she and Gerhard succumb to an arrow.
The camera panning across the group of Cherokee with the only the highlight and roar of the
fire, left me breathless.
It’s weird saying such a scene was well done considering the outcome.
There were no winners here.
Only death.
Jamie had his own problems because no one wanted the land he had to offer.
Sign me up then, I’ll take it.
But if it had anything to do with Tryon and his tax collectors they wanted nothing of
it.
What is Jamie to do?
Cause he can’t pay tax on 10,000 acres by himself.
Jamie’s about head on home when they have a lucky break.
{Laughter} C’mon, that was clever.
Cause the horse’s bit breaks, forcing Ian to go to the smithy.
Yeah, it only took me 2 pages of commentary to finally get there.
I was watching this episode at midnight in bed.
My honey was asleep, so I had on my headphones.
When they kept showing the “man’s” silhouette and not his face, I was like, who the heck
is he and why is he so special?
I never caught the voice.
When he finally turned around!
I had to pull my tablet closer because I was genuinely shocked.
Murtaugh?!
Is that you?
Oh my gosh!
Very clever to have Jamie march back over there all angry when he learned he overcharged
Ian for the repair.
The recognition in Murtaugh’s eyes when he heard Jamie’s voice.
Oh! And Jamie. Oh my God!
If you were looking for a meatier encounter for Jamie…this was it.
Look at his eyes here.
Sam Heughan dialed into raw emotion.
Almost looked like a boy again.
I was just crying my eyes out.
I could watch this scene a thousand times.
Can you imagine that?
Someone you thought you’d never see again just appears in front of you after years of
absence.
Well, I guess for Jamie there was Claire’s return and Brianna’s on the horizon.
Oh man Jamie, talk about emotional overload.
Watching Murtaugh and Jamie catch up on things was mesmerizing.
There’s some kind of magic with original cast such as Dunkin
When he found out Claire was back, even I was smiling.
Trying to watch this episode silently next to my sleeping honey was tough.
And then, the snag.
Finding out Murtaugh is a Regulator easily recruiting the men that had previously denied
Jamie’s offer of land.
Just like my Dad said, listen to your elders.
You’ll learn something.
Obviously, this will cause great conflict because Jamie promised Tryon he’d help regulate
the regulators.
Added bonus, the candlestick that Jamie took from the cabin and had tried to get the town
silversmith to do something with it…only to find Miss horney pants instead of her silversmith
husband.
I thought the scene was great.
I love layers, and this was a perfect little distraction.
But anyway, thankfully Murtaugh can help Jamie with the candlestick.
And another cool moment when Murtaugh knew they belonged to Ellen.
Argghhhhh.
Oh they need to stop.
By the time Jamie got back to Fraiser’s Ridge, poor Claire was wound so tight and
so scared.
Jamie could see it in her face immediately.
I loved that embrace even when they showed it in the trailer.
It looked like whatever Claire had gone through, she was so broken.
You knew it was the embrace of, I am so sad, thank God you’re here.
Knowing what happened now, made it even more powerful.
Next best thing to come from that era…Murtaugh whistling the “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”
as he walked up on Claire.
It’s like, “Flashback!”
To season 1, episode 14.
Roadtrip!
When Claire and Murtaugh took their act on the road when they needed to find Jamie.
“The feels” I wanted to jump in between their hug.
Alright, as much as I’d like to only talk about Murtaugh, love him.
We need to talk briefly about Roger and Brianna.
Poor guy was tracing back her steps trying to confirm what he already knows.
She traveled through the stones.
Brianna took a page from Doc in Back to the furture Part II or III.
The scene plays in both, where Marty receives a letter in the rain from Doc at the exact
moment he disappeared…like 100 years later.
Brianna chose a more practical 1 year asking the bed and breakfast patron to send Roger
a letter a year after she leaves.
What a request.
I like how the bed and breakfast owner felt so sorry for Roger that she went ahead and
gave him the letter right away.
Roger looking so sad and pitiful on the bench reading the letter was such a contrast to
his oversized beanie hat.
I loved it.
But Brianna confirmed what we already knew telling Roger she needed to warn her parents
of their impending doom, and she really cared for Roger, but don’t follow her.
Oh, yeah, yeah, sure.
All this being told over video of her arriving at and walking through the stones.
I loved this episode!
Best so far!
I sound like my son every time he’s sees a Marvel movie.
Each one is always better than the previous, no matter what.
Well that was me here.
It had everything.
Raw, passionate emotion, wild imagery.
Quiet layers.
Conflict of all kinds that made sense and set in motion story that is ripe with intrigue
and Murtaugh.
It had Murtaugh ya’ll.
I’m happy.
This is what I’ve been waiting for and I hope they continue this trend and maintain
a balance of story and visual energy.
Question of the Day?
What was most shocking?
Murtaugh’s return or Adewehi’s death?
I’m still hurt.
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