Roger and Brianna let their passion for one another rage like a bon fire…
And Claire and Jamie make a bee line for the tree line
{Laugh} Let’s Go
Hey guys it’s Marcia and welcome to Really Seriously for Real
The last two episodes left a dark cloud wandering over Claire and Jamie so me as the viewer
was looking for some much-needed levity.
Knowing this episode would be our first look at Brianna and Roger who we last saw getting
closely associated with each other’s lips after Claire’s departure in Season 3
I thought we would be in for some cute, romantic, puppy love kinda specialness.
And we were, up until things got weird just past the halfway point.
But let me back up.
Jamie said his goodbyes to Aunt Jocasta, informing her that he and Claire will continue on west.
Of course, Jocasta was more than disappointed and scoffed at the idea of Jamie pursuing
the printing trade.
In fact, that was the first time she truly let out a supreme air of annoyance.
I’ve really enjoyed Aunt Jocasta or more so Maria Doyle Kennedy who portrays her
She’s given Jocasta so many layers.
Kindness, softness, stoic and stern.
Really well done.
When Jamie refused an offering of money she would hear nothing of it and walked away.
I was cracking up because Jamie looked at the money and then back at Jocasta, then took
the money and followed her.
Like, “If you insist Auntie.”
I was about to say, c’mon Jamie…now you know you need that money where you’re going.
Jocasta offered Jamie candle holders that belonged to Jamie’s Mom Ellen and told him tenderly,
how she wished she could see his face just once more.”
Oh my God, that just gave me all the feels.
I think many of us were hoping for a bit more conversation about Jamie’s Mom, but I think
this moment, no matter how small, was just the right touch.
And then it was Claire’s turn.
In Outlander, Claire and Jamie are the heroes, so I’m usually supposed to side with the
heroes, no matter how out there they may be in any situation, but ya’ll already know
I don’t hold back if something puts me off, so when Claire says her goodbyes to Jocasta,
it was in the doorway of the room that Jocasta was in.
Complete opposite ends, and It was kinda like, thanks, bye.
I mean she Claire tried, there was more to the conversation.
And I understand that the awful events just happened the night before, so it’s fresh in everyone's mind.
I mean, I’m a Scorpio and Scorpio’s hold grudges….
I NEVER forget, but it just seemed like Claire was holding Jocasta responsible for everything.
Yes, she’s a woman of her time but hardly responsible for a collective ignorance.
Meeting Aunt Jocasta is like meeting Jamie’s Mom by extension.
You came to her door with nothing and she offered you everything with nothing asked
of you in return, well other than acceptance of these....cultural...differences
And Jocasta started out by apologizing for the occurrences of the previous evening.
Eh, I don’t know, I guess I would’ve handled it differently.
That put me off a bit.
In fact, this whole episode would’ve been perfect for a reaction video-cause I'm telling you guys
you should've saw the faces I was making.
Anyway, the more interesting thing is that Jocasta snapped at Claire and told her Jamie
is blinded for his love for you.
You’re preventing him from achieving greatness.
Ouch.
There’s that fire.
She came down a little hard on Claire.
And...I would say after THAT It would’ve been more appropriate that Claire said her abrupt goodbyes cause
that type of exchange…would make sense and I would understand
I mean either way everyone's tensions were high.
Though, interestingly, Claire tells Jocasta how dare she judge, she hasn’t seen Jamie
since he was a boy and has known the two of them together for only of a few days…but couldn't the same could’ve
been said by how Claire handled things when they first got to River Run.
Listen, tell me if I’m wrong and I will totally understand. And I know that the book will offer a more robust and
rounded description of events, but the show has to present this to readers and non-readers alike
and after watching all three episodes several times over, this is where the show is a bit
clunky.
Yeah, I’ll say clunky.
It’s not grr I want to throw my TV out the window, it’s more like they needed to iron
out the execution a bit better.
So westward they go including Ian after he gave Jamie an impassioned and mature reason
why he should stay.
John Quincy Meyers also showed up courtesy of Aunt Jocasta
I mean, you know, it's funny
I kinda looked at that scene
aunt jocasta, again, she's like that mother figure
and i just think about my own Mom
anytime
we would visit, whatever the case was
she's always stocking our bags with all kinds of stuff
oh here's some food, here's some blankets, here's some clothes, you need some slippers
{laughter}
she always wants to make sure that we have everything that we need
and that was Aunt Jocasta, just making sure her surrogate baby is set on his long journey
So anyway, John Quincy Meyers, like I said
is gonna lead them a ways until they will have to part ways the next morning and
with Ian.
The look on Jamie and Claire’s face when he said Ian was going with him.
They were like, “I’m sorry, you said what?”
But ultimately they decide to trust their nephew’s life with a man they just met…ya’ll already
know what I’m thinking-LOL Moving on---on the other side of time.
Roger is sadly handing over the keys to his empty home to Mrs Grahams granddaughter Fiona
and her husband.
This scene actually opens the show.
Another slight annoyance, only slight, is that the show didn’t really explain why Fiona was getting the house.
I mean Roger was looking so glib it was like did you fall on hard times and have to sell the place?
Anyway, He’s headed to America for a Scottish Ceremony
and to see his kinda sorta girlfriend Brianna.
Fiona tells him to go get your girl. Although I think
She may have needed to be more specific with what she was thinking, cause later on, things
just get awkward-lol We’ll get to that.
Roger flies to America and he and Brianna drive to North Carolina for a Scottish festival.
On the way they play an intellectual game involving cats and Miss Flirty Brianna grabs
a kiss nearly causing poor Roger to run off the road.
Kids, don’t try this…anywhere.
And this was probably the coolest part of the whole show.
The same road they were on, transitioned from 1970 to Claire, Jamie, Ian and John traveling
by horseback on the very same stretch of land.
Very cool.
Ok, my transitions are a bit clunky because I already said John and Ian left but…
I'm not feeling well, so I'm just gonna blame it on that.
Alright, but I wanna stick a bit with Bri and Roger, cause they were cute for a bit.
They went to this Scottish festival and Roger sang and played the guitar
And that was really Richard Rankin singing
Boy can sang
Very good
and Brianna, she got all googly eyed. Note his song was called "The False Bride"
When Roger walks her to her cabin, she invites him inside after presenting him with a gift
of liquor and literature.
Once inside, she wasted no time unleashing the animal inside and Roger wasted no time
unraveling the mood by asking Brianna to marry him.
This is where the show just got weird for me.
Roger was so……I can’t even think of a proper word.
Abrasive maybe?
It was just so uncomfortable.
Not the sweet Roger I’d come to love.
I thought Brianna handled herself pretty well.
I mean, she’s like 23.
It’s the 70’s.
She like, this is going a bit too fast.
Slow down honey, we have all the time in the world.
He says he’s old fashioned, and yeah he grew up in a reverend's home
but I found him to be just plain brutish.
If I can’t have all of you, I don’t want any of you.
Ill.
And the next day at the bonfire even after Brianna tried to bridge the divide, he still
acted so angry so I’m glad Brianna left because he doesn’t deserve you.
Alright let’s get back to the past.
So, Claire and Jamie are travelling and now you know Jocasta is in Claires head
and got her all shook up, so Claire
asks Jamie if he was sure that this was the life he wanted which of course it is.
He’s happy, she’s happy.
I was happy cause I felt like I was getting some good conversation…until Claire goes
chasing after a Donkey that bolted after it was spooked by thunder.
Claire…Claire, Claire, Claire, Cliare Claire….oh Lord
I thought we already established that you and Jamie can’t be separated?
Crazy things happen when you separate?
And then boom, she’s lost lightning bolt hits the tree.
She’s knocked off her horse and knocked out
The horse is outta there saying, "we shoulda stayed with Jamie."
She wakes up and it’s pouring rain and now she has to cozy up under a tree for shelter.
She takes off her shoes and gets comfortable.
Then, looks over and what do we have here, finds a skull and calmly unearths it and some sort of jewel or stone.
Then a figure holding a torch starts walking or phasing towards her.
He’s basically a ghost.
He just stares at her and she walks up to him and calmly asks, who are you, what do
you want?
I WISH ya’ll could see my face right now.
You’re lost at night in the woods.
Thunder, lightning, torrential rain.
You sit in a tree for shelter and ya’ll know how I feel about certain types of trees.
You find a skull and then said owner of skull takes a leisurely stroll in ghost form and
just stares at you….and you’re calm????
Nope.
Ugh ugh.
The ghost turns around and disappears but not before you see the fresh scalping he received I guess.
Same as the skull.
Anyway, next day Claire finds that her shoes were gone, but she follows footsteps in the
mud that lead her to Jamie who had been looking for her but stopped once he found the shoes
just hanging out by the stream.
Claire tells him about the spirit, but he was just thankful for her return.
Guess he was like, good thing you showed up otherwise I’d have to go back to River
Run, like “Auntie”, I guess I’ll take you up on that offer now.
{Laughter} Sorry
Later on, Claire realizes the skull had silver fillings and figures he too must have been
a “traveler”…the plot thickens.
In the end, Claire and Jamie take a break from riding and happen upon some strawberries
which Jamie explains that’s then emblem of his house Fraser and then looks out at
that big beautiful CGI scenery and says let’s settle here and call it Frasers Ridge.
Oooook.
Let’s just get right into my final thoughts.
I think overall the episode was a nice way to cradle us from the two previous heavy ones.
But while I was fine with everything up to just past the midpoint, the rest was a bit
clunky.
I was extremely turned off by Roger in the end and that’s unfortunate because I always
liked him.
The reveal of Frasers Ridge was better for me on the second watch, cause the first time
through I was so put off by the roger scenes and the weird fascination with the skeleton
that I kinda checked out I guess.
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