![]() ![]() In the one with Ian, she admits to being so happy with her life, feeling that she belongs in the Carolinas, and doesn’t miss Scotland. The actress who plays Marsali is so authentic in her portrayal. Jamie is “heartsick, seeing him troubled so.” Ian says he can’t tell him the truth of it yet. ![]() Jamie asks him what happened to him with the Mohawk. He’s uncomfortable in Jamie Fraser’s grand house. Jamie comes across him lying on the wood planks on the floor instead of in the bed. We don’t know what’s going on inside Young Ian’s mind, but it’s clear he is suffering. The subject changes to Roger’s land from Tyron, and whether Young Ian might accompany Roger to survey the land.Īlone, Roger is strumming his guitar and mumbling the lyrics to Clementine, but he can’t get past the flashbacks, the memories of the pain, and the fear of hanging from that tree. During the meal, it becomes clear that Young Ian is suffering from something, but he is reticent. Later that evening, at dinner, the family gathers, minus Roger. ![]() She pleads with him, are you going to fight for us? He does not respond. He needs to snap out of it, but Roger won’t even look at her. But she keeps it together because of her love for him and Jemmy. She acknowledges his voice is his gift and reminds him that the went through hell, too. This takes Roger immediately back to the hanging, and the silent film plays in his mind. Marsali and Roger are playing cards, and somehow, she keeps drawing the ‘hangman’ card for Roger. The reunion is heartfelt, but we also notice that Young Ian is not the same man he was before. They embrace, but still, Roger can’t express himself with words. Moments later, a wild boar attacks, and Jamie prepares to fight the creature with a stick, but an arrow from the bow of Young Ian saves him! Yes, Ian is back!īack at Fraser’s Ridge, we witness the special bond between Roger and Ian (Ian’s sacrifice saved Roger). In the woods, Jamie and Claire are playing with Jemmy when there’s a rustling in the trees. Claire advises her to have faith, and she will find him. Roger is drowning in silence, she says, and she is afraid her husband is lost to her. Vietnam and World War II didn’t have the phrase PTSD, per se, but both women have seen men with what Brianna calls the thousand-yard stare. Meanwhile, Roger is filmed through a hazy camera lens, the edges are blurry, and the flashbacks use the silent motion picture approach.īrianna and Claire talk about the men they’ve known who survived the war with broken spirits and minds. Her effort at minimizing the horror of Roger’s predicament fails. Brianna is teasing him about words she’ll teach Jemmy that won’t be to his liking. We learn Roger hasn’t tried to speak since the hanging. Three months later (we know this because the screen tells us so), we’re no longer playing in the world of silent films. Roger lays silently on the ground staring at the sky. Brianna pleads tearfully for her husband to open his eyes. In silence, Claire works to save Roger’s life, getting him breathing normally again. The dialogue is written on the screen, the footage is black and white, and the sound of the old-time movie reel churns. The writers of this episode decided to have some fun (if that’s what you want to call it) and use the silent movie framing for flashback scenes of the hanging. Roger is of a mind that last words outlive the dead. He is admonishing the class for the poor results of a recent homework assignment on Famous Last Words. Brianna slips into the back of the room, watching her man do his thing. We begin in 1969 at Oxford University, where Roger is teaching a class about last words. They had to muck it up with a recovery that resonated, making his close-call a painful journey back to sanity. With social distancing, isolation, ZOOM book launches, and posting my efforts at photo-op friendly meals (a failure, by the way), I was excited to watch the new episode of Outlander, knowing the worse thing possible would be corrected.īut damn those writers, they couldn’t just let Roger be all better. Because–this was not the end of Roger MacKenzie. So, yeah, I was looking forward (odd way of putting it) to this new episode and how the producers were going to save him. Those words went through my mind thinking about the closing shot of Outlander’s “The Ballad of Roger Mac.” I mean, seriously, Roger is hanging from a tree, a rope around his neck, his fingers jammed between his throat and the thick knot choking the life from his body. ![]()
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