![]() ![]() There’s no fire, or storm, or any other natural disaster situation. They don’t encounter any of Browns’ men, thieves, or angry villagers in the woods. Roger and Bree clearly left the Ridge before the Committee of Safety arrived to arrest Claire. The main conflict during Roger and Bree’s trip is Jemmy having lice, and hints and introspection about the truth of their future knowledge. A Breath Of Snow And Ashes has several chapters on Roger becoming a minister, as well as Roger and Bree discussing how their knowledge of the Revolutionary War affects their family. This discord does not mean the focus on their plot development was “unnecessary” or a “distraction” from Jamie and Claire. Roger and Bree’s journey to the seminary is supposed to parallel Jamie and Claire’s trip, but there’s a discord in tone, and because the stakes are nowhere near equal. Unfortunately, Claire is injured after hitting a villager who tries to climb into the wagon. Brown is forced to step in to hold back the mob. At one rest stop, angry villagers throw rocks and stones while shouting Claire is a witch. These scenes perfectly capture Claire’s anguish, and Jamie’s instinct to protect Claire no matter what. This isn’t exactly a guarantee that Brown isn’t motivated by settling scores for his brother’s death last season, but it prevents anyone else from getting hurt. (Honestly, Crombie and the other badmouths should have been evicted from the Ridge for their disrespect, but that’s another discussion.) Jamie and Claire reluctantly agree to surrender to face a jury trial in Salisbury, only because Tom Christie promises to keep them safe. Hiram Crombie and the other fisherfolk show up, not to defend Jamie and Claire, but to convince them not to resist the arrest anymore. The siege on the Ridge continues into the night. ![]() Jamie and Claire have to rely on each other for strategy and supplies of weapons. A fight ensues, and Claire ends up shooting a man who tries to sneakily grab her. Jamie and Claire are by themselves, as many of the Ridge residents have fled for safety, or are unaccounted for. The episode did lay the foundation for an expanded Season 7, but it came at the cost of pacing problems in the middle of the episode.Įpisode 8 begins right where viewers left off, with Richard Browns’ Committee of Safety surrounding the big house. Book readers, in particular, will not be happy that the episode failed to answer these questions, because Malva is such an unpopular and controversial character in the book canon. Unfortunately, the question of both who killed Malva, as well as how Claire and Jamie are going to prove their innocence, was left unresolved. Outlander Season 6’s final episode had a tall order in terms of fan expectations, as well as translating book events to the screen. This review contains Outlander finale spoilers. ![]()
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