The emotional toll of this week’s episode of Outlander is staggering, but Jamie’s right: We should bear it all together now.
Warning and Spoiler Alert: This recap DOES contain plot points from tonight’s episode: “Best Laid Schemes”
Jamie was all too delighted to hear that his captor/tormentor/rapist Black Jack Randall was alive because it meant that he would get to be the one to issue the terminal blow, but Claire was probably definitely banking on that day to come a lot later than now. But when he shows up, in full English red, to sully the pristine gardens of Versailles with his very presence, he’s ready to accept Jamie’s challenge to a duel, which means Claire has to act fast if she wants to ensure the existence of her future husband, Frank. But this pseudo-rescue of one husband (after all, Jack very well could have impregnated Mary Hawkins in the alley, if he was indeed the one who deserves the allegation) might just cost her the stability of another.
Even the best-laid plans can backfire exquisitely.