Synopsis of 1×13: Jamie is placed in a tough situation when a Redcoat deserter from his past returns; Jenny goes into labor; Jamie and Ian join The Watch.
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
Outlander, thus far, has done a brilliant job with the pacing of their episodes and plot arcs. From Claire’s trip back in time, to collecting the rent, to escaping Randall, each arc manages to have a solid beginning, middle, and end, keeping us on the edge of our seats. In the scope of this, this wasn’t a bad episode, but compared to it’s previous episodes, it was a step in the wrong direction.
Instead, it’s acknowledged between the family that they will divulge to the Redcoats that Jamie is still a fugitive and so they mock up the pretense of Jamie as their cousin, and a wartime comrade of Ian’s. Between Jamie’s cover, Jenny’s childbirth, Horrock’s arrival, and the ambush, the episode has too much keeping it going and yet is painfully slow at times.
Jenny goes into labor and gives the most vivid description of childbirth to date while also suffering through the trials of giving birth to a child in breech position. It opens the door to the fact that Claire can’t have children, as she confesses to Jamie tearfully that she tried with Frank, but she won’t be able to bear him heirs. Jamie, for his part, seems more comforting than troubled by Claire’s confession, though granted he does have a lot on his mind.
The ambush leaves Taran and Ian, who manage to make it back to Lallybroch to tell Claire and Jenny that Jamie has been taken prisoner by the Redcoats. It bodes ill for Jamie, given that Black Jack Randall has no doubt been hunting him down since he invaded the fortress and took Claire back.
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