The reunion with Claire is a bit less epic, but no less emotional. She tries to get Bree to open up about Roger, but Bree is resigned to his being gone. As they continue their journey on wagon and horseback, Jamie and Claire discuss everything from Bree’s evident heartbreak to the news she’s brought of their deaths. Bree busies herself doing farm work, adjusting to life on the Ridge. They go to Jamie and Lizzie explains he’s the man who she watched take Bree away with him. And from you to me.”. Bree, who has been through so much in the last few weeks, in the last few years, starts sobbing and, for the first time in a long time, her father comforts her. And, to add insult to literal injury, you get the wrong person. “It’s not your fault,” Claire tells her sobbing daughter, and I want her to keep repeating it until Bree can believe it for herself. tunefind A long-term lover of all things science fiction…, Vikings Season 6 Part Two Review (Spoiler-Free), The Expanse Season 5 Episode 4 Review: Gaugamela, Bridgerton Review: Netflix Series Redefines Period Romance on TV, Outlander Season 5 Episode 12 Promo, Release Date, and Details, Outlander Season 5 Finale Details: Everything You Need to Know, Scary Christmas Stories: A History of the Holiday's Ghostly Tradition, MST3K: A Christmas Episodes Guide for Mystery Science Theater 3000, Christmas Movies and TV Specials: Full 2020 Schedule, Outlander Season 4 Episode 9 Review: The Birds & The Bees. For the most part, this episode was excellent. Bree admits she saw Stephen Bonnet with the ring and offered to buy it, which is when she was attacked. She reveals that she is Brianna and his daughter, and the two share a touching, tear-filled reunion. Bree is more determined than ever to get to Cross Creek and find her parents. She can’t open up about her assault yet, but she does manage to tell her that Frank knew Claire returned to Jamie and the past. Bree goes to find Jamie and happens upon him while he’s relieving himself — you know the way we all hope to meet the father we’ve never met before. She says the baby might not be Roger’s and Claire is shocked, then horrified when Bree breaks down in tears saying she didn’t fight this other man hard enough. What a bloody mess. It’s only simple.”, “She is a gift, from me to you. She says she is, and he sends her back to the cabin with a promise not to say anything to Bree and Claire. The episode ends with Jamie asking Young Ian to get rid of Roger somewhere, though not to kill him. January 2, 2019 by Andrea Reiher. She goes downstairs to ask after Roger and discovers he left with the crew of the Gloriana. As Brianna struggles to compartmentalize the trauma she suffered in the wake of the tragedy that befell her in Wilmington, she refocuses on finding her parents. Kayti Burt is a full-time pop culture writer who serves as a staff editor at Den of Geek. ... 1.0 out of 5 stars Episode 1 of Season 4 a complete disappointment. “So does everyone always call you Young Ian?” I have never related to Bree more than in this moment. Well, hopefully some of episode 9 "The Birds & The Bees" will make up for the trigger-warning inducing turn season 4 … Jamie tries to ease the conflict between Colum and Dougal sparked by Claire's rescue. They go hunting bees but take their muskets with them (I know this is in case they encounter wild animals, but it still feels absurd from a visual standpoint). He beats the hell out of him, making his face a bloody pulp and knocking him unconscious. Or so she assumes. When pressed, Lizzie finds out that the woman is, indeed, Claire Fraser, and that she and her husband are still in town. Season Four of Outlander continues the story of time-traveling 20th century doctor Claire Fraser and her 18th century Highlander husband Jamie Fraser as they try to make a home for themselves in colonial America. Brianna agrees, but only if she can bring Lizzie. Rating: A-A-S5 E12 Recap Outlander season finale recap: Safe In Your Arms. “Trying to change the future has never worked for us in the past.” What a sentence! Outlander Season 4, Episode 9. Unfortunately, in the episode’s closing minutes, it becomes about Jamie’s pain, anger, and desire for revenge, and that takes this episode from something worth celebrating to another asterisked triumph for Outlander. In the previous episode of Starz’s Outlander, Stephen Bonnet raped Brianna after she turned Roger away.Meanwhile, Jamie … When they go on a bee-hunting trip together, Bree confesses that getting closer to Jamie feels like a betrayal of Frank. Outlander: See the season 4 costumes that Terry Dresbach worried would be ‘dull’ Outlander stars tease much-anticipated return of Roger and Brianna; Episode Recaps. Anyway, Lizzie could smell the man’s “seed” on Bree — a fact which is almost as upsetting as the depiction of the events themselves. Yet, we’re meant to support Claire saying goodbye to her forever to chase after a man she loves. The bee-hunting escapade is a success, with Bree and Jamie returning with smiles on their faces, a little closer than before. Roger is on horseback, hunting for Bree, and using a compass. Affiliates with free and paid … Something tells me this is all going to get worse before it gets better. She searches the docks for him, but the ship has set sail. The Ballad of Roger Mac - Season 5, Episode 7. They all enjoy dinner together later and Bree passes along the message to Ian that Jenny wants him to write more. Episode found on: 1. Jamie makes a pointed comment about the bees being content in their new home. Roger returns to the tavern to try to find Bree the next morning, and he runs into Bonnet eating his breakfast. Now, she has the chance to meet the real thing, of course the experience is colored of all of the stories that have come before. She marvels at it and brings up Daniel Boone, who she realizes is alive in the current moment. Claire hugs Bree and tells her it’s not her fault. Jamie is enraged, but he asks Lizzie if she’s sure the man she just saw is the man who attacked Bree. Unfortunately, Lizzie spots him while she’s out with Ian and points him out as the man that hurt Bree. Turns out 18th-century boys are just as clueless as modern-day ones. There was Laoghaire’s hate for the man who she sees as having abandoned his family. And I’m almost 30. Roger is minding his own business when Jamie strides toward him without a word and punches him in the face. She blames herself for not fighting harder. Bree almost immediately shows them the obituary with the smudged date as an explanation for her presence. Bree lives the painful results of her recent trauma amongst the comforts of family in a powerful episode of Outlander. Diana Gabaldon's genre-bending time travel novels come to life in the Starz series. Outlander Season 4 Episode 9 Recap. Guess now I know what to pack just in case if I ever time travel. Jamie is understandably very upset by all of this news. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Claire is upset Bree didn’t tell her, but Bree was worried both Claire and Jamie would feel guilty since they helped Bonnet escape. Season 4 is largely based on Diana Gabaldon's Drums of Autumn, the fourth Outlander book. She realizes what this must mean and confronts Bree about it. Jamie calls Bree a “gift,” recollecting Jenny watching her babies sleep and saying he could do the same with his own child. Finally, Bree uses this moment to reveal her assault. #operatingtheatre #momgoals, read more: Everything You Need to Know About Outlander Season 5. She has nightmares and, when Bree thinks no one else is looking, she loses herself in the painful memories, staring off into nothingness, trapped inside of her own trauma. Further reading: Richard Rankin On Roger’s Expanding Storyline. Jamie sets up a shooting range for them, but he’s astonished to learn Bree is already a great shot. This is why you don’t seek retribution for crimes perpertrated against other people, Jamie. Claire is the woman who raised her, who has always comforted her sorrows. The aftermath of Brianna’s rape was always going to be a tough needle to thread. Slowly, Bree and Jamie start getting to know one another, and it is a gift for them both. I mean, seriously, just... BLAH. Roger asks the tavern owner to tell Bree he was there. Did everyone recover from STARZ series Outlander season 4 episode 8? Still… you think Roger could have left a freaking letter or something. Even now, there is Murtagh telling stories of Jamie’s first kiss as a 14-year-old. But it’s not Bonnet Bree needs to worry about. He’s not docked in Philadelphia, collecting his wages from Bonnet. The woman’s husband, one Mr. Fraser, has just been seen nearby. Lizzie continues to get very little character development here. Speaking of Roger, he’s not gone. Claire realizes Bree is in love with him, and Bree reveals they were hand-fast but had a big fight immediately after and he returned to Scotland to go back to the present. Oy vey. One quibble I have with Outlander is that it prizes romantic love over all other forms — Bree is barely a legal adult when Claire leaves her behind. It stays close to Bree as we see the consequences of Bonnet’s act of sexual violence. Carissa Pavlica at December 30, 2018 9:00 pm. Jamie beats Roger until his face is swollen. Once Bree explains who she is, it doesn’t take long for Jamie to understand, even if he can’t believe it. But, ultimately, Bree belongs in the present day — it’s safer and has better opportunities for women. Both of these reunions are heartfelt, tearjerkers — moments book fans have waited for all season. Once at Fraser Ridge, we see Bree getting to know Jamie, Young Ian, and Murtagh. Starz. Dec 31, 2018 Aimee Spinks. Season Four of the Outlander television series premiered on November 4, 2018. Buy Outlander: Season 4 Episode 9 on Google Play, then watch on your PC, Android, or iOS devices. “Is that Gaelic?” “No. The season 4 finale aired on January 27, 2019, and while has it has yet to hit Netflix (in the U.S.), it's available to buy on Amazon and iTunes. With Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin. Claire is leaving her quarters, counting coins when she spots Jamie sitting on a bench and is astonished to see Bree next to him. While onboard, Bree tells Claire about Roger coming through the stones. Later, Claire convinces him to take Bree hunting to get some good one-on-one time since Frank is still such a thing between them. Rating: A-A- Jamie keeps referring to her using Gaelic aphorisms, which he explains to mean “my darling” and “my blessing.” They see the sights, including a bald eagle. Jamie invites her to stay with them on Fraser’s Ridge and see the new life they’ve built for themselves. Directed by David Moore. Only the perpetrator wasn’t Roger, obviously. So, it does the heart good to see them come together again. Presumably, just in case he does need to go back through the stones.