Jamie’s years at Helwater were covered in Outlander Season 3, Episode 4. Meanwhile, Claire’s search for Jamie begins.
After three episodes of seeing Claire’s story of her 20-years away from Jamie be told, we finally caught up with the Outlander Season 2 finale. It was time for her, Brianna, and Roger to start their search into the HIghaldner Jamie Fraser in the hope that they’d find him somewhere.
Meanwhile, Jamie’s story still needed to be told. Outlander Season 3, Episode 4, titled “Of Lost Things,” told his story while at Helwater. It told of the love he gained while there (no, not Geneva) and the loss he suffered at the very end to get him where he would need to be for Claire to find him.
As before with the recaps, you can read my original Outlander Season 3, Episode 4 recap here. This is a look back after watching the episode again. This was, by far, one of my favorite episodes of the season and it remains that way even now.
Claire starts her research
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For Claire, it’s all about the research. Claire has figured that time passes between the two timelines the same. It would be interesting to see the actual take on this since Geillis clearly went to an earlier time from a later time, but that’s way off track from the storyline.
During the episode, Claire, Brianna, and Roger get started in the research for Jamie. They find him at Ardsmuir Prison and follow him through the years. However, they come across a stumbling block. Shipping information about the prisoner ship to the Colonies isn’t available, which means they don’t have the information they need to find out where the ship went.
While we know that Jamie never went to the Colonies, they don’t. Claire believes Jamie is lost to her forever.
However, she does get the pearls back that Jamie gave her on their wedding night. She’d given them to Mrs. Graham, who had passed them down to her granddaughter, Fiona. Fiona offered them back to Claire now that she knew who they belonged to.
Meanwhile, Brianna worries about Claire leaving her. If Claire finds Jamie, Claire is likely to leave. Brianna will be left alone. Of course, she feels terrible for even thinking that, but it’s an understandable fear–one that is then touched on in the next episode.
Jamie’s parole at Helwater
Meanwhile, Jamie has to go through the years of his parole at Helwater. He starts off as a groom, under the alias of Alexander MacKenzie. While Lord Dunsany knows about who Jamie really is, he doesn’t want his wife to find out. They lost their son at Culloden, which Jamie admits is something he can relate to since he’s lost two children now.
Throughout the episode, we see how Geneva Dunsany locks eyes on Jamie. When she’s forced to marry someone older enough to be her grandfather, she decides that Jamie will be the one to take her virginity and make it special. She blackmails him into spending the night with her, knowing that he’s really Red Jamie.
Deciding he doesn’t have a choice, Jamie does spend the night and makes sure Geneva feels comfortable and loved. This night leads to Geneva conceiving their child–and it’s definitely theirs because when she marries Lord Ellesmere they don’t consummate their relationship. Ellesmere knows the child isn’t his.
The night young Willie is born, Geneva dies in childbirth and Ellesmere threatens to throw the baby out of the window. Jamie is able to kill Ellsmere and save the child at the same time. The Dunsany family covers for him since he saved their grandson. None of them know Jamie is Willie’s father.
While Jamie remains at the Dunsany residence for a while, it’s soon clear who Willie’s real father is and Jamie can’t risk that getting out. Fortunately, as a reward for saving the child (and because she knew who Jamie was after all), Lady Dunsany offers Jamie his freedom if he wishes. He’d remain for the child but now needs to leave for the child.
There’s one person he needs a favor from right now: Lord John Grey. John is marrying Geneva’s sister Isabel, and Jamie requests that John raises Willie. Jamie is even willing to offer John his body in payment. Of course, John doesn’t accept Jamie’s offer but he does promise to look after the child. It’s just what Jamie needed to hear–this was clearly a test.
After giving Willie a present, Jamie leaves Helwater for Lallybroch again.
Next: Outlander Season 3, Episode 3 recap: All Debts Paid
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