Outlander Season 3, Episode 10: Revisiting and reassessing the episode

Fergus being the one to calm him down

This leads me to the reason why he did calm down. It was all about Fergus. Because of the way Outlander Season 3 was done and how short the season was, we didn’t really get to see much of that bond between Jamie and Fergus develop. One minute Fergus was a young boy who had just had his hand chopped off and the next minute he’s an adult, in love with the daughter of Claire’s archnemesis.

What Outlander Season 3, Episode 10 gave us was a chance to see that bond and how it had developed. Jamie acted as a father to Fergus, giving him orders. Fergus was trapped between loyalty for Jamie and loyalty for Marsali. It took strength to say no to Jamie and risk never getting to marry the woman he loved–or forfeit his place in the family!

In the end, it was Fergus’ actions that made Jamie start to see a little sense; enough not to commit mutiny. The two are important to each other, and that’s exactly what I get from this scene the more I watch this episode.

Proof Claire needs a female friend

I’d love to see Mrs. Johansson again. When Claire thought she was alone, Mrs. Johansson was the one to help. She didn’t make a lot of sense at first, but it was soon clear what the goats needing grass meant.

The scenes between the two reminded me of the fact that Claire needs a female friend. She is made a better person when around a woman she can be friends with. She learns about new cultures and sees that women aren’t always out there to knock her down. We get positivity in female friendships, especially when we have to deal with the likes of Laoghaire.

This friendship was important for the episode, too. She was the only good thing left after Claire’s time on the Porpoise. Claire had said a tearful goodbye to Elias Pound, who was the last victim of the disease on the ship.