Jocasta sets up a dinner for Brianna to find a husband in Outlander Season 4, Episode 11. Meanwhile, Claire, Jamie, and Young Ian find a body.
Outlander Season 4, Episode 11 brought three different storylines into focus. As Jocasta set up a dinner to help find Brianna a husband, Claire, Jamie, and Young went in search of Roger. Meanwhile, Murtagh and Fergus found Stephen Bonnet.
To kick start the episode, we were with Roger, who turned on a shower and rinsed off the horrors that had happened in the last episode. At least, that’s what it seemed like. Just as we started to think he’d stepped through the stones, we got a flash of a Mohawk warrior. Everything was a dream and Roger had been captured again by the tribe.
We finished with him reaching the Mohawk village, where he was put through the gauntlet. Get to the end and he would be adopted into the tribe.
While that happened, here’s everything else that went on throughout the episode.
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Claire, Jamie, and Young Ian found a body
For the Frasers and Young Ian, it was about the search for Roger. After checking with the Cherokee to find out where the Mohawk came from, the three headed north. It was clear tensions were high, but Claire eventually admits that she’s not angry at Jamie.
Before the two can talk, they come across a body thanks to Rollo literally bringing a bone. Young Ian recognizes the clothing, despite the body now being just a skeleton. It was the prisoner with Roger and now they worry that Roger’s body is somewhere around. When they can’t find anything, they decide to bury the remains and head back on road to find Roger.
That night, Claire admits to Jamie she’s angry at the world and, especially, at Bonnet. For those who hated (like me) that she kept the secret from Jamie about Bonnet raping Brianna, Claire explained why she did it. When Claire promised no lies, there was nobody else in her life she loved more than Jamie. Now she has Brianna and she needs to offer confidentiality to her daughter.
I get that, I do. However, I still don’t like that Brianna asked Claire to keep the secret. Regardless, it happened and Claire realized that the secret played a part in Roger being sold to the Mohawks.
Jamie also admits that he’s upset but not at Claire. He doesn’t think Brianna needs him and he’s jealous of Frank. This isn’t the first time he’s felt this way but he finds it ridiculous that he’s jealous of a dead man.
It’s time for Claire to let Jamie know that Brianna is a lot like him. Both say things in anger that they don’t mean. While she knows Jamie didn’t mean his words, she also knows Brianna didn’t mean hers. And they finish off back on the same page, ready to set off in the morning to continue their journey to find Roger.
Murtagh and Fergus find Bonnet
Poor, Fergus. Not enough time has been spent on him and we find out in Outlander Season 4, Episode 11 that he’s struggling to find work. Nobody wants to take on a man with just one hand. Marsali, who is annoyed at harboring a wanted man (Murtagh), decides to ask Murtagh to request that Fergus join him as a Regulator.
Murtagh decides to honor that wish, but Fergus turns him down. It’s just what Marsali wanted to hear, because she needs a whole man or none at all, and now she feels comfortable telling the two that the Gloriana has docked.
The two men head off for Bonnet, who certainly isn’t expecting them and it doesn’t take long for him to e knocked out. However, just as Murtagh is tying Bonnet up, two of the sheriff’s men find him. Murtagh punches Fergus to get him away Scott free, but Murtagh is recognized as a wanted man. He and Bonnet are taken in and that’s where we’re left for next week.
Brianna chooses a husband
The third story of the night is about finding a husband for Brianna. She doesn’t want to marry, but Jocasta doesn’t believe that Roger will be brought back to her. Jocasta is thinking about the baby, but what does Brianna do?
I’ll admit that I found this whole storyline hilarious. I loved the way Brianna was direct throughout the dinner with four eligible men (one of those being Lord John Grey, who had arrived at the request of Jamie). It was clear two were certainly interested in her, but she had no interest in them.
With John’s connection to Jamie, naturally, Brianna connects to him. He figures out that she’s pregnant and finds out the full story about Roger and the handfasting. Calling the night to an end, Brianna goes to bed but can’t sleep. In the middle of the night, she finds John in a liaison with the fourth suitor at the dinner.
She doesn’t let the two know she’s there, but it is ammo for the next day. Brianna wants John to marry her and if he doesn’t, she’ll tell people what she saw. Then she backtracks, knowing what it could mean for him. So, she threatens to tell Jamie — not like he doesn’t know.
Eventually, Brianna tells Lord John the whole truth. She knows that she has to marry for the sake of her baby, especially when she doesn’t know if Roger will even accept the child. It’s just the push of sympathy Lord John needs. Just as it looks like Mr. Forbes (one of the men from the dinner) will ask her to marry him, Lord John Grey announces that he asked on the walk and Brianna accepted.
Of course, Forbes isn’t happy about it and sulks out of Jocasta’s house. Jocasta is just happy that Brianna has a husband.
As for John, he shares more about William. He doesn’t tell Brianna that Willie is her brother, but does admit that he is not Willie’s biological father. Brianna knows that she has a good man, but John makes it clear that Brianna shouldn’t give up hope about Roger just yet — about him returning or about him accepting Brianna’s child.
We end on a positive note for Brianna, as she pulls out a letter Jamie sent to her via Lord John Grey. It’s time for her to find out what it said.
What did you think of Outlander Season 4, Episode 11? Which storyline was your favorite? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
Outlander continues on Sundays at 8/7c on STARZ.