Brianna had some major character development throughout Outlander Season 4, with a lot of it stemming from being raped by Bonnet. Here’s her number one moment from the whole season.
Out of all the characters, Brianna and Roger had the most development. That’s not surprising considering they’ve stepping up as lead characters and the development wasn’t there in the earlier seasons. While not perfect, there were some standout moments for Brianna Randall Fraser. Here’s her #1 moment from Outlander Season 4.
A lot of Brianna’s development came from the aftermath of being raped by Bonnet. She had to make a choice about her life as a mother, potentially the mother of her rapist’s baby. We watched her find her parents only to feel the guilt of leaving Frank behind. So, which moment stood out the most?
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For me, there’s only one moment that stands out the most. It’s all about facing Stephen Bonnet in jail. I know there were far more explosive moments throughout. There were certainly more emotional moments — and I loved those flashbacks with Frank and her bonding moments with Jamie. However, the moment in the jail cell stood out for positive reasons in Brianna’s development.
We’d seen her Fraser stubbornness. Over the season, we’d watched her grow up. And it all came together in “Providence.” She decided that killing Bonnet wasn’t going to help her. It wouldn’t make her feel better. She needed closure in another way.
Taking Jamie’s advice (showing that she’d started to forgive him), she went to see Bonnet and said her piece. As he commented that he would be remembered, Brianna filled him with fear. She made it clear that she was enough for the child; that there was no reason for this baby to grow up with any idea of who Bonnet was. He would become dust and that’s it.
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Brianna stepped up as a survivor. She wasn’t going to let the rape define her. Instead, she was going to move forward with her life.
Telling Bonnet wasn’t for his sake. It was to allow her to move on. In a way, I felt like it was Brianna making a commitment to herself to move forward instead of dwelling on what could have been. She just needed to make sure her attacker know so that she could fully move forward with her life.
There were certainly some other important moments, such as Brianna meeting Jamie for the first time, her handfasting to Roger, forging the friendship with Lord John Grey, and even her moments with Laoghaire. However, none were quite as important for her character development and future storylines as this one moment.
What were your favorite Brianna moments throughout Outlander Season 4? What do you hope to see in Outlander Season 5 from the character? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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