![]() ![]() Past Experience Nightmare: Roger has repeat nightmares of being hanged.Jocasta: How careful we'd be if we kent which goodbyes were our last. Parting-Words Regret: Alluded to by Jocasta, as her final words to Murtagh were rejecting his request to wait for him and rebuking his dedication to the Regulator cause.But when he returns from the Mohawk, he barely says more than a few words at a time, refusing to be engaged in conversation. Is Serious Business: Young Ian has always been an extremely talkative character who loves to share stories about adventures. Memento MacGuffin: Jamie keeps the patch of Fraser plaid and brooch that Murtagh used to wear in defiance of the anti-tartan Dress Act.Manly Tears: After Jamie and Jocasta part ways after memorializing Murtagh, Jamie sits on a step, takes out Murtagh's plaid and brooch chest piece, and sheds a single tear.Given what has been shown of the tribes, most likely something has happened and his wife rejected him as her husband, causing Ian to be exiled from the tribe, forbidden to return. Young Ian says his wife is not dead but she's irrevocably lost to him. A slow instrumental version plays in the scene where Roger and Brianna reconcile and the closing credits feature the two actors singing the song as a duet. ![]() Now, it just reminds Roger that he can no longer sing. He previously sang it in "The Ballad of Roger Mac". Leitmotif: Brianna sings "Oh My Darling Clementine" to baby Jemmy, a song that Roger often sang to their son.Instant Drama, Just Add Tracheotomy: After discovering Roger hanged but not yet dead, Claire performs a tracheotomy to ensure Roger has an airway once the throat tissue starts to swell when the noose is cut away.Framing Device: The rescue of Roger and his memories of the event are presented as a silent film, completing with crackling black and white photos and dialogue cards.Now, Young Ian has returned after trading himself for Roger's freedom and Roger gives him a big hug to show that all is forgiven. Forgiveness: Young Ian and Roger parted on bad terms because of Ian's role in selling Roger to the Mohawk.Particularly importance as Roger's brush with death left him physically incapable of speaking. He and his class are discussing the importance of the final words before dying. Flash Forward: The episode begins with a scene from Roger while he was working as a professor in the 1960s.Flashback Cut: Roger keeps mentally reliving the events surrounding his hanging.Then he steps forward revealing who he is and his distinctive dog, Rollo, runs in behind him. Emerging from the Shadows: Young Ian initially is positioned in the sun in such away that Jamie and Claire can see is the outline of someone who appears to be Native American.He's buried on Jamie's property and Jocasta sings a song of mourning for him. Due to the Dead: Unable to publicly reveal their connection to Murtagh, Jocasta and Jamie hold a private funeral memorial for him at Fraser's Ridge.Roger ends up having to intervene and save his life. He intends to brew the hemlock as a tea and end his pain. It is actually Young Ian who traumatized by whatever happened to him with the Mohawk. When Claire discovers that some of her hemlock (a potent poison) is missing, she's worried that Roger may have taken it, too distressed to continue living. They also both recognize that the other is struggling with suicidal ideation. Commonality Connection: Roger and Young Ian have both been traumatized to the point of being speechless.Closing Credits: Features Brianna and Roger singing "Oh My Darling Clementine", Roger's Leitmotif.Call-Back: When Claire voices her concerns about whether Roger may be suicidal, she brings up the fact that Jamie was extremely suicidal after his traumatic experience with Black Jack Randall. ![]() Jamie's grant was 10,000 acres and characters repeatedly remark on what a large amount of land that is, so it's a pretty decent "Sorry I had you hanged" gift, however insincere. Buy Them Off: Governor Tryon grants Roger 5,000 acres of land in apology for unintentionally having him hanged.The Bus Came Back: Ian returns from his time from the Mohawk.Behind a Stick: When Jamie and Claire are playing Hide and Seek with Baby Jemmy, Jamie hides behind a skinny tree, mere feet away from the toddler. ![]() As his family tries to help him, another family member shows up in need of refuge. Roger struggles to cope with the physical and mental fallout of his near-fatal hanging. ![]()
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