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Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ, a lot goes down in this episode ofOutlander.
Theres a dysentery outbreak among the settlers of the Ridge!
Anyway, if you grew up playing the Oregon Trail, you know how serious this is.
This is not just some broken wagon axle, babes.
no one can seem to figure it out.
And then Claire falls ill. Shes got a fever and chills and headaches and hallucinations.
Jamie looks terrified as he watches over her.
But hes not alone in tending to Claire during her sickness.
Not surprisingly, Malva Christie is all over this shit.
She does not have the strength to say what the fuck is happening, but I do.
Oh, I do.
Because whats happening issuspect, guys.
(On Malvas part, not Jamies, bless him.)
Also, Roger tells her that Jamie already saw her and he cried.
Claire and Tom Christie were sort of the last to fall ill.
But something isnt sitting right with Dr. Fraser.
She knows she didnt have dysentery; her illness was something else entirely.
And from what she hears, she thinks Tom had the same thing she did.
you could imagine how well this request goes over with ol Tom.
But, at the very least, he does walk her back home.
Tom seems simultaneously interested in, bemused, and angered by Claire.
This episode does seem to take extra care to give us some quiet but swoony Jamie and Claire moments.
Its all so sweet and will give you those good Jamie and Claire butterflies.
Malva is pregnant, and she says its Jamies baby.
Sorry to just bluntly toss that in here, but theres no other way to deal with it.
Claire slaps that girl upside her face and runs out of the house.
(Remember her little lookie-loo at Jamie and Claire having sex in the stable??
It was a recon mission, apparently.)
Tom wants Jamie to sign a contract that says the baby is one of his heirs.
Jamie tells them to get out of his house.
Maury Povich isnt going to be born for more than 160 years.
At the moment, all Jamie cares about is what Claire believes.
He finds her in the stables, fuming.
Shes mad at Malva for doing this to them.
And she believed Jamie loved her in the same way.
To even entertain the idea of what Malva is saying would be to say that was all bullshit.
Its a roundabout but emotional way to say, of course, she believes Jamie didnt do this.
It turns out the people of the Ridge treat them like trash once they know.
People wont talk to her or come to her for medical assistance they all believe Malva.
She slides back into that role of accusing Jamie and Claire; she calls Claire a witch.
Its cruel and awful, and Claire tells them to stay away from her family.
So reasoning with Malva isnt going to solve this problem.
Weeks pass, and Claire hopes just waiting it out might work.
The news cycle was much longer back then, but maybe people will eventually move on to something else.
Ian offers to help by confessing that he once had sex with Malva (!!
), so its possible he could be the father.
He could marry her and remove the blame from Jamie.
Scary, but the kind of energy the goddamn Christies warrant.
Later, when she wakes up, she heads out to the garden.
She looks over and … she finds Malvas dead body lying there with her throat slit!!
Claire just sobs!!
It is insane and will surely not end well for Claire.
Like I said before: Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ!
If only they knew what Malva had been up to!!
This will surely come out some way, yes?
Jamie is such an ass man, and I am really here for that.
He loves Claires butt with all his heart, and thats just some soul matelevel stuff, you know?
I guess Mrs. Bug is like the Lady Whistledown of Frasers Ridge.
Dang, Roger is still out here in season six being confusingly so hot!!
This season has been a real turnaround for Roger Mac!
He wants to be so tough, but the guy is a joke.
Also, hes the worst.
Just stay away, Allan.
