Outlander: Secrets and Lies Come Back to Bite in “The Deep Heart’s Core”
(Episode 4.10)
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Watch our full video recap of this week’s Outlander in the clip below.
In Outlander, the first in Diana Gabaldon’s series of books, Jamie tells Claire that he wants her honesty, and that relationships have room for secrets, but not lies.
Too bad that didn’t remain the mantra of the Fraser family.
In “The Deep Heart’s Core,” Jamie and Bree discuss her pregnancy, and he lies about his injured hand—an injury that occured when it met with Roger’s face. She tells him she wishes she would have fought her rapist harder, and he fakes an altercation with her to show her that she could not have won against him. Jamie can be very wise. I think it is one of the things that draws women to his character.
The Frasers settle into a routine, and Claire discusses Bree’s options with her… she can help her with an abortion, or she can go back through the stones pregnant, which is what Claire did.
Bree isn’t sure what to do about the baby, and although Ian is smitten with her, she knows she doesn’t want to marry him—even if that is normal for their time.
The episode also shows us Roger, and he looks terrible. He’s walking alongside another white man behind a Native American tribe. He’s keeping track of the days so he knows how far they have traveled. His friend doesn’t last long, though, and dies (whether from injuries or exhaustion), and Roger is alone, with no one to talk to.