


And then there’s Marsali who has welcomed all her babies with her mom an ocean away. “…but to share it with me… as my ma.” Realizing that in all the births Jamie and Claire have been present for, they’ve unfortunately had to miss some of the most important ones (Jamie for Brianna, and both Jamie and Claire for Jemmy).

The little nook of my heart that still burns for Kevin Costner in his ‘90s heydey will never be able to see a buffalo all wild and regal on the prairie and not think “ tatonka. Sooo, this should be a light-hearted break from the past two weeks*. But we’ve got a heavy emphasis on Bonnet, missing penicillin, Roger’s confidence issues and faith. Well that just about covers it all, doesn’t it? Sometimes these “previously on” recaps feel like a helium balloon with a slow leak causing it to flail about the room wildly. Socially distanced ones, of course… but hugs, nonetheless. But also because I’m all too aware of how the uncertain times we find ourselves in at present has left many people’s own mental wellness increasingly vulnerable. It’s in part because of how capably Outlander has always addressed these issues (more on that in fellow writer Andrée Poppleton’s latest post ). Welcome back, friends! Let me just start by saying that the last episode’s poignant tackling of mental health issues stayed with me all week. Want to relive Outlander Season 5 Episode 9? We do a minute-by-minute reaction to “Monsters and Heroes.”
