Top Ten Moments from Outlander 310, Heaven and Earth
1. Fergus gets crafty
Fergus, you adorable Frenchman with Scottish tendencies, you’re a fan favorite for a reason, but making your sorta-wife a satchel of potpourri is beyond. Keep making handmade crafts for your woman and I’ll even be willing to overlook the way they’ve written your character as weak-willed so far this season.
We noticed that too: Jamie never looks better than when he’s sharpening his dirk.
2. Jamie gets arrested (again)
One second Jamie was hanging out on the deck of the Artemis waiting for Claire to return from the Porpoise and the next he had guns and swords pointing at his neck. As per usual. He was all righteous furor when the Porpoise weighed anchor with Claire on board and, let’s just admit it, passionate husband Jamie is my favorite Jamie of all. He called her his “wife” with the kind of emphasis you’d put on a limb. She’s part of him. That’s the relationship we all come back to this story for. On another note, am I the only one who thought they were putting him in the boo box from Hook?
We noticed that too: Haye’s looked adorable wearing Claire’s hat from last week.
3. Elias Pound
Elias Pound is the 14 year-old midshipman assigned to assist Claire as she combats the typhoid fever outbreak aboard the Porpoise, but in reality he’s much more than that. He’s an opportunity for Claire to see the human side of the men she’s working with, and a reminder that sometimes you can’t compartmentalize everything. I adored sweet little nugget, Elias. Whether he was dipping his fingers in the disinfecting grog or demanded respect for Claire, he was the emotional connection we needed in an episode that could have been all vomit and death.
4. Desperate Jamie
Back on the Artemis, Jamie’s hair isn’t reacting kindly to the humidity in his jail cell. Nor is he loving the fact that Fergus won’t break him out and start a mutiny so he can get to Claire. Fergus tried to reason with him, but Jamie wasn’t having it. He was bitter and desperate as he accused Fergus of not even knowing what love is. Jamie was at peak Jamie-ness when he said that real love makes you “move heaven and earth, you would risk arrest and death, even hell” for it. Swoon.
5. claire the sea spy
Sometime between attending an official burial at sea, fighting the spread of typhoid fever, and treating a man for alcohol poisoning, Claire became a spy as well. Women really can have it all. After finding a Portuguese flag below decks Claire deduced that it must have come from the same Portuguese ship that kidnapped young Ian, because obviously there’s only one Portuguese ship in the whole Atlantic Ocean. She made quick work of sneaking into the Captain’s log where she realized that it wasn’t the same ship, but lo and behold, Jamie’s name is in the ledger and is wanted for sedition back in Edinburgh. The woman can’t be stopped.
We noticed that too: Cook Cosworth is dangerous, no doubt; but in the current climate it probably wasn’t in Outlander‘s best interest to have Claire threaten to make a false accusation of rape.
6. harry tompkins
Thanks to the handy captain’s log, Claire knew that it was a sailor named Harry Tompkins who recognized Jamie from the deck of the Artemis. She set Elias Pound to work finding him under the guise that he was a secondary carrier of the fever and before long he was sitting in front of her. Watching Claire stroke that meat cleaver as she looked over the mangled man was straight bad ass. As much as Jamie fights to protect Claire, so she fights for him. It turns out that we know Harry as the man who attacked young Ian in the print shop. It’s a small ocean after all. He tells Claire that she’ll be used as bait in Jamaica to arrest Jamie for murder. Come on, Claire, use the meat cleaver!
We noticed that too: Warning Harry Tompkins not to get to close to the man who is the true carrier of the disease wouldn’t stop them from talking. Should have used the cleaver.
7. Mother Claire
The worst is over aboard the Porpoise. Men are singing, the awful vomit sound effects have stopped and I think I even saw Claire smile. But don’t get too comfortable, because Outlander needs to rip our hearts out one more time. Poor Elias dying in Claire’s arms as he called her mother just about broke me. It was a painful reminder of the daughter she left behind and the fragility of life in the 17th century. Although, I have to admit that I could have gone without the sound effect of the needle piercing Elias’s cartilage as Claire sewed his burial cloth closed.
We noticed that too: Watching Claire fill the role of mother without ever mentioning her own daughter was a missed opportunity.
We noticed that too (too): Maybe Elias should have held onto that rabbit foot for “luck and health” after all. Too soon?
8. Goats gotta eat
Sweet goat lady, Annekje Johansen added some much needed levity to this episode with her stilted English girl talk with Claire. She was the ultimate wing woman when she offered to help Claire escape the Porpoise in order to warn Jamie of his impending arrest. Of course, Captain fancy pants ruined everything by taking a stroll around Grand Turk directly in the path of Claire’s escape route. That doesn’t take away from the fact that Annekje is the friend we all need when our husband has a warrant out for his arrest…again.
9. Fergus and Marsali
If things don’t work out with Fergus, Marsali can always fall back on a career as a bail bondsman. It turns out that nothing motivates a young woman to get her step-da out of jail faster than the promise of finally getting her sorta-husband naked. I loved that Fergus’s honor of Jamie’s demands reminded Marsali of Jamie’s honor. Ultimately it allowed her to use that honor to have the captain set him free. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that being released from his cell resulted in Jamie giving them his blessing to get married in Jamaica. Maybe next time Marsali won’t have to talk about “daddy” mid-hook up with Fergus.
We noticed that too: Jamie looked at the pictures of Brianna again, finally.
10. J.H.R.C
Thanks to the goading of goat lady Annekje (I won’t apologize for that turn of phrase), Claire decides to jump overboard off the deck of the Porpoise and head for land in the dead of night. I bet Annekje is fun at parties. This led to Claire using her famous catchphrase successfully for, in my opinion, the first time ever on the show. Yelling out “Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ” as she jumps into the black ocean below her just plain worked.
We noticed that too: Claire’s bumroll should work as a flotation device in a pinch.
What were your top moments from Heaven and Earth? What do you hope we see next week?
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