While Jamie is talking with Tryon, Claire attracts the attention of Phillip Wylie, the dandy we met at dinner in the Season 4 premiere. The Tryons are relocating to New York soon this is news to the Frasers, as is the fact that the newly issued Riot Act allows for the arrest of any man who was at the Hillsboro Riots or who was rumored to be there. Lord John Grey is there, as is Governor Tryon and his wife. Claire points out that it’s Murtagh’s choice not to be there, then they make their way over to the dance floor set up in the middle of the lawn. Outside, Jamie grouses to Claire that Murtagh should be the one getting ready to wed Jocasta. (Side note/question for you Oldlanders out there, but I’ll spoiler-tag it so no one gets mad: Do we think Jocasta and are stealthily knocking boots in this version of the story like they do in the books? We’ve gotten no indication of it, but I wonder…) Jamie and Gerald Forbes witness her signing over the estate to Jeremiah, though she’ll serve as its guardian until the boy is of age. WEDDING WOES | Let’s head to River Run, where Jocasta is one day away from marrying Duncan, but she’s not verra excited about it. And, along with some small fires set along the crops’ perimeters and some fervent flapping of sheets by the ridge folk, Roger, Bree and the rest create a blanket of smoke that staves off the worst-CGI’d swarm North Carolina has ever seen.
Literally - that’s what they fill the smudgepots with. So he comes up with a plan that’s held together with goose fat and poo. Eventually Roger remembers a story his father told him, about how smoke drives away locusts. Fraser are 10 days’ ride away at River Run, so that’s not an option. So the MacKenzies are in charge when locusts start descending upon the ridge, threatening to ruin everyone’s crops in one loudly-buzzing swoop.īree and Roger’s neighbors demand to know what his plan is Roger, of course, has none, and everyone grumbles that they want Jamie to come home and deal with the impending pest invasion. Per Bree, it’s because Roger’s still mad that Jocasta tested him by dangling her estate as enticement for Rog to treat Jem like his own son (given that, because of Brianna’s rape, there’s a question about his paternity). Instead of attending Jocasta’s wedding to Duncan Innes, Brianna and Roger stay at Fraser’s Ridge while her parents travel to River Run. WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING? | I’ll get the silliest diversion from the novel out of the way up front. Let’s go through them together, aye? Read on for a review of what happens in “Better to Marry Than Burn.” I’m no book purist, but some of the decisions made in this script really don’t make sense to me.