Outlander 4x7 "Down the Rabbit Hole" FULL REACTION

One of my favorite scenes is the flashback of Frank and Brianna in the car. In the book, Brianna did not stay with Laoghaire. Instead, Jenny (and Ian) welcome Brianna to Lallybroch. Jenny shows Brianna letters from Jamie at Fraser's Ridge. Laura Donnelly (who plays Jenny) was not available to act in Outlander season 4 because of prior commitment. The Irish actress was busy with work on a Broadway play, then giving birth to her second child, and then back to the Broadway play.

Clay F

Yeah, Roger shaved his beard because it's the fashion to do so at the time. Also helps avoiding lice. And yeah, he looks shockingly different without a beard. This is a great episode, but I don't understand why Brianna didn't find a staff to walk with in the forest. Remember in the last episode when William called Jamie a lout, and now Leghair told her daughter Jamie was a lout lol

Gwenhwyfar Aine

This episode is heartbreaking. Brianna and Frank's relationship was so beautiful. And I love that, on the cusp of hopefully meeting her bio father, the show doesn't shy away from showing that she will still always love Frank.

Imagine Nat

At the start we see Brianna on her way to find Jamie and Claire, she then takes a fall and injuries her leg, as if her journey wasn't hard enough, like you said "It's life, we're all on our own journeys, we have to learn through our own trials, and that's how we end up growing." I can't believe who took Bri in, Laoghaire. At first she seemed nice, the way she took care of Bri, you said it's Laoghaire's redemption arc, I thought so too. She then learns the truth about Bri, who her mother is, she does that thing where people say I don't like to gossip, then proceeds to gossip. All the lies she told Bri, she said people at Lallybroch talk about Jamie, she then tells Bri that Jamie didn't want her, that there was no room in his heart for her, that he sent Claire away when he found out she was pregnant. To make her feel that way, she's so cruel, you said how different it was, of how Claire welcomed Marsali with open arms despite everything that Laoghaire has done to them. Bri then tries to leave, Laoghaire said that Claire should have burned at the stake, she still believes that Claire is a witch, she then locks Bri in the room and tells her she will have her arrested for witchcraft, just like her mother. She really is crazy, and I don't say that word lightly, she hates Claire that much she was willing to have Bri killed, she's evil. Lucky Joanie helps her escape and takes her to Lallybroch where she meets Ian. I like what Joanie said to Bri, "You're a kind soul. It's not yer fault yer mother is a witch. When you find our da, maybe ye'll ask him to come home." At the end when Bri is about to board the ship she sees Frank, his ghost, it was like she was saying goodbye, she never got that chance. You then said "Soldier on Bri." I like that. That scene with Frank and that document, Jamie and Claire's obituary. He knew her fate, that at some point Claire would end up with Jamie in the past and that both of them would die in a fire, and yet he chose to say nothing. Later Frank tells Bri that he and Claire are getting a divorce, that he wants Bri to move to England with him. So was he just gonna take Bri and leave and not say anything to Claire about what he had found. If he and Bri had left there's a strong chance that Claire would have gone back through the stones and Bri wouldn't be on her way to warn them about what will happen. In a way he would be sending Claire to her death. That scene with the crying baby, at first I thought that Stephen Bonnet was gonna put the baby in that box so he didn't have to hear him cry. There's then an outbreak of smallpox, the way he threw that girl into the sea, her mother then jumps in after her. No compassion, no empathy, he and Laoghaire would be great together, god help us. He then finds out that Roger has been hiding that woman and her baby, he said he will flip a coin to see if Roger will live or die. He told Roger that when he was just 17 he was hired as part of a crew to build a house and that all the other men hated him. He said the men needed a sacrifice, that they flipped a coin to see if it would be him or someone else. I loved when you said "This show tells you two things, superstitions are bad, get inoculated." You then started to laugh and said "Superstitions are bad, get inoculated, that's all I know from this show. Superstitions will make people do crazy things, and protect yourself from disease." I always have such a great time watching these with you. I just love listening to you talk, seeing you smile and hearing you laugh, it's beautiful. You're beautiful Imon, always. <3

Idk everyone else’s feelings about roger but I’m completely caught up and still hate him hahahaha

Kayla

I don't think it's that odd that Frank would want to move back to England and take Bri. And Bri was in college, I believe or just about to start college, it seemed. e.g. Bri is basically an adult -- and Claire evidently spent a LOT of time at work, understandably. Maybe didn't see Bri a ton -- and being a doctor and presumably earning a decent amount of money -- Claire would be able to fly to England a lot to see Bri and Bri could fly to Boston, too. I don't think Frank was out of line, really. Sad storyline with Frank, that's for sure. He deserved better but it wasn't really Claire's fault, either.

Kimberly Graham

SPOILERS… don’t read if you haven’t seen the episode yet. Hi Imon! This is one that I have been waiting for just like the rest of this season. The only problem is that there’s no Jamie and Claire in this episode. I knew you’d have something to say about Laoghaire… lol. You answered your question during your outro. Yes, Frank learned with the obituary that Claire chooses to leave him and go back to Jamie. That is why he is so distraught and he realizes that Claire is also leaving Brianna behind, which is why I think Frank was trying to talk her into joining him in England. I don’t agree that he was planning to “take” her away as you may have suggested. I just think he knew that if he took the job at Cambridge and Brianna stayed in Boston, she would eventually be alone when Claire goes back. At this point in the story during the flashbacks, Brianna has no idea about time travel or her 18th century highlander father, so it would be impossible to explain the obituary to her and what it means. But, I love that Brianna got to meet Ian and saw Frank on the dock, it was as if he was giving her his blessing to find Claire and Jamie. I have always thought it was odd that nobody questioned why Brianna was in Scotland and had to travel to North Carolina. Claire’s explanation since she came back is that she lived in Boston for the last twenty years and you’d think that living in Boston would be Brianna’s story as well. Why wouldn’t Brianna just travel from Boston to North Carolina? That is something that has always bothered me about Brianna being in Scotland. Of course we know, but what would she say if someone asked her why she traveled all the way from Boston to Scotland just to travel back to North Carolina? I guess they don’t address it because they can’t explain it. 😜 Imon, did you recognize the coat Brianna was wearing at the docks with the white fur? That was Claire’s coat she wore in season one when Dougal took her when they were collecting the rents and the Jacobite money.

Tara