They try to stop the Jacobite Rising. Not with swords, but with ledgers and whispered warnings. Jamie meets with a banker. Claire feigns illness to avoid a spy. But history is a river in flood. In a stunning, slow-motion shot (a gift of the high bitrate), we see Claire drop a vial of poison— accidentally on purpose? —into a glass. She hesitates. The moment passes. She cannot kill a man in cold blood. The rising will happen. The dead will march.
The episode features intricate 1740s French fashion and, conversely, very subtle, muted colors in the 1940s sequences. A Blu-ray rip retains the color grading intended by the creators. outlander s02e01 brrip
The final shot of the episode is a masterpiece of visual storytelling. Claire sits by a window in Inverness. Snow falls. She places a hand on her belly. They try to stop the Jacobite Rising