From where he’s standing and from what he knows, he is making the good decision. It’s easy to see where the young Captain Leonard is coming from. Jamie (the body of the dude Claire killed in self-defense has since been found in the creme de menthe). While he has sympathy for Claire, he also feels it is his duty to catch a murderer, i.e. Leonard is not an ungrateful, nor a vengeful man he is simply one who believes in the letter of the law. Rather, she is to be used as bait to catch Jamie by Thomas Leonard, the 19-year-old captain of the Porpoise. It’s a tragic moment for Claire, made even more tragic by the realization that Claire’s help aboard the ship will not grant her freedom. When he lies dying, struck down by the fever, she pretends to be his own late mother, telling him to come home. Elias gave her a chance to be a mother again, in some sense. It was only last episode that Claire was telling Jamie how much she misses Brianna. Perhaps even more importantly, Elias provides Claire with a confidante, a friend. Elias is basically a little male feminist ally, calling out anyone who disrespects Claire or tries to challenge her authority. One of those children is Elias Pound, a 14-year-old naval officer tasked with helping Claire treat the sick and dying, and making sure she gets whatever she wants whilst aboard the ship. Besides, this ship is basically run by children, so it’s pretty hard not to feel sorry for them. After all, she may be kidnapped, but, as she told Jamie last week, she took an oath to help where she could when she first became a doctor. ![]() After being more or less kidnapped at the end of last week’s episode, Claire sets herself about the task of containing the spread of typhoid fever on board a British naval vessel. “Heaven and Earth” told a story we’ve seen before - Claire proving her mettle as a doctor in a time that desperately needs her - but boy does Outlander tell this story well.
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