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* TooInjuredToSave: Claire realizes too late that Angus has been quietly bleeding out internally. By the time it becomes apparent, there is nothing she can do with the limit medical supplies she has.
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* BringMeMyBrownPants: Dougal, after testing the terrain between their encampment and the enemy's, and getting ([[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy rather incompetently]]) shot at:
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In-fighting among the Prince's advisors bogs down progress of the Rebellion. Trusting Rebellion, but trusting in Claire's [[RetroactivePrecognition knowledge of "history"]], Jamie follows a tip from a local farmer and leads the Jacobite army into a critical battle with British opposition near the town of Preston. Meanwhile, Afterwards, Claire attends to the dead and dying, a reminder of the truest costs of war.
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* ReversePsychology: Jamie talks to Dougal about someone needed to go test the marsh grounds to see if can be fought on, implying that he plans to go himself. Dougal says that Prince Charlie won't be pleased that Jamie took such a risk, as valuable a commander as he is. Jamie agrees but says it's too dangerous for him to delegate to any of his men. Plus, Prince Charlie will be massively grateful to whoever gets it done. Of course, Dougal then volunteers. To keep Jamie safe, of course. When Dougal walks away to prepare, Jamie allows himself a devious grin.
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* ReversePsychology: Jamie talks to Dougal about someone needed to go test testing the marsh grounds to see if can be fought on, implying that he plans to go himself. Dougal says that Prince Charlie won't be pleased that Jamie took such a risk, as valuable a commander as he is. Jamie agrees but says it's too dangerous for him to delegate to any of his men. Plus, Prince Charlie will be massively grateful to whoever gets it done. Of course, Dougal ask a few clarifying questions then volunteers. To keep Jamie safe, of course. When Dougal walks away to prepare, Jamie allows himself a devious grin.
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* ReversePsychology: Jamie talks to Dougal about someone needed to go test the marsh grounds to see if can be fought on, implying that he plans to go himself. Dougal says that Prince Charlie won't be pleased that Jamie took such a risk, as valuable a commander as he is. Jamie agrees but says it's too dangerous for him to delegate to any of his men. Plus, Prince Charlie will be massively grateful to whoever gets it done. Of course, Dougal then volunteers. To keep Jamie safe, of course. When Dougal walks away to prepare, Jamie allows himself a devious grin.
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* TheMedic: Claire is in charge of organizing after battle care for the survivors on both side of the battle. As soon as the first injured man arrives, she starts coordinating triage and treatment.
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* AfterActionHealingDrama: Both Kincaid and Rupert are rushed back to Claire by their best friends for medical treatment. Kincaid is dead on arrival. There is a great deal of angst over Rupert but he ultimately survives. Angus dies unexpectedly of undiagnosed internal bleeding which shocks the entire group, casting a pall over what should have been a victorious celebration.
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* ForseeingMyDeath: An unfortunate invocation. Angus guilts Claire into giving him a goodbye kiss, joking that she might regret denying his last request as he could be dead by this same time tomorrow. Unfortunately, he ends up being correct.
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* ForseeingMyDeath: ForeseeingMyDeath: An unfortunate invocation. Angus guilts Claire into giving him a goodbye kiss, joking that she might regret denying his last request as he could be dead by this same time tomorrow. Unfortunately, he ends up being correct.
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* ForseeingMyDeath: An unfortunate invocation. Angus guilts Claire into giving him a goodbye kiss, joking that she might regret denying his last request as he could be dead by this same time tomorrow. Unfortunately, he ends up being correct.
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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Invoked by Murtagh. He notes that they've always fought in very small units where a single death is devastated. Now their unit numbers in the thousands and no single death is particularly significant to the greater cause.
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* MomentKiller: Just as Jamie and Claire move in to kiss, Fergus bounds up to them wanting to get permission to join the men in battle.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Claire is working to rally the women as field nurses, Fergus is in the background being a bored pre-teen boy. He flops dramatically on the field cots, touches every tool on the table, and shadow fences.
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* NervesOfSteel: Dougal barely flinches at the Redcoats take potshots at him while he surveils the proposed battlefield, even as they get so close as to shoot his hat off and crease his scalp. He does, however, joke that he needs to change his [[BringMeMyBrownPants breeks]] once his back in Scottish territory.
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* BelatedInjuryRealization: With all attention focused on Rupert's visible and gruesome injury, no one realizes how badly Angus is injured until it's too late. He dies of untreated internal injuries.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Angus dies choking on his own blood.
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* DeathWail: Rupert lets out a mighty roar when he realizes Angus has died. Despite being badly wounded, he struggles to his feet to give his fallen friend one last salute and to take the sword Angus wanted him to have should he die.
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* MoodWhiplash: In the middle of treating injured soldiers, Claire asks Jamie to urinate in a cup so she can check it for blood in case his kidneys are injured after being trampled by a horse. Mere feet from dead soldiers, Jamie turns it into a literal pissing contest, taking a bet from one of the captured Redcoats that he can accurately hit the cup from a certain distance. His attempt is abruptly cut short by Prince Charles coming in to deliver a tone deaf speech about the British and Scots being brothers followed by Dougal's ill-advised cry for the death of the captured Redcoats.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: Dougal roaring about killing British prisoners in spite of Prince Charles' edict that the wounded soldiers not be harmed gets Dougal exiled to dragoon scouting duty and that was only thanks to some fast talking on Jamie's part since Prince Charles wanting Dougal removed from the army all together.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Claire threatens to box Fergus' ears after he returns from the battle, but she's more worried by the fact that he was in battle and had to kill a man.
* BackForTheDead: Redcoat officer Lieutenant Jeremy Foster, who escorted Dougal and Claire to meet the Garrison Commander, is one of the wounded Redcoat soldiers Dougal kills after the battle.
* BackForTheDead: Redcoat officer Lieutenant Jeremy Foster, who escorted Dougal and Claire to meet the Garrison Commander, is one of the wounded Redcoat soldiers Dougal kills after the battle.
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* BigDamnKiss: Jamie and Claire share one just before Jamie goes to fight in the battle of Prestonpans.
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* KickTheDog: Despite acknowledging that Lieutenant Foster is an honorable man, Dougal kills Foster for truthfully telling him that the Highlanders may have won this battle, but they'll never win the war as the British army is too powerful and too well trained.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: After being caught in the middle of raging battle and having to kill a man, Fergus is glassy-eyed with shock and fatigue and no longer thinks war is glorious.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Prince Charles' edict that wounded British soldiers be treated before wounded Highlanders. [[spoiler: Once the British win Culloden, they go through and systematically and summarily execute any and all Highland fighters, wounded or not.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: Prince Charles' edict that wounded British soldiers be treated before wounded Highlanders. [[spoiler: Once the British win Culloden, they go through and systematically and summarily execute any and all Highland fighters, wounded or not.]]
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* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: Ross and Kincaid make an agreement that whichever one survives will take care of the family and possessions of the one who dies. Averted when Rupert refuses to entertain the idea that either he or Angus won't survive.
* LibationForTheDead: Ross and Rupert drink to the memory of their recently departed friends, Angus and Kincaid.
* LosingTheTeamSpirit: Although the camp is wildly celebrating, Clans [=Mackenzie=] and Fraser are far more subdued, devastated by the loss of Angus and Kincaid.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Rupert is devastated that Angus died while Rupert was unconscious, robbing them of their chance to say goodbye to each other.
* NeverSayGoodbye: Rupert refuses to say goodbye to Claire because he chooses to believe that they will all return safe and sound.
* LosingTheTeamSpirit: Although the camp is wildly celebrating, Clans [=Mackenzie=] and Fraser are far more subdued, devastated by the loss of Angus and Kincaid.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Rupert is devastated that Angus died while Rupert was unconscious, robbing them of their chance to say goodbye to each other.
* NeverSayGoodbye: Rupert refuses to say goodbye to Claire because he chooses to believe that they will all return safe and sound.
* RousingSpeech: Claire delivers a minor one to the ladies working in the field hospital.
* ScreamingWarrior: The Highlanders battle style.
* ScreamingWarrior: The Highlanders battle style.
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* WarIsHell: The battle of Prestonpans is brutal and very bloody. Also shown through Fergus who sneaks off to join the men in battle only to be traumatized by the brutality and having to kill a Redcoat to keep from being killed himself.
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* OverlyLongHug: Prince Charles gives Dougal a long, awkward, one-sided hug in gratitude for Dougal's risky scouting.
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* BrassBalls: Dougal gets just feet from the firing range of the British infantry to test whether the bog will support the weight of the Highlander infantry. He gets so closed to being killed, his hat is shot off and his skull gets grazed by a bullet, but he is able to get an answer and make it back to the safety of camp. Prince Charles is so impressed by his bravery, he gives Dougal a big hug.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Jamie's reaction to both the Prince's order that the British wounded be treated before the Jacobites and his supreme confidence that Jamie can make Claire follow that order.
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'''[[Recap/{{Outlander}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'''''\\
'''Season 2, Episode 10:'''
!Prestonpans
In-fighting among the Prince's advisors bogs down progress of the Rebellion. Trusting in Claire's [[RetroactivePrecognition knowledge of "history"]], Jamie follows a tip from a local farmer and leads the Jacobite army into a critical battle with British opposition near the town of Preston. Meanwhile, Claire attends to the dead and dying, a reminder of the truest costs of war.
Previous: Recap/OutlanderS2E9JeSuisPrest\\
Next: Recap/OutlanderS2E11VengeanceIsMine]
'''[[Recap/{{Outlander}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'''''\\
'''Season 2, Episode 10:'''
!Prestonpans
In-fighting among the Prince's advisors bogs down progress of the Rebellion. Trusting in Claire's [[RetroactivePrecognition knowledge of "history"]], Jamie follows a tip from a local farmer and leads the Jacobite army into a critical battle with British opposition near the town of Preston. Meanwhile, Claire attends to the dead and dying, a reminder of the truest costs of war.
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* TheBerserker: Quartermaster O'Sullivan wants the troops to charge across the bog at the British. Significant in that O'Sullivan is Irish and feels that the Scottish warriors should be up to the task. The actual Scottish advisors are all solidly ''against'' this plan, believing it a reckless sacrifice of life.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Prince Charles' belief that he is ordained by God to return to the throne makes him willing to make very ill-advised movements in the belief that fate will make the logistics fall in place in his favor.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Prince Charles' belief that he is ordained by God to return to the throne makes him willing to make very ill-advised movements in the belief that fate will make the logistics fall in place in his favor.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Prince Charles uses the phrase "Mark me" quite often.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Prince Charles believes he is preordained by God to sit on the throne of England so the British soldiers should be pleased to surrender to him. He fails to understand that the British soldiers firmly believe that King ''George'' is preordained by God and as such view Prince Charles as a heretic and a pretender. Additionally, he believes that the English and the Scots are brothers, united under his banner, and they should be able to come to a peaceful agreement. In reality, the Redcoats and the Highlanders have been in aggressive conflict for decades and would love nothing better than to slaughter each other, once and for all.
* DueToTheDead: Averted. Bodies of the dead are left to rot.
* GeneralFailure: Prince Charles and Quartermaster O'Sullivan are so sure that God will grant them victory that they can barely be bothered with tedium like strategizing, leading to wasted opportunities everywhere.
* HarsherInHindsight: Prince Charles' edict that wounded British soldiers be treated before wounded Highlanders. [[spoiler: Once the British win Culloden, they go through and systematically and summarily execute any and all Highland fighters, wounded or not.]]
* DueToTheDead: Averted. Bodies of the dead are left to rot.
* GeneralFailure: Prince Charles and Quartermaster O'Sullivan are so sure that God will grant them victory that they can barely be bothered with tedium like strategizing, leading to wasted opportunities everywhere.
* HarsherInHindsight: Prince Charles' edict that wounded British soldiers be treated before wounded Highlanders. [[spoiler: Once the British win Culloden, they go through and systematically and summarily execute any and all Highland fighters, wounded or not.]]
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* SkewedPriorities: Prince Charles wants wounded British soldiers treated ''before'' wounded Highlanders as a show of goodwill. Jamie wisely advises he never mention this within earshot of any Highlander, as they have been severely mistreated by the English and would resent Prince Charles putting the English first when the Highlanders are the ones actually fighting ''for'' the Prince.
* StrategySchmategy: Prince Charles and Quartermaster O'Sullivan are content to throw Highlander bodies at the British in the hopes of overwhelming them. They are almost visibly irritated when Jamie and Lord General Murray try to slow them down and present more decisive, tactical plans.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Jamie's general attitude towards the Prince's War Council.
* ToWinWithoutFighting: Prince Charles notes that they took Perth and Edinburgh without firing a single shot and assumes they can do the same here. Jamie notes that on both of those occasions, they had the element of surprise and the opposing troops fled. The British are well aware of their presence this time and prepared to stand their ground.
* UpperClassTwit: Charles repeatedly asserts that he is a trained soldier, but in reality, he's never been to war, and has lived the majority of his life exiled but in relative comfort. He very plainly views the Highlanders as low-class and beneath him, nothing more than a means to an end, and as such is willing to take reckless chances with their lives for a chance to return to the throne.
* WarIsHell: The battle of Prestonpans is brutal and verybloody.bloody.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Prince's advisors can not agree on the best course of action and actually advise contradictory actions.
* YoungAndInCharge: At roughly 25-26 years old, Jamie is significantly younger than any of Prince Charles' other advisors. Prince Charles himself is the youngest, at 24-25 years old.
* StrategySchmategy: Prince Charles and Quartermaster O'Sullivan are content to throw Highlander bodies at the British in the hopes of overwhelming them. They are almost visibly irritated when Jamie and Lord General Murray try to slow them down and present more decisive, tactical plans.
* SurroundedByIdiots: Jamie's general attitude towards the Prince's War Council.
* ToWinWithoutFighting: Prince Charles notes that they took Perth and Edinburgh without firing a single shot and assumes they can do the same here. Jamie notes that on both of those occasions, they had the element of surprise and the opposing troops fled. The British are well aware of their presence this time and prepared to stand their ground.
* UpperClassTwit: Charles repeatedly asserts that he is a trained soldier, but in reality, he's never been to war, and has lived the majority of his life exiled but in relative comfort. He very plainly views the Highlanders as low-class and beneath him, nothing more than a means to an end, and as such is willing to take reckless chances with their lives for a chance to return to the throne.
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* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Prince's advisors can not agree on the best course of action and actually advise contradictory actions.
* YoungAndInCharge: At roughly 25-26 years old, Jamie is significantly younger than any of Prince Charles' other advisors. Prince Charles himself is the youngest, at 24-25 years old.
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--> '''Dougal:''' And now, I'm off to change my breeks because the hero of the hour has shat his pants.
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Trusting in Claire's [[RetroactivePrecognition knowledge of "history"], "history"]], Jamie leads the Jacobite army into a critical battle with British opposition near the town of Preston. Meanwhile, Claire attends to the dead and dying, a reminder of the truest costs of war.
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* BigDamnKiss: Jamie and Claire share one just before Jamie goes to fight in the battle of Prestonpans.
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