History Recap / OutlanderS7E6WhereTheWatersMeet

** Colonel Daniel Morgan. He was later promoted to Brigadier General and led a brigade of Continental Regulars and state militia men into the Battle of Cow Pens against Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (the real life inspiration for [[Film/ThePatriot2000 Colonel Tavington]]). Morgan's decisive victory against Tarleton and subsequent masterful evasion of General Cornwallis is considered to have strongly contributed to the British' eventual loss at Yorktown which effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.

* SpotTheImposter: William is sharp enough to realize that Ian is only pretending to be an scout from a Native American tribe allied with the British and that he's actually there to break out Claire.

* HystericalWoman: Mrs. Raven is still extremely panicked about the idea of falling into an ambush by indians. She even freaks out at the presence of Ian who dresses like a native but speaks with a distinct Scottish accent. Rachel tries to calm her fears, but she ends up running off in a panic and then shooting herself to avoid capture by a threat that's not even real.

** Mrs. Raven is deathly afraid of encountering this. The red coats imitate war cries in hopes of causing the civilians to panic and reveal their location in their frenzy to avoid an ambush.
** Jamie uses Ian's bow and flaming arrows to imitate an attack. The red coats are so panicked they aren't paying the slightest attention to their prisoners.
* SpotTheImposter: William is sharp enough to realize that Ian is only pretending to be an ally scout and that he's actually there to break out Claire.

* TooDumbToLive: Mrs. Raven is extremely afraid of being captured and tortured to death by natives. But instead of staying with the group where shed'd be safest, she runs off into the woods by herself.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Headmaster Menzies explains that he acted to support his teacher's authority to maintain discipline at the school, but also wholeheartedly supports Roger's assertion that it's important to protect the gaelic language as a sacred part of their culture. He even convinces Roger to teach a class to help nurture the language in more people.

* OneSteveLimit: One of the British generals is Simon Fraser, a second cousin of Jamie's who has the same name as Jamie's grandfather (and like the other Simon Fraser, was a real person).

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Colonel Daniel Morgan. He was later promoted to Brigadier General and led a brigade of Continental Regulars and state militia men into the Battle of Cow Pens against Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (the real life inspiration for [[Film/ThePatriot2000 Colonel Tavington]]). Morgan's decisive victory against Tarleton and subsequent masterful evasion of General Cornwallis is considered to have strongly contributed to the British' eventual loss at Yorktown which effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.

* OneSteveLimit: One of the British generals is Simon Fraser, a distant cousin of Jamie's who has the same name as Jamie's grandfather (and like the other Simon Fraser, is a real person).

* TheReveal: The nuckelavee that Jemmy has been seeing has actually been Buck [=MacKenzie=] all along.

* OneSteveLimit: One of the British generals is Simon Fraser, a distant cousin of Jamie's who has the same name as Jamie's grandfather (and like him, is a real person).

* OneSteveLimit: One of the British generals is Simon Fraser, a distant cousin of Jamie's who has the same name as Jamie's grandfather.

* SpotTheImposter: William is sharp to realize that Ian is only pretending to be an ally scout and that he's actually there to break out Claire.
* TooDumbToLive: Mrs. Raven is extremely afraid of being captured and tortured to death by natives. But instead of staying with the group, she runs off into the woods by herself.

* WomenAreWiser: Discussed by Jamie and Claire, regarding why women aren't the ones who start wars. After hearing Jamie discuss women simply aren't made for the destruction of life, Claire agrees saying that perhaps having the ability to create life makes them much more hesitant to want to end one.

* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: Jemmy's teacher punishes him for speaking Gaelic (in Scotland!). The principal explains that it was an overreaction, but based on many parents wanting their children to speak unaccented English to better integrated with British society and have better job opportunities. Suppressing the native language in schools is a common practice in colonialism and was mentioned as far back as season 2 as a way of preventing another uprising.
* POWCamp: Claire and the patients who had to be left behind at the fort are confined to an outdoor pen. Jamie and Ian discuss whether or not the British might hang them. Jamie points out that the British have don't consider them [[UsefulNotes/TheLawsAndCustomsOfWar prisoners of war]] because that would require acknowledging America's sovereignty as a separate nation. Instead, they consider them traitors to the Crown, engaged in acts of treason.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Colonel Daniel Morgan. He was later promoted to Brigadier General and led a brigade of Continental Regulars and state militia men into the Battle of Cow Pens against Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (the real life inspiration for [[Film/ThePatriot2000 Colonel Tavington]]). Morgan's decisive victory against Tarleton and subsquent masterful evasion of General Cornwallis is considered to have strongly contributed to the British' eventual loss at Yorktown which effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Colonel Daniel Morgan. He was later promoted to Brigadier General and led a brigade of Continental Regulars and state militia men into the Battle of Cow Pens against Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton (the real life inspiration for [[Film/ThePatriot2000 Colonel Tavington]]). Morgan's decisive victory against Tarleton and then his masterful evasion of General Cornwallis is considered to have strongly contributed to the British' eventual loss at Yorktown which effectively ended the American Revolutionary War.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Walter is short of bread and begins coughing up blood, confirming Claire's suspicion that he's developing a lung embolism.

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