History Recap / OutlanderS5E10MercyShallFollowMe

* IronicFear: Despite a lifelong fear of drowning, Bonnet becomes a sailor, spending most of his time out on the open water.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Having already escaped death by hanging twice, Bonnet feels pretty untouchable. But having conspired to kill a very wealthy plantation owner and kidnapped the daughter of a personal friend of the governor, the third time proves to be the charm in ridding the world of Stephen Bonnet.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Having already escaped death by hanging twice, Bonnet feels pretty untouchable. But having conspired to kill a very wealth plantation owner and kidnapped the daughter of a personal friend of the governor, the third time proves to be the charm in ridding the world of Stephen Bonnet.

-->'''Brianna:''' No. I could never think less of you.

* MercyKill: Although her true reasoning is left ambiguous, Brianna shooting Bonnet in the head rather than leaving him to drown can be seen as this since he's had nightmares of drowning his entire life.

** After confessing to her about his recurring nightmare of drowning, Bonnet asks if she thinks any less of him. Brianna replies that she couldn't possibly think any less of him. He misses the implication that she already thinks as little of him as possible.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Brianna says that her family has a vendetta against him, he asks if it's because he couldn't remember her name when she visited him in jail rather than because he raped her, kidnapped her, assaulted her family, and is attempting to manipulate the courts to steal her child. Of course, Bonnet has convinced himself that their encounter was consensual and Brianna is just being "difficult."

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Gerald Forbes pretends he's helping Jocasta manage her estate but in reality he's deeply bitter that he wasn't able to gain control of the estate by marrying either Jocasta or Brianna. When he discovers that Jocasta plans to give sizable portions of her fortune to her family members, he snaps in tries to kill her, to keep her from giving away the money before he can finish stealing it.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Despite the strength of his legal claim for paternity of Baby Jemmy and his connections with wealthy merchants, Bonnet knows that he will have trouble maintaining control of River Run while contending with the equally well-connected Frasers who are unlikely give up custody of their grandson without a fight. So, Bonnet kidnaps Brianna believing he can convince her to marry him for the safety of her son and in turn she can convince her family to back off.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Despite the strength of his legal claim for paternity of Baby Jemmy and his connections with wealthy merchants, Bonnet knows that he will have trouble maintaining control of River Run while contending with the equally well-connected Frasers who are unlikely give up custody of their grandson without a fight. So, Bonnet kidnaps Brianna believing he can convince her to marry him for the safety of her son and in turn she can convince her family to backoff.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Having already escaped death by hanging twice, Bonnet feels pretty untouchable. But having conspired to kill a very wealth plantation owner and kidnapped the daughter of a personal friend of the governor, the third times proves to be the charm in ridding the world of Stephen Bonnet.

* FreakOut: When Forbes realizes that Jocasta is giving away huge chunks of her fortune before Bonnet can complete their plan to steal it away, he begins raving about her giving away "his" money and then attempts to murder her to save the money that Bonnet would owe him once they've gained control of River Run.

* GoldDigger: Everything Bonnets does is in attempt to gain access to more money, specifically ''other people's'' money.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Subverted. Esme doesn't particularly want to help Brianna, more interested in her own safety. She only gets involved once Claire diagnosis the issue that has been causing her chronic pain ''and'' gives her the money for the special shoes needed to resolve it.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Bonnet is distressed to find out that Captain Ahab dies in his pursuit of Moby Dick. He grows even more angry when Brianna points out that the sailor obsessed with the story is actually the ''antagonist'' of the story.

* KilledOffForReal: Invoked by Roger. He asks Brianna if she shot Bonnet as an act of mercy or because she wanted to be absolutely sure he was dead.

* NeverLearnedToRead: Having grown up a poor orphan who then became an itinerate dock worker, Stephen Bonnet never learned to read. While stalling for time, Brianna volunteers to read him a story, claiming she's reading ''Literature/MobyDick''. In reality, the book she's holding is about animal husbandry.

* CallBack: Jamie has Young Ian pose as Alexander Malcolm, the alias Jamie himself used when he was smuggling alcohol in Edinburgh.