Recap of Outlander
Season 6, Episode 4:
Hour of the Wolf
Tropes
- Affectionate Nickname: Young Ian had trouble pronouncing Wahionhaweh's name and called her Emily.
- The Dead Have Names: Young Ian names his stillborn daughter Iseabaìl.
- Duel to the Death: Scotchee Cameron forcefully grabs Kaherton by his scalp lock and holds him at knifepoint. Kaheroton, feeling disrespected and humiliated, almost attacks Scotchee Cameron with his war club. Kaheroton demands an apology for the disrespect, but Scotchee Cameron demands a duel.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Young Ian sees Kaheroton marrying Wahionhaweh and having a child with her as a betrayal since Kaheroton knew Young Ian loved Wahionhaweh and Young Ian saw him as a brother. By the end of the episode, Young Ian and Kaheroton make up.
- The Exile: Young Ian is banished from the Mohawk after Wahionhaweh's pregnancy losses.
- Happily Married: Wahionhaweh was happily married to Young Ian until Young Ian was banished after her pregnancy losses.
- I Am X, Son of Y: As Ian points out, "Donald MacDonald" means "Donald, son of Donald".
- If I Do Not Return: Kaheroton gives Young Ian his wampum bracelet and tells Young Ian to return to his wife and son if he does not survive his duel with Scotchee Cameron.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: When married to Young Ian, Wahionhaweh had trouble carrying her pregnancies to full term with all of them ending in stillbirths or miscarriages. After Young Ian left and she remarried Kaheroton, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son.
- Malicious Misnaming: When Major Donald MacDonald calls Chief Bird "Chief-Bird-Who-Sings-In-the-Evening", Young Ian tells Major MacDonald that Chief Bird's full name is Chief-Bird-Who-Sings-In-the-Morning (Tsiskwa Sunale Dekanogisgi). Major MacDonald grumbles that why don't the Cherokee just take Christian names. Young Ian snarks that the Major would like the Cherokee to have simple names like his own: Donald, son of Donald.
- The Peeping Tom: Malva spies on Claire and Jamie having sex in the barn and sees the scars on Jamie's back.
- Raised by the Community: Young Ian asks Kaheroton if he is raising Johiehon's daughter. Kaheroton tells Young Ian that the village will raise her, but the baby will live with Johiehon's sister.
- Retroactive Precognition: Brianna tells Jamie how the Cherokee will be forcibly removed from their ancestral land in the Trail of Tears. Jamie tells Chief Bird this information, hoping Chief Bird's future descendants can protect themselves from this tragedy.
- Second Love: After her pregnancy losses, Wahionhaweh decides to separate from Young Ian and marry Kaheroton. Additionally, Tsotehweh tells Young Ian that Wahionhaweh's mother chose Kaheroton for her. When Wahionhaweh speaks to Young Ian about this, she is sorrowful but tells him that it must be. Before the duel, Kaheroton gives Young Ian his wampum bracelet and tells him to go back to Wahionhaweh if he dies. Young Ian notices that the wampum bracelet, a token of Wahionhaweh's affection, is nearly identical to his, realizing Wahionhaweh and Kaheroton may be in love.
- After Kaheroton lost Johiehon, he marries Wahionhaweh and has a son with her.
- Ten Paces and Turn: Before Jamie counts to three to start the duel, Scotchee Cameron turns early and is about to shoot Kaheroton until Young Ian throws Kaheroton’s war club at Scotchee, knocking the gun from his hand. Scotchee begs Kaheroton not to shoot, which Kaheroton accepts, not before calling him a coward and letting him live with his shame.
- Tragic Stillbirth: When Wahionhaweh was married to Young Ian, she suffered pregnancy losses. These resulted in Young Ian's banishment from the Mohawk and her remarriage to Kaheroton.
- To comfort Young Ian, Jamie tells him of his daughter Faith.
