The latest episode of Outlander, Season 7 Episode 11 “A Hundredweight of Stones,” shifts the focus to Brianna Randall Fraser MacKenzie, played by Sophie Skelton. Previously, Claire and Jamie have taken a backseat in the storyline of the Starz series. Brianna is now at the forefront of the action, working to rescue her son Jemmy from the clutches of Rob Cameron.
**Spoilers for Outlander Season 7 Episode 11 “A Hundredweight of Stones,” now streaming on Starz**
In Episode 11, it is revealed that Rob Cameron had only pretended to take Jemmy through the Stones. This explains why Roger and Buck MacKenzie can’t locate Rob or Jemmy in 1739. The truth is that Rob and Jemmy are still in the 1980s. Rob strategically leaves Jemmy’s scarf behind to mislead Roger and Buck, ensuring they stay away from Lallybroch and do not disrupt his scheme.
Rob confronts Brianna at Lallybroch, threatening that she won’t see her son again unless Jemmy reveals the whereabouts of the stolen Jacobite gold hidden by Jamie in the past. At one point, Rob even holds Brianna at knifepoint, but Brianna manages to defend herself by hitting him with an enameled pot, turning the tables on her aggressor.
According to Outlander star Sophie Skelton, this is Brianna “in her element.”
“I think Brianna has kind of just relied on herself for a very long time,” Skelton said, noting that by having a working mother like Claire, Bree was “was very much on her own from an early age.”
“So she’s pretty used to just having the first and last line of defense.”
In a funny twist, Decider remembered that when we spoke to Sophie Skelton and Richard Rankin about the Lallybroch renovations last summer, the actors pointed out their characters had invested a lot of money in their cookware. “A lot of our cookware is Le Creuset,â Rankin said, âand Iâm like, they canât be struggling for money that much.”
The pot that Brianna turns into a weapon to fight Rob Cameron appears, in fact, to be one of those fancy French pieces.
“Of all the props in Outlander, that was the hardest prop to make,” Skelton said, gushing about the show’s art department. “To make a rubber pan to look like Le Crueset, that was the hardest one.”
Skelton then took on her Outlander character to apologize to Roger for misusing the Le Crueset they’d spent so much on.
“Yeah. Roger, I’m sorry, honey. I broke the pot,” Skelton said.
“ You broke it!?!” Rankin replied.
“It didn’t actually break. I mean, it’s pretty hearty, so.”
“Ah, that’s all right. And, I mean, don’t get me started on the Lallybroch renovations,” Rankin said, shaking his head.
“Yeah, they’re still undergoing,” Skelton said.
“So maybe I’ll get to see them completed,” he said.
“Who knows? I don’t know,” Skelton said. “What do you think?”
“ I mean, yes, maybe,” Rankin said. “Who actually knows?”
Something tells us we won’t know if the Lallybroch renovations ever are finished until the very last season of Outlander eventually airs.
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