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In the Fourth season, there are a host of more dramatic and issues and events. Jamey has to wonder whether they can lay roots or not after Claire's clarification. On the other hand, Clare and Jimmy are on a quick visit to Aunt Jocasta at her ranch and when the tragedy is over they are probably caught between what is right and the law of the land.
The episode does seem aware of the friction between framing Jamie as its hero and the fact that he's settling on ancestral Cherokee land, but fleetingly...
Common Ground, slows down to take in the beauty of Fraser Ridge and in doing so crafts a beautifully paced episode with little else left to desire by the end.
Writer Joy Blake has expertly weaved the tales of the Cherokee, the Frasers, the relationship and pulls of a mother and a daughter, and a man desperately in love.
"Common Ground" makes room for both the optimism and boundless potential of starting fresh in a new land, and for a reminder that the land was only "new" to the white people who took it over.
I'm no historian and I'm sure there were peaceful interactions between colonialists and natives, but the idea that this conflict was so easily resolved is a little bit hard to swallow.
A pretty significant piece of information... adds some genuine suspense to the story, and Outlander reveals it fairly late in the episode, making for a solid cliffhanger.