Along with re-presenting a beaten down Jamie, the production also brought back some continuity with season three and season five by showing us Jamie’s past friends among the prisoners. The opening of the episode, over twenty minutes in length, reminds the audience of the struggles of Jamie back in season three and how he kept Claire ( Caitriona Balfe) present in his mind. Christie never had respect for Jamie, seeing his scarred back and knowing his beliefs, but relegated himself to being defeated by this man. Still, the well-read and observant James Fraser uses his mind and leadership capabilities, even after a flogging, to gain the upper hand on Christie and the men of the prison. Christie was held in high regard by the English Governor of the Ardsmuir. It seems that Tom Christie, a pious Protestant, was very much the leader of the men in the prison until James “Mac Dubh” Fraser, a Catholic, showed up.
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This foundation brings the audience back to Ardsmuir Prison, where Jamie was imprisoned after being “captured” at Lallybroch post-Culloden. Roberts devotes a good chunk of the episode to set the foundation of what kind of person Tom Christie is and why Jamie Fraser ( Sam Heughan) and he don’t get along. While some of these events were shown to us in previous episodes, one of the antagonists for season six, Thomas “Tom” Christie ( Mark Lewis Jones), is unknown to the television audience. “Echoes” relies heavily on things that happened in the past that affect the present for those who live on Fraser’s Ridge. We have season six of Outlander on our screens because of the immense hard work of the production cast and crew that was only made harder due to the pandemic.
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We were amid the beginnings of COVID-19 when season five aired, and then the pandemic itself delayed filming of season six.
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It’s been a couple of years since a new episode of Outlander graced the small screen.