From Parade:
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This is the second life that Ian has taken this season—Allan Christie (Alexander Vlahos) was the first. But unlike Jamie, who killed Richard Brown (Chris Larkin) at the end of episode 1 to keep Claire (Caitríona Balfe) safe going forward and seemed to have no qualms about it, Ian seems to feel it more.
“Ian is an interesting mix of cultures at this point,” Gabaldon says. “Is he Scottish, Mohawk, both at once, or something beyond either? Both are cultures with a strong tradition of vengeance, and he must—knowing Arch Bug—expect the man to be vengeful. That being the case, he’s got a choice: give Arch his vengeance, i.e., put his life at Arch’s mercy (if he has any, which he really doesn’t…), or kill Arch.
“Somewhere in the background of [Ian’s] character, though, lies a deep respect and love for women and mothers—and Mrs. Bug was motherly toward him (fed him, washed his clothes, etc.), which leaves him with a deep sense of guilt, even though he knows what he’s done was accidental. That being so, he can’t bring himself to try to kill Arch, and so…he does the other thing he can think of to resolve the situation, and not have to live with his guilt.”
Read the full interview here.
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