Outlander: Blood of My Blood Season 2 Episode 3 “Rabbits Don’t Swim” is a thrilling episode for Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) fans.
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The Starz hit shows Ellen at her most powerful — almost single-handedly orchestrating the defense of Castle Leoch from invaders — and at her most vulnerable, mourning the loss of a beloved sibling.
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Outlander: Blood of My Blood Season 2 Episode 3 “Rabbits Don’t Swim,” now streaming on Starz**
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Janet MacKenzie (Ailsa Davidson) tragically dies in an act of beautiful heroism, helping Ellen trick James MacKinney’s (Ryan Fletcher) men into falling for the traps Ellen has instructed the ladies into laying.
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This comes after Janet, the sweetest and kindest of the MacKenzie siblings, fights to convince Ellen that she can be brave, too.
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Janet wanted to fight on the frontlines for Castle Leoch and she wound up suffering a deadly wound to the stomach for her heroism.
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As Janet dies in her older sister’s arms, Ellen reveals that she is pregnant with Brian Fraser’s (Jamie Roy) baby and if it’s a girl, she will name the infant Janet Fraser.
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Fans of Diana Gabaldon’s books know that this will eventually come to pass, with Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) sister Jenny Fraser Murray (Laura Donnelly/Kristen Atherton) holding court over Lallybroch for decades to come.
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“It was a hard watch, but I think it’s also kind of beautiful in a way, because she promises that if she has a daughter, she’ll name her after Janet,” Harriet Slater told DECIDER.
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“And we know that Ellen and Brian do go on to name their daughter Jenny.
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I think Outlander fans will enjoy that one.”
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First of all, the official way she dies in the currently established canon is a far less dramatic.
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Second… Is Ellen supposed to be pregnant with Jenny now?
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How does Janet MacKenzie die in the books?
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Here’s what you need to know about the biggest revelations in Outlander: Blood of My Blood Season 2 Episode 3…
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Blood of My Blood Season 2 Episode 3 Ending Explained: Is Janet Dead?
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How does Janet MacKenzie Die in the Books?
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Yes, Ellen’s beloved sister Janet dies in this week’s Blood of My Blood.
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According to the Outlandish Companion Volume 1, Janet MacKenzie died of a fever when she was 24 years old.
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Much like Blood of My Blood‘s decision to imagine Claire’s (Caitriona Balfe) parents time traveling to Jamie’s parents’ era, Janet’s heroic death feels like an invention to make the show more exciting.
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(Not that we’re complaining!)
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We’re 99.99% sure that Ellen is pregnant with her firstborn child, William.
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Jamie remembers idolizing his older brother Willie as a boy, but William tragically dies young, before the events of the original Outlander.
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Jamie eventually honors Willie by naming his bastard son, William Ransome (Charles Vandervaart), after his brother.
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In Outlander canon, Jenny is Ellen’s second born child and Jamie is her third.
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Then, she dies in childbirth, with the infant also perishing.
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However, it’s not all doom and gloom.
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Ellen and Brian are supposed to be settled in Lallybroch a week before the birth of William in 1716.
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Given that the show is currently set in Fall 1715, it’s possible we’ll see this come to pass.
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When DECIDER asked Harriet Slater and Jamie Roy if we might see Lallybroch in Blood of My Blood Season 2, they grew surprisingly mum.
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“Oh, man,” Slater said.
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“I’m gonna stretch my arms and wait for time to pass on that one,” Roy said.
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