He then convinces her to focus her resources on going after the queen herself, not just the court.
TheUndergroundtheme song, making its return.
(As though a slave is not a human, of course.)
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She then tops it all off with: Maybe we can do tea soon.
Just the two of us.
Shes very unpleasant in an actively horrible, not just annoying, way.
But the boarding house and Rosaleereallyneed money.
Shes still not sure what her part is in all of this.
So they pray… and then we find out that Elizabeth is going to church.
Because its time to plan a heist, baby.
Thats an issue for another time, though.
Interestingly enough, this episode doesnt address the fact that this is Elizabeths first Christmas since Johns death.
But it does keep her mighty busy, perhaps too busy, to possibly avoid that.
And as such, thats how we get to Laneys ultimate Christmas present.
After dinner, Elizabeth goes to Laneys house to collect her promised donation.
And shell do it every month when she comes to collect if Laney doesnt give in, that is.
Whats a little blackmail between old friends, right?
Its the opposite of a Christmas miracle.)
For Ernestine, Christmas means running.
This plot is half a literal showstopper, halting things to a somewhat listless stage, half emotionally resonant.
This is when Ernestine realizes Patty Cannon has taken an interest in her, so she questions why.
(In between both of those attempts, Smoke finds Ernestines opiates and hands them off to August.)
She gets no answer either time, and August only fires back to ask her about her boys.
So no one wants to answer, until they set-up camp for the night.
Ernestine opens up first, telling August about how Sam was her favorite.
In fact, he was her heart.
August even shares his booze with Ernestine, both bonding by how theyve failed their children.
She passes out from the pain, and when she wakes up, theyre back in the boat.
Only this time, theyre going back south.
When hes alone with Noah, he blames him for not protecting Rosalee from Bill.
When hes alone with Rosalee, he blames her for Sam dying and their mother being sent away.
did), all James does is say this is his family now.
And that was only to tell Rosalee one-on-one that she ruined everything.
We take the mistress, we own the house.
Walk right out the front door.
Yes, that is his plan.
Who can you trust?
You cant even trust family.
So they fight and he kills him with his own whip.
But who is the inside man?
Other than Rosalee, absolutely no one.
Seriously, they were right: We cant trust anyone.
shows up with a shotgun, telling them to let his mother go.
Rosalee and company ride away from the flames as Deck the Halls plays on the soundtrack.
