Dive deeper into this episode with exclusive sketches, production designs, and fun facts delivered directly from the Outlander crew.
Wardrobe: Tskili Yona
Tskili Yona’s look was designed so as to intentionally cast light on his state of mind and his mental health struggles, after having been banished into the wilderness—assuming the character of a bear. Bears are a large part of the Cherokee culture and appear in many of the stories and legends that the Cherokee people hold sacred. Tskili Yona’s crimes, for which he is banished, represent a perversion of his culture, of his honor. Costume acquired a few bear furs and created a ‘claw hand’ using fake sinew, and strapped this onto Flint Eagle, the actor who was playing this role. In this way, it is suggested that Tskili Yona is able to take advantage of the most animalistic parts of the bear, in order to protect himself and inflict harm on others…
Flint Eagle spoke of the choreographed fight with Sam Heughan: “I have worked as a stunt man and actor for over thirty years and never before have I fought someone with the fitness of Sam Heughan, he is a phenomenon.” Flint Eagle enjoyed his time in Scotland so much that he purchased a kilt of his very own.
Playing John Quincy Myers
Closer Look: Documents
Giduhwa’s Costume
Said Co-Costume Designer Nina Ayers, “Giduhwa wears traditional moccasins, deer hide leggings and has a trade cloth which she fashions into a skirt. I wanted to show a little more of a French influence in her clothing and therefore designed a cotton petticoat with a European cutwork border which she wears with a rather feminine chemise and belt. Her Cherokee pieces include all her jewelry and beaded bag and garters. As the chief’s wife, she wears a beautiful turkey feather cape backed onto a net for the ceremonial moments.”
