Blood of My Blood Episode 3, Dougal and Colum face off to become laird, while Julia grapples with a difficult choice. Read our recap.

Blood of My Blood males attempt to bat Ellen MacKenzie around as if she were a tiny, ginger kitten in this week’s episode. Oh, you silly boys: This kitten’s got claws — and a mind that’s even sharper.

This is the same unique set up that Claire (Caitriona Balfe) encounters when she arrives at Castle Leoch decades later in the original Outlander. Outlander: Blood of My Blood finally reveals how this power balance came to be and it’s all Ellen.