Beardsley to cover the costs of immigration to North Carolina.
In this episode, we learn that Josiah has a twin brother, Keziah, and both of them were orphans who were sold into 30 years of indentured servitude to Mr. Josiah Beardsley, for viewers who did not read the book, can be seen as a potential time-waster in between militia and Regulators developments, but this episode makes a few small changes to bring out the history of the colonial underclass in order to make non-book readers invested in his plotline. This side plot is a huge risk in terms of keeping non-book readers invested but the trauma of the Beardsley brothers and Fanny, in particular, improves the relevance of the plot. Along the way, the Frasiers end up on the television equivalent of a side quest in a video game. “Free Will” takes Jamie and Claire beyond the Ridge to rally the able-bodied men in the county to join the militia.
