'Jamestown' Recap: Season 2, Episode 4

Previously on Jamestown: The Sharrow baby goes missing, which throws the whole settlement into turmoil, as everyone from the slaves to the local natives to Alice herself is suspected. The twist turns out to be that the Pamunkey did take the baby – without Chacrow’s knowledge of course – in attempt to use the child as leverage against Governor Yeardley’s constantly expanding land grabs. Chacrow secretly returns the child, and promises to broker a new peace by forcing Henry to take a native bride of his own. Elsewhere, Jocelyn continues to pretend as though she doesn’t have a thing for the town blacksmith, for some reason. (Need more details? Our full recap is this way.)

Reminder: Jamestown is a WETA Passport-exclusive series, meaning that in order to watch it, you’ll need to be a WETA Passport member (If you have Amazon Prime, you’ll also be able to watch the series week-by-week over on the PBS Masterpiece channel.)

By its fourth episode, Jamestown Season 2 appears to have fully hit its stride, getting back to the basics that make this show so enjoyable. Not only do the women all have new storylines in the works, the bulk of the episode revolves around relationships, making it deliciously soapy in every direction. There’s tragedy, forbidden romance, blackmail, at least one new forced marriage, and two guys fighting each other in a field with garden hoes. You can’t ask for much more from this show.