Now, they must escape the pending war.
Did they withstand the devastation?
Who knows at this point?
Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan.Robert Wilson/Starz
Letters from Jamie and Claire!
Alive and well in their timeline!
You may remember that Bree returned through the stones in the first place to warn her parents.
Lizzie (Caitlin O’Ryan); Josiah/Kezzie Beardsley (Paul Gorman).Robert Wilson/Starz
She learned of her mother’s death by reading an old obituary death by fire at Fraser’s Ridge.
Could it have been the matches that saved her parents from burning?
Switching back to moments before the explosion, Roger’s assumption proves to be true.
Claire Fraser (Caitríona Balfe); Young Ian (John Bell).Robert Wilson/Starz
Everyone on the Ridge works to save the homestead, but Jamie finally orders everyone to stand down.
Jamie is visibly moved by this gesture and uncharacteristically overwhelmed enough that Ian connects the dots.
William is a Fraser.
Jamie implores Ian that William must never know.
A silent pact is made through a curt nod.
Something tells me this will backfire.
Later, Jamie finds Mr. Bug (Hugh Ross) digging through the ashes.
Jamie holds up the gold the thieves found on Mrs. Bug (Sarah Collier) the night before.
Jamie is angry and wants some answers.
Mr. Bug explains how the gold came into his wife’s possession for a solid five minutes.
Annoyed by this disloyalty, Mr. Bug took whatever leftover gold he could find when visiting River Run.
He swore an oath to Malcolm, George of England, and his clan to be loyal to Scotland.
He hotly swears to Jamie that he will never find where the remaining gold lies.
He wants them off the Ridge immediately.
That night, we find Jamie and Ian lurking around the cinders of their home.
Someone is digging in the rubble.
Jamie’s hunch was correct.
The Bugs hid the gold right under their noses, below the Fraser’s house.
When the person pulls something from the ground, Jamie commands them to turn around and face him.
Shots are fired at Jamie, and Young Ian shoots an arrow to protect his uncle.
A distraught Ian scrambles over the woman’s body.
He thought he was defending Jamie against Mr. Bug, not the woman he considered a grandmotherly figure.
At the funeral, Mr. Bug weeps over his wife’s casket.
Young Ian, head held high, explains to Mr. Bug that she is dead because of his hand.
The old man sneers that killing Ian is too easy.
What about his dog?
It’s not the same as a wife, but he’d kill him just the same.
Rest assured, Mr. Bug will return to wreak havoc on Young Ian.
But will he be able to find Ian?
Jamie feels the time is right to return his nephew to his mother in Lallybroch.
It seems odd, but I’ll go with it.
What’s more random is Jamie melting down some of the gold bars and turning them into musket balls.
I guess it’s for Ian to have as security?
If anyone hears about the treasure, it won’t end well.
They’ve kept it a secret from everyone.
And who would steal a box of gold with a dead man guarding it?
No one, of course.
They should only ask him to take them to the Spaniard if they need anything.
After agreeing not to pester Jemmy about Jamie’s mysterious letter, Bree takes Roger to Lallybroch.
You see, Lallybroch is for sale!
Bree and Roger exchange looks.
And presumably, run to find their son to ask about a certain Spanish guard.
Back at Fraser’s Ridge, Jamie and Claire say goodbye to everyone and begin their journey to Williamsburg.
Clearly, this is a metaphor for leaving Fraser’s Ridge.
We see the “FR” carved into the tree trunk and the stake that Jamie claimed years before.
They will make it back to their home.
And Jamie Fraser, even though he doesn’t fully believe, will always be enough for Claire.
