Lord John and Ian rescue William.
Even events in the 1980s had me shouting at my screen!
In a voiceover, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) explains that war is inevitable, just like death.
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe.Credit:Robert Wilson/Starz
Some luxuries are worth having in wartime.
Not a speck of white to be found.
She was only 38 when she died.
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Noticing Claires concerned face, Jamie points out that he is lucky to have seen Claires hair turn grey.
It means that she is alive!
When that time eventually arrives, Claire accompanies Jamie to where his troops have been gathered.
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Claire will be helping in the church, which has been modified into a makeshift hospital.
He insists that he will not die today.
The scene flashes to an earlier conversation with Claire and Jamie.
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Claire feels like this pending battle is different from any shes felt before.
No, she does not fear death, but it does feel like an abyss.
Theres an emptiness she cant shake.
Well, thats ominous.
Leckie is unfazed and kicks everyone out of the church.
With cannonballs and rifles firing, Claire and Rachel set up a triage area in the church courtyard.
Rachel informs Claire that she considers courage a treasure in the face of death.
Claire understands where Rachels mind is wandering and follows her train of thought.
Ian could be killed, and she would still be alive with her principles.
Lets see what happens, shall we?
The leader, Von Schnell, asks for payment.
Ian insists the key is handed over first.
Von Schnell admits he isnt sure which key is which.
Like English captains, they are all the same.
Lord John and Ian realize Von Schnell is not taking the bait.
Ian declares there has already been enough bloodshed and lets Von Schnell go.
Especially when Von Schnell promises Ian that he will regret letting him go.
Lord John explains to William that Captain Richardson was using him as a political pawn.
Hes only in this mess because of his family name.
William grimaces at the word family but thanks his father and Ian for saving him.
Lord John instructs Ian to return to his bride as William all but rolls his eyes in the background.
Out of the blue, Ian attacks the man and slams a dagger into his heart.
Ian whispers, I would have regretted it, and the man dies.
Rachel can keep her principles.
Ian is a warrior.
Meanwhile, Lord John and William return to the British camp and argue over Lord John’s keeping secrets.
What about bearing your name with pride?
What about how a reputation is all a man has in life?
William struggles to know who he is now.
Twice, Lord John assures William that he is Lord Johns son.
And James Fraser is one of the best men hes known.
William touts that he would never betray his king or country as Jamie did.
Lord John warns his son never to say never.
Could this be foreshadowing for whatever is going on with Jane (Silvia Presente)?
Now that shes been arrested for Harkness death, will William do something dishonorable to get her back?
Surely, she will not hang.
What will happen to Frannie?
And should we be worried that shes just hanging out in a British camp without family?
Buck reminds Roger that they saved his own fathers life, thereby changing the course of time.
How is that different?
Roger thanks Buck for helping him through this bizarre adventure and tells him that he has a good heart.
Buck doesnt think so, because of what he did to his wife once upon a time.
We expect something tragic, but the dramatic story is essentially one of love.
His wife was in love with another man, and he knew it.
Why Mandy brought the doll from the car to the stones is a thread we will not pull.
Bri hands each of her children a gemstone and instructs them both to think about Daddy.
I was not expecting that.
Fingers crossed Mandy got to the other side in the correct timeline.
Also, lets all hold hands when we stand near the magical time-traveling runes next time, okay?
As they speak, the Redcoats are marching down the hill toward the church.
Claire refuses to leave her patients and sends Denzell and Rachel ahead.
Jamies lieutenant Bixby eventually reaches the church, assuring Claire that Jamie is bound to come any minute.
He calls out for Sassenach, and thats exactly when we hear rifle shots.
Jamie screams for his men to hold their fire, and his eyes widen.
This is the abyss Claire was talking about, and she cant shake it.
Instead of Jamie, its Claire who has been shot.
Jamie and Bixby lunge for her as she crumples to the ground.
Theres too much blood.
He apologizes to Jamie as he walks out of the church to safety, far away from the British.
Jamie gives him a lethal stare and tells him to go away.
He is not leaving his wife to die on a makeshift operating table in a Monmouth church.
As he promised Claire before, the stars will not burn out today.
The boy persists, and Jamie barks at him to take off his coat and shirt.
It reads, Sir, I resign.
Then he tells Bixby to find Denzell.
The stars will NOT burn out.
Denzell eventually arrives as a groggy Claire mutters everything she knows to be true of her wound.
Its probably in her liver, and he needs to remove the ball.
Claire is literally fighting for her life right now, and you want to talk about cheese?
Claire, however, perks up at the mention of cheese.
They must save it so she can make penicillin after she wakes up from surgery.
This is why shes the heroine.
There will be no floating into the abyss.
The stars will be bright and safely viewed from the ground below.
