The episode starts at Fraser’s Ridge, with Claire looking well after being captured.
However, she soon runs into Malva’s brother, Allan, who is visiting his sister’s grave.
She gives birth to a little girl named Amanda Claire Hope Mackenzie.
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But soon thereafter Claire notices Mandys fingernails are bluish.
Mandy will probably not survive without surgery.
And so the Mackenzies decide they must go through the Stones.
Bree, Lord John, and William
But first they must prepare for the trip ahead.
Later, Jamie visits Lord John and says he wont be fighting for the British.
Lord John gives him a sapphire to give to Bree to pass thru the Stones.
The hardest of goodbyes
Jamie is overcome with emotion.
Lisa, the director, and I discussed this was like it was a divorce scene.
However, there’s still immense love there from both sides.
Claire and Jamie forever
So the giving back of the ring is an act of love, but it’s also a goodbye.
It’s a way of ending the relationship.
She tells him about Disneyland and why it’s known as the Happiest Place on Earth.
They kiss and he says they should fetch that gem.
The next day the Mackenzies and Frasers travel by boat to the Ocracoke Stones.
She says every time she closes her eyes, shes lost half her family.
Where’s a trip to Disneyland when you need one?
At least we then get a little montage of things going well at the Ridge.
However, there’s too much time left in this episode for it to end on this uplifting note.
But this beingOutlander, he then pulls out a pistol and asks for more gemstones.
It is such a destabilizing thing.
It holds a lot of memories for Jamie and Claire.
And then also, I think the complicated thing about that scene was there was a lot of goodbyes.
Do you know what I mean?
You had Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
And that to me encapsulates their whole relationship.
It’s like I’ve just sent my kid and my grandkids through.
I do not think I can make it except for you.
That’s the only reason I’m still alive.
And I’m just like, oh my God, I just want to cry.
So yes, those twins, we won’t be seeing them again.
I know they’ve grown so much.
When might we get a Roger, Bree, Claire, and Jamie reunion?
I think we’ve been at pains to venture to show that going through the Stones is not easy.
It’s not like a low revolving door that you could just go through.
And I think it takes its toll going through the Stones and people have died.
We know from past seasons that Wendigo Donner, his friends didn’t make it.
It takes its toll on you, so it’s not something you should enter into lightly.
And I think Jamie and Claire feel better knowing they’re in this other time and they’re safe.
So will they reunite this season and be in the same time period?
I can’t say anything.
You’ll have to watch.
Lets talk about the fire at the end.
Oh my God, I’m so sad to see that house go.
It’s so sad.
But on the other hand, we have been talking about this fire for so long.
I think I just wanted to tap in and us to move on.
It was so sad, though.
And that took a long time to do.
That’s not just like, Oh, we burn it down.
That’s a piece of art.
We no longer have this set, and we said goodbye to some sets this year.
We also said goodbye to our Wilmington set.
It feels like a nostalgia and a kind of bittersweet moment.
It’s just like everything you know and love is gone.
But that’s the point of it.
It’s like that’s just possession and the important thing is right here.
