And Jamie regrets the open arms welcome.
Is Claire okay after her unforgivable experience with Lionel Brown?
Is the Revolution upon us yet?
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Is Jamie still the most handsome man on this side of the Mississippi River?
Patience is a virtue.
Lines have been drawn.
Sides have been chosen.
Will you bow to king and country?
Or do you continue to associate as a Jacobite?
Do you check Protestant or Catholic?
Among the bickering stands Red Jamie, or as his Scotsman like to refer to him, Mac Dubh.
He’s smart enough to keep his mouth shut, refusing to get involved in prison yard squabbles.
Especially when red coats are watching.
He’s also lost the lock of hair his beloved Rebecca gave him before he was sent to prison.
Jamie’s face softens.
This appeases James' anxious spirit, and he calms down.
Naturally, Jamie claims the tartan and is sentenced to ten lashes.
Grown men grimace at the sight of blood.
But Jamie reaches a zen-like trance, focusing on something in the distance.
Soon, a blurry figure pulls into sharp focus, and there’s Claire.
The governor is not happy with Jamie’s troublemaking schemes.
He wants to know why Jamie defied his orders to maintain control.
Jamie explains that some men follow Christie, while some follow him.
Where division lies, there can be no control.
The simple solution is to make Jamie a freemason like Christie.
That’s right, the awkward handshake between the governor and Christie was symbolic.
Jamie is willing to make this transition for his men.
Jamie runs the idea by his men, demanding that the senseless fighting cease.
Although they are a mixture of Catholics, Protestants, and Jacobites, they are all Scots!
The scene suddenly fast forwards to 1773 in North Carolina.
We see an hourglass ominously counting down time.
The Revolution is coming.
It’s getting closer with each drop of sand.
And there’s Claire, passed out haphazardly on a bed.
It’s too bad no one tells Jamie.
He nearly has a heart attack thinking his wife has gone to “meet Christ.”
After several hard shakes, Claire pops up from her slumber, seemingly excited.
Dare I say joyful?
Claire has recreated ether.
Posing as her own guinea pig, she knocks herself out for a solid four minutes.
She didn’t feel a thing.
Take that, burst appendix.
Claire is coming for you with her sleeping drug!
Jamie takes a little shine off of Claire’s good mood by mentioning a letter from Major MacDonald.
It’s a hard pass for Jamie.
He wants peace and quiet with his wife, family, and townsfolk.
You’ve got about a year and a half, Jamie, before all hell breaks loose.
They even bond over their shared former careers as schoolmasters.
Just when Christie inquires about a church, Jamie and Claire return.
The non-verbal “what the hell” exchanges between the Frasers are hilarious.
With all the secrecy in their family, they’ve become masters at reading each other’s facial expressions.
Christie is welcomed with open arms.
That night, Claire wonders if it’s the best idea to invite Tom Christie to stay.
It means a lot more food and clothing.
He recalled that the idea of Claire being alive and well helped him get through a lot of hardship.
She’s always been with him, and he can’t imagine life without her.
Jamie admits that sometimes, he thinks she’s an angel.
Then Claire takes him to bed, proving that she’s very, very real.
Jamie interrupts Christie’s prayer, explaining how things are done on Fraser’s Ridge.
Welcome to Cabin Building 101.
Meanwhile, we find Young Ian and Allan hunting in the woods.
Allan scoffs at Ian’s antiquated bow and arrow, favoring his trusty rifle and really cool powder horn.
One of his cronies whispers something in Richard’s ear, and they are off.
Allan is rightfully nervous.
Tom Christie isn’t one to approve of firearm nonsense.
Neither is he a fan of blood.
Jamie’s had worse.
Have you seen his back?
Christie thanks Claire for her handiwork, stands up, and stares Jamie in the face.
“At least mine will be an honorable scar.”
Oh no, he didn’t.
Major MacDonald is there, trying once again to convince Jamie to be the Indian Agent.
It’s Richard, and he wants to arrest Allan for stealing that cool powder horn.
Christie proudly stands front and center, demanding that his son swear he did not take the powder horn.
Allan can’t do it, so Christie insists his son apologize to Mr. Brown at once.
Then he begs for mercy, promising he will punish Allan for his sins.
Jamie thanks Richard for bringing this to his attention and firmly ask him to leave his land.
Richard loves the attention.
Christie pipes up that he and his son serve the king.
Jamie officially takes matters into his own hands.
He barks for Allan to remove his jacket.
Then Jamie uses a belt, not a whip, offering ten lashes to the boy.
The Browns leave, satisfied.
That night, Claire has a nightmare about her rape.
She makes her way to her lab, boils up some ether, and inhales the mixture deeply.
Finally, she passes out into safe, dreamless sleep.
What did you think of the premiere of season six?
Will Claire become addicted to the ether?
Is Furgus a drunk?
Why did Marsali have a bruise on her arm?
And is Tom Christie our new villain now that Stephen Bonnet is sleeping with the fishes?
