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‪Previously...

‪Stop!

‪Make me a better offer.

‪Let her go in safety ‪and you can have me.

‪I know how we can save young Jamie.

‪Easy, lad.

‪If I don't set that hand, ‪he'll be crippled for life.

‪What happened in that room ‪between you and Randall?

‪He made love to me.

‪You did what was necessary ‪to survive. That's all.

‪It's time we made plans.

‪Ye'll have to flee the country.

‪Murtagh's gone to ‪find the boat for France.

‪Goodbye to you, Claire. God bless.

‪But you know what's going ‪to happen in Scotland.

‪Well, what can we do but play our part?

‪What if we could ‪stop it from happening?

‪Change the future?

‪There's something else. I'm pregnant.

‪I wished I were dead.

‪And if I'd kept my eyes shut,

‪I could have almost touched ‪the edges of oblivion.

‪But I'd made a promise and had to keep it.

‪Even if it meant living a life ‪I no longer wanted.

‪He was gone.

‪They were all gone.

‪The world I'd left only ‪moments ago was now dust.

‪You all right, ma'am?

‪Are you all right?

‪Ma'am?

‪Do you speak English?

‪What year is it?

‪The year?

‪What year is this?

‪Why, it's 1948.

‪Who won?

‪Who won the Battle of Culloden?

‪Do you not feel well?

‪-Perhaps I could take you... ‪-Tell me!

‪Tell me who won ‪the Battle of Culloden, tell me now!

‪The British! Cumberland and the British!

‪Would you let me go?

‪-Excuse me, nurse? ‪-Yes?

‪My name is Randall, Frank Randall.

‪-I received a call from a Dr. Edwards? ‪-Yes, sir.

‪One moment please, Mr. Randall.

‪Thank you.

‪He's here.

‪Mr. Randall.

‪I'm Dr. Edwards.

‪-Where is she? ‪-She's resting comfortably.

‪Some dehydration, and superficial ‪cuts and bruises notwithstanding,

‪she appears to be in good health.

‪Right.

‪Emotionally, she's...

‪Well, she's better now, I should think.

‪We gave her a sedative last night, ‪and today she's much calmer.

‪Can you turn that bloody thing off, ‪please?

‪So noisy here.

‪Claire?

‪Frank.

‪Hello.

‪I'm back.

‪And I am so grateful.

‪-Are you? ‪-Of course.

‪With all my heart.

‪I'm sorry...

‪No.

‪-It's not you. ‪-Mrs. Randall?

‪Hey!

‪What are you doing? Get out of here!

‪Easy now, I'm just doing my job. ‪Now watch the camera!

‪Claire.

‪I've spoken with Reverend Wakefield,

‪and he's prepared some rooms for us ‪while you convalesce.

‪No one will bother us there.

‪Do you know if Mrs. Graham ‪is still in his employ?

‪Mrs. Graham?

‪I didn't ask, but I would assume so.

‪I need to speak with her.

‪I'm going to need some clothes.

‪Has she said anything?

‪No, only pleasantries.

‪I've received an answer from ‪my friend, Professor Atkins.

‪"Examined the clothing you sent, ‪appears to be a marvelous example

‪"of authentic 18th century ‪Scottish woman's wardrobe.

‪"Incredibly valuable. Where did you find?"

‪That's a good question.

‪What are you gonna tell him?

‪What can I tell him?

‪This is not the sort of outfit ‪she could've

‪just walked into a shop and purchased, ‪is it?

‪No.

‪No, sir.

‪It's puzzling, that.

‪She's nearly exhausted my collection ‪on Culloden and the Jacobite rebellion.

‪Why the sudden obsession ‪with Scottish history?

‪I have no idea.

‪She never showed ‪much interest when she was with...

‪Before.

‪So many questions.

‪She's been back nearly a week. Don't you ‪think it's time she gave you some answers?

‪I believe she will, when she's ready.

‪Well, my sermon is ‪not going to write itself.

‪You know, you're not ‪the only one with questions.

‪Devil take the press.

‪That's not likely.

‪Even the devil has standards.

‪There has to be a fuller account ‪of the Highlander losses somewhere.

‪Well, I must say, the Reverend has ‪the finest collection in Scotland.

‪Even the curator of ‪Old Leanach Cottage himself

‪has been known to borrow ‪books from our collection.

‪Must they do that every day?

‪People are saying there might ‪be a war with Russia soon.

‪Stalin's trying to block ‪access to West Berlin...

‪There's always another fucking war!

‪I'm so sorry.

‪You know, he didn't even ‪know what that word meant.

‪I actually called him ‪"a fucking sadist" once,

‪and he'd no idea what I was talking about.

‪We had a good laugh about it afterwards.

‪You know, whenever you talk about him,

‪you nearly always mention ‪his fine sense of humor.

‪Do I?

‪Aye.

‪And his smile...

‪And his hair.

‪It really is the most...

‪Was.

‪It really was the most ‪extraordinary mop of red you'd ever seen.

‪-It's... ‪-You don't have to say it.

‪I know he's dead.

‪Dead and buried and

‪moldering in the ground ‪for the past two centuries.

‪I just want to know...

‪I just need to know if he really did

‪die on that battlefield.

‪He told you he would stand and die ‪with his men on that bloody moor.

‪Do you have any reason to doubt his word?

‪No.

‪You have had ‪an extraordinary adventure, Claire.

‪Extraordinary.

‪One that few people could even imagine.

‪Treasure it.

‪Keep it safe and secure,

‪tucked away in some ‪special place in your heart.

‪But...

‪Don't spend the rest of ‪your days chasing a ghost.

‪Not when there's a man,

‪a real flesh and blood living man,

‪who loves you still with all his heart.

‪Frank?

‪Claire.

‪Would you care to come in?

‪I thought we could talk.

‪This reminds me of that night ‪at Mrs. Baird's.

‪Sitting by the fire,

‪drinking good Scottish whisky.

‪More candles, as I recall.

‪The power had gone out.

‪You remember.

‪Of course. It was our last night together.

‪Yes.

‪Frank, I want to tell you ‪what happened to me after...

‪You... You don't have to.

‪I want you to know that.

‪Whatever happened, wherever you've been.

‪What really matters to me ‪is that you're back.

‪I don't really care about anything else.

‪So let me tell it at my own pace.

‪Save any questions you have until the end.

‪Remember I went back to ‪Craigh na Dun that day

‪to look for a flower that ‪I'd seen near the stones.

‪I know how it must sound.

‪That I've gone mad.

‪It's quite the leap of faith.

‪But...

‪It is one that I am prepared ‪to make as well.

‪Don't patronize me, Frank.

‪It's insane, I know that.

‪It sounds like ‪a fantasy made of magic and fairy dust.

‪Are you trying to argue me ‪out of believing you?

‪I'm trying to get you to admit

‪that even as you stand there ‪trying to be supportive and understanding,

‪that rational, academic brain of yours ‪is screaming out that your ex-wife

‪has either lost her mind or has fabricated ‪some wild tale

‪to drive you away!

‪"Ex-wife"?

‪I married another man.

‪And yet, you are still ‪wearing our wedding ring.

‪Claire, I admit,

‪it is hard to reconcile what you are ‪saying with anything resembling logic,

‪or even natural law.

‪But, Claire, I think we are beyond that.

‪Truly, all that matters is that ‪you're back.

‪You're back.

‪Frank...

‪I was with another man for two years. ‪And I loved him, deeply, as his wife.

‪A point you have made several times, ‪I do understand, Claire.

‪But I don't think ‪you understand my perspective,

‪what it was actually like ‪to have you just torn away like that.

‪-I'm sorry, that must... ‪-No, please.

‪You have said a great deal.

‪I only need a few minutes.

‪When you disappeared,

‪everyone wanted me ‪to believe that you had left

‪of your own volition with another man.

‪And for a time I wanted to ‪believe that, too. Believe me.

‪So that I could fill

‪the utter void that I felt

‪with rage,

‪with betrayal,

‪with hatred.

‪But I...

‪I couldn't.

‪Because deep down I knew...

‪I knew that whatever had happened, ‪you did not choose to leave me,

‪that something had taken you from me,

‪and everything that you have told me ‪tonight confirms at least that.

‪Now as for this...

‪This other man...

‪Jamie.

‪I will not say ‪that I understand your feelings for him.

‪How could I possibly?

‪But I can accept them.

‪I can accept that you...

‪That you did feel that way, ‪that you had this,

‪this experience with this man,

‪and that leaving him broke your heart.

‪I can accept it.

‪I don't think you understand...

‪Claire, I once told you

‪there was nothing you could say or do ‪to change how I felt about you.

‪I meant it then, and I mean it now.

‪I love you, Claire.

‪Unconditionally, no matter what.

‪And here, now,

‪and in this time.

‪Darling, I...

‪Jesus. I'm, I am your husband, ‪and you're my wife.

‪We can still have a life together. ‪Please...

‪Claire.

‪I'm pregnant.

‪Pregnant, what?

‪Claire, that's wonderful.

‪How is that... How is that...

‪No.

‪No...

‪It's Jamie's.

‪No.

‪I'm carrying another man's child, Frank.

‪You need to think about that,

‪and what that means.

‪For all of us.

‪Good morning, Mr. Randall.

‪You're up early.

‪Breakfast will be in about...

‪Forgive me,

‪I apologize for the...

‪For all the damage.

‪-I will, of course, make the full... ‪-No, no, no.

‪Think nothing of it. ‪No, it was a lot of old junk

‪I should've put in the dustbin years ago.

‪No, we need to focus on what's important.

‪You say that, that Claire is with child.

‪This other man, are you certain he's dead?

‪Yes.

‪Her grief on that account seemed genuine.

‪Do you want to raise a child?

‪Have you thought ‪seriously about having children?

‪Claire and I had tried to start a family ‪before she disappeared,

‪but without success.

‪I became concerned that

‪perhaps I was incapable.

‪Medically.

‪And I visited a doctor in ‪Oxford last year,

‪and his examination ‪confirmed that suspicion.

‪I'm sterile.

‪I'm sorry.

‪Well, first I reasoned with myself

‪that with my wife gone,

‪the question of my fertility was,

‪well, an academic one at best,

‪so I pushed the subject aside,

‪concentrated on my work.

‪When Claire told me

‪that she was pregnant,

‪I was...

‪My first feeling

‪was joy.

‪This flash of

‪just happiness.

‪It was almost ‪hallucinatory in its intensity. I just...

‪Because...

‪Somehow, suddenly, in that moment, I...

‪I thought she meant

‪we were having a child.

‪God.

‪Then I realized, of course...

‪Couldn't be mine.

‪Yeah.

‪Had to be his.

‪Listen to me now.

‪Other men have faced this... ‪Have faced this situation.

‪I doubt that very much.

‪When Mary told Joseph ‪that she was with child,

‪and he couldn't be the father,

‪he too was confronted with a crisis of...

‪I am not Joseph!

‪She is not Mary. And I am fairly certain ‪that the father is not God Almighty.

‪He was a man, a man who fucked my wife.

‪Yes, Roger?

‪Please, may I go outside to play?

‪Of course, you may.

‪You keep your breeks out of the dirt, ‪or Mrs. Graham will be on the warpath.

‪Yes, Father.

‪Forgive me.

‪No, no, no, he's fine. He's fine. ‪I doubt he heard very much.

‪I don't think I've ever ‪heard him call you father.

‪He's taking to doing it more of late.

‪Children accept the world ‪as it is presented to them.

‪He knows I'm not his father, ‪but that's how he sees me.

‪Well, I've decided to stop correcting him.

‪Please... You're going to connect ‪your nephew to my situation.

‪The words "God's plan" are about ‪to escape your lips.

‪Well, at the risk of fulfilling your ‪worst expectations, I will say this.

‪A child without a father, ‪and a man without a child

‪have been given this ‪chance to find one another.

‪And, yes, I would call that ‪part of God's eternal plan.

‪What you choose to call it, Frank, ‪well, that's up to you.

‪Just like that?

‪We just pick up where we left off?

‪Are you sure about this, Frank?

‪Perhaps you should take ‪some time to think about it...

‪I've had too much time to think.

‪Two years to contemplate ‪the prospect of a solitary existence.

‪I want us to be together.

‪Man and wife.

‪And child.

‪We start over.

‪I have been offered a post at Harvard.

‪I was going to turn it down.

‪But now I have a mind to take it.

‪-To Boston. ‪-Yes...

‪The story of the lady ‪taken by the fairies.

‪As long as you're here, ‪the British press will flog it...

‪Please, Frank...

‪Don't ever use the word "flog" ‪in my presence again, is that understood?

‪Very well.

‪I also have conditions.

‪We will raise this child as our own.

‪Ours.

‪Yours and mine.

‪Raised in a lie.

‪No, with a father.

‪A living, breathing man.

‪Not the echo of a memory ‪that they can never catch.

‪Not a ghost.

‪Precisely.

‪You have other conditions?

‪Only one.

‪While I draw breath on this earth,

‪I cannot share you with another man.

‪No more research.

‪No more combing through ‪the libraries of the world,

‪hoping to find some reference to him

‪or to the life you once led.

‪You must let him go.

‪I know.

‪I promised him I would.

‪He made me promise

‪that I would let him go.

‪So I will.

‪I accept your conditions.

‪You have made me very happy,

‪and I hope, in time,

‪that I will make you happy, too.

‪Time to leave the past behind.

‪It's all right.

‪When you're ready.

‪Thank you.

‪One more step.

‪To new beginnings.

‪Aye.

‪I thought you were going ‪to knock people over,

‪trying to get off that gangway.

‪I couldn't take another moment on that ‪rolling, creaking, leaking tub.

‪So I guess a trip to Boston ‪is out of the question?

‪Not unless ye want to bury me at sea.

‪Well, there were times I thought it would ‪be the merciful thing to do.

‪France.

‪Reeks of frogs.

‪Just as I remember it.

‪I think you'll find ‪what you smell is fish,

‪and I doubt there's a seaport in all ‪the world that smells any different.

‪I'll arrange for some ‪rooms for us somewhere.

‪Somewhere away from all this stink.

‪Sure.

‪Hey, hey, careful there!

‪That's not a sack of ‪grain yer tossing about!

‪What's that?

‪A bed that doesn't move.

‪Luxury.

‪What is it?

‪Sometimes,

‪I feel his touch.

‪Like he's here.

‪I'm here.

‪I'm right here, and I'm not going away.

‪Yeah.

‪You're a hard one to get rid of, ‪that's for sure.

‪I'm stubborn, just like my husband.

‪Now, let's talk about the future,

‪and how we're going to change it.

‪You're talking about ‪stopping the Jacobite rebellion?

‪Well, that is what we agreed to, isn't it?

‪I thought we agreed to think about it?

‪If there's going to be ‪a war against the British,

‪should we not be trying ‪to find a way to win it

‪instead of stopping it?

‪Well, I don't know enough details ‪to tell you how to do that.

‪Well...

‪What...

‪What do you know, exactly?

‪Just the general outlines of history.

‪I know that Bonnie Prince Charlie ‪comes to Scotland

‪and raises a Jacobite army.

‪At first they have several victories...

‪Well, that's a start, is it not?

‪Can we not build on that, ‪help them to keep winning?

‪I don't know the tactics. ‪I don't know the strategy.

‪I don't know where the armies were, ‪why they won, or how they lost.

‪All I know, ‪is that eventually both sides end up

‪on Culloden Moor in April, 1746,

‪and the Jacobites are wiped out.

‪And after that, the British

‪destroy the Highland culture ‪in retribution.

‪That is the sum total ‪of my knowledge of the war.

‪That's not a lot to go on, Sassenach.

‪But it starts now.

‪Here, with Charles in France.

‪I mean, we have to stop it here, ‪before the prince sails for Scotland.

‪We can infiltrate the Jacobite movement.

‪Get close to the key players.

‪Discover where they get ‪their money and their arms,

‪and find a way to disrupt their plans.

‪You certainly have high opinion of what

‪a crippled Highlander and a pregnant ‪English woman can accomplish.

‪Since when were you not up ‪for a challenge?

‪Your cousin, Jared, lives in Paris, ‪he's a Jacobite.

‪He can vouch for us, ‪make some introductions.

‪What are you thinking?

‪I'm thinking it's not a very honorable ‪path you're laying out for us.

‪It's not just lying to my cousin.

‪We'd be lying to everyone.

‪But you have to remember what's at stake.

‪We're talking about tens ‪of thousands of lives,

‪and the future of Scotland itself.

‪Surely that's worth the price?

‪Even if that price is our souls?

‪That won't happen.

‪We won't let that happen.

‪We have to trust in this.

‪In this I do.

‪And in this, I will.

‪I'll...

‪I'll write a letter to Jared ‪asking him for his help.

‪What?

‪What the hell are we going ‪to tell Murtagh?

‪So that's all you'll tell me?

‪Nothing more?

‪-We can't, I'm sorry. ‪-You must trust us.

‪I trust ye with my life,

‪ye ken that well.

‪But it seems to me ye ‪don't trust me to know

‪the true reason behind this,

‪this cloth of lies we're ‪about to wrap ourselves in,

‪like a plaid woven out of ‪guile and deception.

‪We've told you the reason, ‪to stop the Jacobite rising.

‪That is the purpose of the lie. ‪It's not the reason.

‪The rising is doomed to failure.

‪-It must not happen. ‪-Again...

‪Not the reason.

‪The true reason behind yer certainty ‪remains carefully hid.

‪And you're hiding it from me.

‪You're right.

‪We are keeping it hidden.

‪But believe me, if we could...

‪One day...

‪I will tell you the reason.

‪I vow to you.

‪I'll tell you everything ‪that has happened...

‪And why.

‪At the proper time.

‪Aye.

‪That'll do.

‪And when will be "the proper time"?

‪You tell me, Sassenach.

‪You're the one from the future.

‪I admire your patriotism, to be sure.

‪But I am curious as to ‪your sudden change of heart.

‪Well, Jared, my heart ‪has ever been full of love for my country.

‪Aye.

‪But you miss my meaning.

‪We've known each other a long time.

‪You've lived in my house. ‪You've dined at my table.

‪You've lifted more ‪than one glass with me at establishments

‪too disreputable to mention ‪in front of your fair bride.

‪Dinna fash on her account. ‪She's a sturdy woman.

‪"Sturdy"? Why, Jamie, ‪you do flatter me so.

‪Nevertheless, in all that time,

‪I never heard you once voice even ‪the slightest interest in politics.

‪In France, to be known as ‪a Jacobite is a badge of honor,

‪supporters of the true faith against ‪the heretic on the throne.

‪But we have enemies, to be sure.

‪Enemies that would delight ‪in watching us dance a jig

‪on the gallows back in England.

‪So, while the cause has many friends,

‪only a few are called brother,

‪and they are the ones ‪with the fire of righteousness

‪burning in their hearts.

‪Tell me now, ‪what is the fire that burns within you?

‪Show him.

‪Courtesy of the British army.

‪Also a crippled hand ‪and several scars across his mangled body.

‪Now, I ask you plainly,

‪does any man need further reason ‪to rise up against a king

‪that would allow such horrors ‪to be carried out in his name?

‪No.

‪The cause can only be ‪strengthened by your sword.

‪I'm sorry I doubted you, brother.

‪You'll help us then?

‪In what way?

‪What is it exactly that you ‪would wish me to do?

‪I want to meet the Jacobite ‪leaders face to face.

‪I want to hear their plans,

‪how they mean to carry them out.

‪Why should they meet with you?

‪A wanted man in his own country

‪now come to France ‪with a price on his head

‪and not much more than ‪the clothes on his back?

‪I should think the Stuarts ‪would value the support

‪of Laird Broch Tuarach

‪and the Fraser clan,

‪should they plan on returning ‪to Scotland in the near future.

‪Perhaps.

‪I shall give it some thought.

‪But in the meantime,

‪I believe we can be of help ‪to one another.

‪I've been delaying a trip ‪to the West Indies

‪until I could find ‪someone competent and trustworthy enough

‪to run the wine business in my absence.

‪You have a fine head for figures, ‪as I recall?

‪Aye.

‪But I know nothing of the wine business, ‪beyond drinking, of course.

‪I've seen you drink. You will do fine.

‪And in return, I will give you ‪the run of my house in Paris,

‪and while I'm gone, ‪a share of the profits.

‪Say, 25%.

‪Thirty-five percent.

‪And your help.

‪You will do just fine.

‪Done.

‪While Jamie inspected ‪the shipment of port,

‪I went for a walk.

‪I was beginning to be ‪susceptible to bouts of morning sickness,

‪and while the air ‪along the docks wasn't exactly fresh,

‪it was better than the close confines of ‪our temporary lodgings.

‪Claire!

‪Claire!

‪Get them out of here! Close the doors!

‪This is no concern to you! Get out!

‪Let me through!

‪I'm a healer!

‪Let me through!

‪The captain tried to stop me

‪from seeing the sick crewman ‪because he knew the truth.

‪Claire!

‪Claire.

‪No, stay back. Stay back, it's all right.

‪If it is what I think it is, ‪I can't get it.

‪Pus-filled blisters, and high fever. ‪The diagnosis was obvious.

‪Make way!

‪I am the Harbour Master! Make way!

‪This will be trouble.

‪Le‪ Comte St. Germain.

‪It's the pox.

‪It is smallpox.

‪Shut up, you stupid fool of a woman!

‪Do you want to ruin me?

‪I should prefer ye speak to my wife...

‪...with more respect, Monsieur!

‪He's already dead.

‪This woman is telling the truth!

‪It is indeed smallpox.

‪Everyone must leave!

‪Now!

‪In the name of The King, I order you out!

‪This can still be handled quietly.

‪I am sorry...

‪It is too late for that.

‪We must set up a quarantine ‪immediately if we are to ...

‪Stop!

‪Watch it!

‪These men must be quarantined.

‪We need to contact ‪the local medical authorities...

‪No, this is a matter best left to the ‪port authorities, Sassenach.

‪-Jamie, I can't just... ‪-Claire...

‪Trust me.

‪Claire!

‪We can take the men to a quiet place.

‪I have rooms in town where ‪no one need ever...

‪I am sorry...

‪...but the news will be all over ‪the docks by now.

‪The law is clear...

‪...and I have no choice.

‪I must arrange for the ‪destruction of your ship...

‪...and your cargo.

‪Claire, we have to go.

‪There's nothing more you can do here.

‪Who the hell are you?

‪My name is Claire Fraser.

‪I am a healer.

‪English. I should have known.

‪Only an English woman would ‪be so ill-bred and vulgar.

‪You will watch your tongue, Monsieur.

‪This is my wife...

‪...Lady Broch Tuarach.

‪"Lord" and "Lady."

‪The English give out titles of nobility...

‪...like pearls before swine.

‪Squabbling in this place ‪is beneath our dignity.

‪Who are these people, Fraser?

‪Is this some scheme of yours?

‪Señor‪ Broch Tuarach...

‪...is my cousin...

‪...and I can assure you ‪our presence here...

‪...is entirely by chance.

‪Have you any idea what you have done?

‪Do you?

‪I have done nothing more ‪than state the truth.

‪These men had smallpox.

‪My entire cargo and my ship ... ‪will be destroyed.

‪The cost.

‪The cost is nothing compared ‪to letting the disease...

‪...spread through the city.

‪You will pay a price.

‪You will both pay...

‪Make no mistake. ‪The Comte will not forget what happened.

‪You've made an enemy here today.

‪Another country, another enemy.

‪Life with you is certainly ‪never dull, Sassenach.

‪I shall endeavor to be more dull, ‪if that would suit you better.

‪I wouldn't change you to save the world.