Unfortunately, before everyone turns in for the night, Lionel brings a teen over to Claire and invites the boy to rape her. CAVALRY’S HERE | After the latest chapter in her terrifying ordeal, Claire wakes up to the sounds of fighting in the camp. Rawlings,” is determined to make her hurt for the indignities he suffered when his wife refused to sleep with him. Great work by Balfe throughout this episode, no? That vision comes crumbling down when Brianna and Roger see that Jamie has lit the Ridge's wooden cross—a sign of war—and learn that Claire's been abducted. In a matter of moments, Brianna's gone from believing she'll never see her parents again to expecting a beautiful reunion back at Fraser's Ridge. In flashes, though, we are back in the 1700s and learning what happened to Claire after Lionel Brown and his men kidnapped her at the end of the previous episode. Outlander spoilers below.. Be ye warned: This post contains major spoilers from Outlander’s Season 5 finale. Be ye warned: This post contains major spoilers from Outlander‘s Season 5 finale. Starz has already greenlit Outlander for Season … Because the cast seems scared. … "It was an interesting twist that they try and go back this season, because in the books they have a [second] child and they go back to give their child [heart] surgery. Sophie Skelton and Lauren Lyle break down the episode's most gripping moments. Nearly everything is dangerous in 1771, when Outlander's current season takes place.But the new threat to Jamie's life "really comes out of nowhere," Heughan says. Okay, people. As Claire is held prisoner, she imagines she and Jamie are living in the 1960s. Outlander Season 5 will come to Netflix Canada next month. 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After she's captured by Lionel Brown's militia, Claire creates a mental escape by picturing the Fraser family at a Thanksgiving dinner in the 1960s. If that’s to be the case with season 4, we’re currently expecting season 4 of Outlander to be on Netflix in January 2021. "In the time that [Marsali] lives in, she has to butcher animals and have so many children by the age of 20-odd, and keep a whole Ridge afloat at times," Lyle explains. To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. In fact, back in 2018, the successful Starz series was renewed for Seasons 5 and 6 in one fell swoop. Jamie starts to tell her he knows how she feels — and here, I really missed the dialogue from the book where they draw parallels between Jamie’s rape and her own — but Claire’s anger boils over. outlander-finale-recap-season-5-episode-12- HOME SAFE | Back at the Ridge, Bree runs to her mother. In this week’s hour, Claire is beaten, cut, bound, gagged and eventually raped by Lionel Brown (and possibly others) as punishment for having the audacity to suggest that women needn’t submit to the sexual whims of their husbands. Don't expect that to last in season six. Outlander Season 4 ended with a cliffhanger that doesn't compare to the stakes the show is usually capable of and doesn't leave us begging to know what happens next for the Fraser family. For now, Lyle hints that the relationships we know and love will face new challenges. ‘Outlander’ Season 3: A Rushed Finale Strands Claire and Jamie in a New World. They make plans for him to return after the men have fallen asleep. Of Marsali's split-second decision, Lyle says, "She isn’t going to stand around and wait for someone else to come along and help her. Somehow they're still in 1772. The MacKenzies have no idea while they didn’t go back to their own time, but the fact that both Rog and Bree were thinking about “home” may indicate that they’re going to stay in the 18th century longer than anyone planned. By The fifth season of time travel period drama Outlander drew to a close this … and so’s her baby! Season 2 ended with the Frasers separating themselves by 200 years. By Allison Keene Dec 11, 2017. All rights reserved. “She’s bound by an oath,” Jamie says, stopping him. While the upcoming Season 5 of Outlander is based on The Fiery Cross, the fifth of eight books in the series, it promises not to be the end for the Frasers at all. "But that was a once-in-a-lifetime experience with Outlander because, as far as I’m aware, Fergus and Marsali can’t travel in time.". Jamie is there, and he wraps her with a plaid and holds her near. Just wow. ", Brianna and Claire's emotional reunion at Fraser's Ridge culminates seasons of growth, Skelton says. Only one episode of Outlander Season 5 is left before fans are sent into yet another Droughtlander, and the wait for Season 6 could be especially … The latest Outlander news:. Outlander certainly went out with a bang this season.. We’re into a new place and period. Whatever's in store, we know the women of Fraser's Ridge will get through it together. The Outlander Season 5 finale is going to be difficult to watch. Article continues below advertisement. So Marsali, in a stunning twist, injects Lionel with a toxic substance and kills him after Claire leaves the room. "It’s a gruesome one. It’s Claire, looking very 1970s chic with a bob and a tailored red dress, and she sits in the living room of a sunny, modern home staring at a painting that looks vaguely like it’s of the big house at Fraser’s Ridge. At another point, a different guy with wavy hair ties her up and makes casual mention of the man on the moon, which piques her interest, even in her incredibly freaked-out state. ‘Outlander’ EPs Break Down Claire’s ‘Survival Mechanism’ in Season 5 Finale (SPOILERS) 7 months ago ‘Outlander’ Recap: The Family That Travels Through The Stones Together… 8 months ago Outlander has had no shortage of uncomfortable and difficult-to-watch scenes over the years, but the Season 5 finale, “Never My Love,” was perhaps the most devastating in its entire run. When we first see Jamie and Jack in the season finale of Outlander, the two men are naked, in … Outlander finale recap: 'Eye of the Storm' ... And so concludes this third season of Outlander, which began so strongly but weathered a few unfriendly waves in its later episodes. On the way back to the Ridge, they see Jamie’s cross ablaze and meet up with Bree’s father — who’s wearing a kilt, which you know means he’s ready to eff ess up — as he’s marshaling his men near the big house. In a mental escape that cuts between scenes of Claire's torture, Claire and Jamie hold a Thanksgiving dinner for Young Ian, Marsali, Fergus, Jocasta, and Murtagh—all dressed as 1960s versions of themselves. (Though I fear Henri-Christian’s birth is going to be the trajectory for that downward spiral…). Claire seems to consider killing her abuser. To revisit this article, select My⁠ ⁠Account, then View saved stories. Just as Brianna and Claire's relationship deepens due to the finale's heartbreaking course of events, so does Marsali and Claire's. "The American Revolution’s on the way, and I’m sure the Frasers are not out of the woods, because they never are," she says. Just wow. Marsali even became Claire's medical apprentice in season five. BOOMERANG EFFECT | Let’s momentarily distract ourselves from Claire’s violation and humiliation by finding out what the heck happened to Bree, Roger and Jem, aye? As for Claire and Brianna, they've dealt with immense trauma in season five. © 2020 Condé Nast. ", "I think she was just doing it for Roger and Jemmy," she explains. “I have lived through a fucking world war, I have lost our child,” she says, crying as she vows that she won’t be shattered by what happened to her in the woods. And he’s got some advice for her in the meantime: “You have to act more afraid.” Her brazen nature, he adds, was his main indicator that she wasn’t of this time. Spoilers ahead for the season one finale of Outlander.. "It’s meaningful to protect everyone else and for a much bigger picture. In fact, the whole season will likely feel very different. ", Marsali's decision to kill Lionel Brown via injection is a matter of survival, Lyle says. The Outlander Season 5 finale definitely left fans hanging on to see how Claire will carry on when Season 6 picks up in Starz' time-hopping historical drama. “How do you feel?” She considers the question, then quietly answers, “Safe” as the rain cascades down outside. "I want to make sure that we haven’t tied trauma up in too much of a bow and put it away," says Skelton. There's no getting around it: It's horrific to see Claire abused. Brown’s act is heinous, intentionally difficult to watch and straight out of author Diana Gabladon’s writing; though, as I mentioned last week, it’s a bit ahead of schedule. "I know quite a lot about what’s going to happen with Fergus and Marsali in terms of their relationship, and all I can say is that it’s entirely different to what we’ve seen before," Lyle says. “Now I feel like they really understand each other, Claire and Bree, and it’s almost like they can communicate without any words.". Outlander Season 4’s finale is certainly likely to have a different feel to previous ones. That leaves Marsali to deal with the prisoner, who won’t stop running his mouth about how he and his brother will burn them in their homes while they sleep. Claire is then tied up, beaten, and raped as Lionel's prisoner. Claire's rescue and the deaths that follow will have consequences in the story ahead. Only Wavy Hair’s intervention keeps her from suffocating. "Outlander" star Sam Heughan reacts to the popular Starz drama's shocking Season 5 finale in the latest episode of "Can't Stop Watching." However, the season five finale titled Never My Love proved to be a … A recap of “Outlander” season 3 finale episode 13 “Eye of the Storm.” The Outlander Season 5 finale is two days away. Eventually, John Quincy Myers approaches and hands Claire a blade, in case she wants to take vengeance on the remaining men herself. Someone please summon Roger to say a wee prayer over my grave, because I just died of aching solidarity with these loves. She’s tied up and beaten, her nose bloodied. At other times, we see moments from a family Thanksgiving dinner. When the season finale begins, Claire tries and fails to escape her kidnappers. But Roger says he’s going with his father-in-law, and Josiah says ditto. Ad Choices, Outlander’s Season 5 Finale Was Its Most Devastating Chapter Yet. Brace yourself for more Droughtlander: come May 10, Outlander will air its fifth season finale, and with it comes both good news and bad.The good? Lyle and Skelton both say the cast haven't seen scripts yet, so it's unclear how the Frasers' next onscreen chapter will compare with the books. ", "To see Marsali in this dreamscape with a young family and Fergus felt really cool to do for contrast," Lauren Lyle says of episode 12's ’60s interlude. Outlander returned to an agonizing, if familiar, place Sunday: the rape of a … She learns that Brown’s gang blew up the whiskey still to distract the men of the Ridge. OK, Oldlanders: Will Brianna, Roger and Jem ever go back? Jamie clasps her hand and promises that “When the day shall come that we will part, if my last words are not I love you, then you’ll ken it’s because I didn’t have time.”. Marsali's doing what she must to protect her family from a proven abuser; it's an act of resilience. The episode’s storytelling is so intentionally fragmented, in order to telegraph Claire’s extreme panic and trauma, that it’s hard to get a sense of when things are happening. All die except for Lionel, who's brought back to the Ridge for questioning (and eventual punishment). Claire's capture and ’60s coping mechanism take us only 20 minutes into the finale. Bree, Roger, and Jemmy attempt to time travel back to the relative safety of the 1960s. "You saw the strength of who she is, and it’s not just, ‘I’m killing someone out of revenge,’" says Lyle. It’s a little later than we thought it … And, happily for Outlander fans, despite film offerings coming in, Heughan seems to be content to go the distance with the series based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon. In our Outlander season 5 finale recap, we address all the questions the episode, "What Dreams May Come," left us, including what happened … Caitriona Balfe Breaks Down the 'Outlander' Finale Heughan and Balfe are first-time producers this season, and their influence is most evident in this episode, Heughan says. Starz series Outlander has finished for another season with the next instalment already in the works. If you like TVLine, you'll LOVE our weekly newsletter. "It’s been really high stakes the whole time.". Season 1 ended with Jamie and Claire vowing to try and change history. What about wee Mandy? In a massive twist, season … ", The flashes remind viewers of how different life could be for the Frasers if they'd lived in the right place at the right time. She's dealt another setback when one of Lionel's gang members reveals that he's also a time traveler, but he refuses to help Claire escape. Buckle in. Skelton also reminds us there's a storm brewing that will affect every single character. “Now you’re going to repent for your sin,” he says, sounding like he’s really going to enjoy taking her to Brownsville and making her confess to the women what a charlatan she truly is. Then he wraps the corpse, slings it over Brown’s horse and delivers it to Richard Brown in Brownsville. reserved.PMC Entertainment. "Yet she’s very young and actually, in [the 1960s], wouldn’t be ready or prepared or expected to do any of that. "In that moment when she sees Claire, she knows what’s happened," Skelton says. Next: 25 most romantic moments on Outlander so far Watch Outlander with a FREE 7-day trial of Amazon Channels! Outlander season 5 spoilers follow – including the finale.. Wow. At Fraser's Ridge, Lionel Brown's militia abducts Claire and attacks Marsali. You are whole, mo nighean donn,” he says calmly while clearly freaking out on the inside. Brianna's fear turns into relief when Roger says he was also thinking of home when they went through the stones. You hurt my family,” she says, leaning over him. In our Outlander season 5 finale recap, we address all the questions the episode, "What Dreams May Come," left us, including what happened to Young Ian and how long the series will run for. Claire wouldn't be kidnapped for daring to practice medicine; Murtagh wouldn't have died in battle; Marsali wouldn't carry a family on her shoulders. 'Outlander' Season 4, Episode 13 recap: Find out what happens in the finale, 'Man of Worth.' Before the finale, episode 11 left us with two cliff-hangers that fractured the Fraser clan. But before we get to that, let’s deal with this: Read on for the highlights of “Never My Love.”. BLAST FROM THE… FUTURE? Suddenly, the show incorporates a twist that isn't found in A Breath of Snow and Ashes, the sixth Outlander book, which Claire's capture is pulled from. In fact, back in 2018, the successful Starz series was renewed for Seasons 5 and 6 in one fell swoop. At one point, Mod Claire notices Bree, Roger and Jemmy aren’t there, but Jamie says they’re just stuck in holiday traffic. Outlander returned to an agonizing, if familiar, place Sunday: the rape of a … The "Outlander" season-five finale is finally here. Today’s biggest stories, from pop culture to politics—delivered straight to your inbox. “Lionel reaped what he sowed, and you did what you must,” Richard says, “as will I, when the time comes.”, THE NEW NORMAL | Back at home some time later, Claire is still bruised but is on the path to healing.