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This week sees continued fallout from Brees assault and Lizzies rash assumptions that Roger was the perpetrator. Jamie knows what happened to Bree, and she fears it will make him think less of her. He assures her thats not the case, and he will see her married. Credit: Aimee Spinks/STARZ Bree protests because she loves Roger, who she still believes has returned to the present day. Its a bid to show her there was no way she could have fought off her attacker....

It’s the second to lastOutlanderepisode this season (say it ain’t so!) and boy is it a doozy. Richard Rankin, you are not a dog face, I promise. Credit: Aimee Spinks/Starz Back in Wilmington, Fergus tells his fellow regulators that Murtagh was arrested alongside Bonnet. They immediately fear the governor won’t grant Murtagh a fair trial and he’ll be hung. They resolve to get him back somehow. The news takes her off-guard, but she wants to know if rape can be added to his charges....

For some unknown reason, we start with Jamie pulling a snake from the privy. You have manifested my worst fears with an opening shot that honestly doesn’t need to be there. Thanks, guys…..And now back to our regularly scheduled programming sans snakes in toilets. Credit: Mark Mainz/Starz And he’s brought Willie, who now prefers William, with him. Murtagh has to return to his forge to pay his taxes though. He’s sent men from the regulator camp to petition the governor for lower taxes....

This week onOutlanderits the family reunion weve all been waiting for! Bree struggles to undress and flinches when Lizzie goes to help her. Only the perpetrator wasnt Roger, obviously. Credit: Starz He has to choose between a limb or a lass, Bonnet menacingly jokes. Roger asks the tavern owner to tell Bree he was there. Bree is more determined than ever to get to Cross Creek and find her parents....

Bree is adjusting to life at River Run. Spoiler alert: they are not positive representations. Claire isn’t angry at either of them, but she can’t stop worrying about Bree and Roger. Credit: Aimee Spinks/Starz He sees a “Wanted” poster for Murtagh on the wall and tears it down. Murtagh is holding meetings with regulators in the backroom. He tells Murtagh about Bonnet’s expected return. Aimee Spinks/Starz Bree isn’t interested in meeting anyone and distracts Phaedra by getting her to sit for a portrait....

They seem to have settled into life there nicely and established a fragile peace with the local native tribes. He saw it in a dream and kissed his daughter there. The words fill Claire with emotion, having forgotten about the mark often covered by Bree’s hair. Credit: Aimee Spinks/Starz Speaking of Bree, back in 1971 Inverness, Roger is desperate to track her down. Roger visits the bed and breakfast where Bree stayed, and the woman insists Bree left nothing behind....

Claire and Jamie find America is maybe not so beautiful… Sassenachs! From this metaphorical opening, we cut to the colony of North Carolina in 1767. He also asks that Jamie be the last face he looks upon when the hangman pulls the lever. Credit: Aimee Spinks/Starz While visiting Hayes in prison, Jamie also encountersStephen Bonnet, who asks for a sip of the rum. We already very much don’t like this weaselly little man....

Would we expect anything less? Jamie advises Fergus to find as many Highlanders to settle as he can, particularly men from Ardsmuir. Claire, Jamie, and Ian begin to stake out the boundary line of Frasers Ridge. Credit: Mark Mainz/Starz Jamie begins to carve the letters F.R. They are interrupted by a menacing visit from the local Cherokee. Jamie makes a show of dropping his knife and trying to demonstrate he is there in peace....

We open in Inverness where Roger is selling his home to old friends Fiona and Bernie. In the past, Jamie and Claires time at River Run has proved to be short-lived. Its the morning after the incident with Rufus and they are packing up to go. Credit: Mark Mainz/STARZ Ian makes a solid argument to stay in the colonies and Jamie relents. Claires farewell to Jocasta is not quite as tender as Jamies....

Claire and Jamies troubles in America continue as they finally arrive atRiver Run, Jamies Aunt Jocastas plantation. Jamie is also concerned about being broke after Bonnet stole their gemstones. Jocasta and her trusted slave Ulysses come to the riverbank to greet Jamie, Claire, and Ian. Credit: Aimee Spinks/STARZ She tells them shes going to throw a party to welcome them to the neighborhood. Ian and his dog Rollo quickly get into trouble when they meet the wrong end of a skunk....

They finally decide to have a home, a place to call their own, teases Moore. Its a classic story of immigrants coming to the new world. There was a wave of people in the 18th century [who came to America]. Credit: Aimee Spinks/Starz Jamie and Claire and just two more of them. Its a great retelling of the American foundational myth. Everybody loves Scotland but that Scotland is gone, she explains....

It came with the hashtag #drownforourjobs. Sam and I take our work very very seriously, she wrote. They had these water cannons, Balfetold EW. David Bloomer/Starz I think each of them held a couple gallons of water. Plus there was a side cannon, added Heughan. It was like a ton of water that dropped on us. And there are two wind machines with V-8 engines. It was quite intense, continued Balfe....

Lotte Verbeek discusses her crimson comeback in ‘The Bakra’ Forget the Red Wedding. Have you ever seen anything more frightening than the Red Bath? (Props to directorCharlotte Brandstromfor theMrs. Starz Robinson-like wayshe filmed Verbeeks leg emerging out of the pool with Young Ian sitting wide-eyed in the background.) And Ive never seen somebody completely covered in blood. What was it made of?It was something harmless, apparently. Neil Davidson It had to look realistic....