This recap contains spoilers for Outlander Season 3, episode 3, 'All Debts Paid.'

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Episode 3 of Outlander Season 3 is a pretty big deal for fans of Diana Gabaldon's novels: Not only does it reintroduce a pivotal character in Lord John William Grey (all grown up and decidedly more dashing than the last time we saw him in Season 2, now portrayed by David Berry), but also closes the chapter on Claire and Frank's tumultuous relationship in surprisingly poignant fashion. Graton casino restaurants.

While the show has to omit or streamline countless plot points from the novels in the adaptation process — including cutting Jamie's trip out to the seals' isle (although perhaps we'll see it later in flashback) and the many prickly layers of his complicated relationship with Lord John — for the most part, Outlander's writers do an admirable job of staying faithful to the emotional arcs that drive Gabaldon's novels. That's especially true of episode 3, written by Matthew B. Roberts, which takes our heroes on a believable and equally effective journey, even if the signposts are a little different along the way.

The Hollywood Reporter sat down with Outlander executive producers Ron Moore and Maril Davis, as well as series stars Balfe and Menzies, to discuss Black Jack's (final) death, the aftermath of. Apr 28, 2015  Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, has posted a clarification about Black Jack Randall. Apparently, the character is not gay, as has been assumed by many fans. Readers should be.

Spoilers for Outlander's episode 'The Hail Mary' continue below. Outlander fans have never seen Black Jack Randall quite like he was in the second-to-last episode of Season 2. Viewers of the Starz. May 10, 2016  'Sometimes you want to destroy what you love and admire.' Learn more about the traumatizing return of Black Jack Randall. Watch Outlander now on the STARZ ap. Dec 01, 2010  Jaime only has sporadic memories of what went on during the battle and at some point all of his memory is likely to return. I'm bettin' it will come back in the last book in some very dramatic fashion. I also think that it will reveal that Jaime was the one to kill Black Jack on the field. And it was a much more tender departure than the demise of Black Jack, who met a grisly end at the hands of Jamie Fraser during the Battle of Culloden in the series opener. “It’s been great. Voyager marks the last serious mentions of Frank and his 18th century counterpart Black Jack Randall in the Outlander book series. Frank dies in the 1960s and Black Jack is fated to die in the same battle Jamie survives.

But 'All Debts Paid' also featured a massive change to the narrative of Gabaldon's Voyager — one that will have ripple effects across the series — and we couldn't be happier about it.

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In the books, Murtagh FitzGibbons Fraser, Jamie's godfather and right-hand-man, is killed at the Battle of Culloden, but episode 3 reveals him to be alive (if not well) at Ardsmuir. When the prison is closed, the fan-favorite character, played by the indispensible Duncan Lacroix, is shipped off to the American Colonies with the rest of the prisoners, while Jamie is taken to an estate called Helwater to serve Lord Dunsany.

Showrunner Ron Moore tells Mashable that there was one very good reason why he chose to keep the beloved character alive: 'Murtagh’s development in the series is different than the books basically from the beginning. We made him much more of a key player in the story, much closer to Jamie, and then he got in on [Claire's] secret in Paris. He became part of the family in a different way than in the books. And I just wasn't ready to let him go in Culloden. He is going to survive and we will catch up with him later, we will just keep him going.'

Fans who've read book four might have some idea how Murtagh could come back into Jamie's life, but that's a discussion for another day.

Back in the future, we see Claire's relationship with Frank fracture beyond repair. The episode's early moments reveal that Frank has been seeing other people, since Claire can no longer love him the way she did before, and while their agreement seems amicable at first, over the years, the connection between them deteriorates to the point where Frank decides he wants a divorce so that he can take Brianna back to England without Claire, to start a new life with his mistress — a suggestion that naturally incenses Claire.

(Sidenote: I hope the TV Academy and HFPA will finally pay attention to Outlander next awards season — over the course of these first three episodes, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and Tobias Menzies have all done a spectacular job of establishing the passage of time through their nuanced, perfectly calibrated performances, conveying the agony of grief, insecurity and old wounds more effectively than any old age makeup or hair change could. Heughan's powerful, restrained delivery when John touches Jamie's hand effortlessly evokes all the trauma he suffered while at Black Jack's mercy in a single expression, while Balfe and Menzies' confrontations are searingly honest, loaded with the weight of two decades' worth of unspoken resentments.)

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Unfortunately, Frank never gets the chance to start over, because he's killed in a car accident following the fight.

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According to Balfe, Claire manages to be content in a marriage of convenience for so many years because she experienced true love with Jamie — but things aren't quite so simple for Frank.

'She's sort of decided within herself that once was enough for her, and that the memory of that love is enough to carry her through the rest of her life. Her marriage with Frank, yes, it's a marriage of convenience, but I think it's a marriage of friendship in some ways,' she tells Mashable. 'They come to an agreement where she won't ask any questions, he can do what he wants. She's going to focus on her career and being a good mother, and he's going to be a good father. It works for them, and it works for 20 years. And really the tragic victim in that marriage is Frank, because he's somebody who really wants Claire and still is in love with Claire and still desires her, but she just can't reciprocate it.'

She adds, 'Everyone gives Frank such a bad rap, but if you're in that marriage, I think he can't help but try and find the things that he needs outside of it. Claire still has Jamie's love inside her heart, so she's good.'

As emotional as Claire's farewell to Frank is, Balfe reveals that filming the hospital scene presented an unexpected challenge.

'Our first take, I look down and realize that sound had stuck a microphone to Tobias' bare chest. That was not very emotional. I was like, 'Um, does the dead guy need a microphone?'

Despite the technical difficulties, Balfe adds that the scene was incredibly important for Claire as a character.

'At that point they were so emotionally far apart from each other, and the intimacy had been gone for so many years, but it's like you don't realize how much you love somebody until they've been taken away from you,' she notes. 'They've been so used to living in this side by side world, but taking each other for granted, in a way, that at that moment she just realized that, there's always been this huge love for [him].. It's an apology.'

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Tobias Menzies has now said goodbye to both his characters, Black Jack Randall and his descendant, Frank, but admits that he doesn't exactly feel emotional about losing either:

'It's sort of odder than that, because they're all just like bits of you, so they don't go anywhere. Will I miss playing them? Yes, it's been great. It's been an amazing ride. And I'll also miss all the great friends that I've made on it. But it's been fun to go on and do other things. We've been doing this for three and a half years now. But yes, I'll definitely miss it, and it's been a really great adventure.'

Outlander airs Sundays at 8 p.m. on Starz.

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Dragonfly in Amber is the second book in the Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Centered on time travelling 20th century nurse Claire Randall and her 18th century Scottish Highlander warrior husband Jamie Fraser, the books contain elements of historical fiction, romance, adventure and science fiction/fantasy.^[1] This installment chronicles Claire and Jamie's efforts to prevent the Jacobite rising that Claire knows will end disastrously for the Scots.

A television adaptation of the series, called Outlander, premiered on Starz in August 2014.^[2] The show's second season—which aired May through July 2016—was based on the events of Dragonfly in Amber.^[3][4]

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Scotland, 1968[edit]

Claire Randall has returned to her own time, where she has been living for 20 years with her husband Frank. Following his death, she brings her daughter, Brianna, to the home of the Randalls' old friend, Reverend Reginald Wakefield. There, Claire hopes the Reverend's adopted son, Roger, can help her discover what happened to the men of Lallybroch after the Battle of Culloden. Roger, using his Oxford credentials to obtain information, finds proof that the men of Lallybroch returned home safely. He accompanies Claire and Brianna to an old churchyard, looking for the grave of Jonathan Randall, Frank's ancestor, but also finds Jamie Fraser's gravestone: it is part of a 'marriage stone', showing Claire's name but no date. Claire reveals Brianna's true paternity to her and Roger. Brianna angrily denies her mother's story, but Roger is fascinated, and Claire recounts her time after the events of Outlander.

Paris, 1744[edit]

At the end of Outlander, Claire has convinced Jamie to stop the Jacobite rising and the consequent slaughter. After learning that Charles Stuart is trying to get money from the French king Louis XV to fund the Jacobite cause, they travel to Paris, where Jamie uses his cousin Jared's wine business to gain the aristocratic connections necessary to plot against Stuart. A French boy named Claudel, brought up in a brothel, helps Jamie flee from some thugs, and Jamie hires him to steal the prince's correspondence, and renames him Fergus. When Jonathan 'Black Jack' Randall arrives, Jamie, despite a promise to spare Randall's life to protect his descendant Frank (Claire's modern-day husband), challenges Randall to a duel, and renders him impotent. Claire miscarries their daughter and is taken to the hospital. Jamie is sent to the Bastille for dueling.

Scotland, 1745 and the Rising[edit]

Claire frees Jamie by an arrangement with King Louis XV of France, and they are banished from France. Back in Scotland with Fergus, they settle into farm life at his home at Lallybroch with Jamie's sister Jenny and her family. Jamie receives a letter from Stuart, announcing his attempt to retake the throne of Scotland, which the prince has signed Jamie's name to, branding him a traitor to the Crown. Left with no choice, he gathers the men of Lallybroch to join the Stuart army. Young Lord John Grey, an English scout, stumbles upon Jamie and Claire. Thinking Claire a prisoner, Grey tries to 'save' her, whereupon Jamie breaks the boy's arm but spares his life. Information gleaned by Jamie from this encounter helps the Highlanders win at the Battle of Prestonpans; but the Rising still fails at the disastrous Battle of Culloden. Claire discovers that she is pregnant again. Jamie and Claire discuss assassinating Stuart, but decide against it. Dougal MacKenzie, having overheard their conversation, accuses Claire of persuading Jamie to betray his people, and attempts to kill Claire. Dougal is stabbed and dies in Jamie's arms. Jamie, knowing that the Jacobites lose Culloden, forces Claire and the unborn Brianna to return to her own time to spare her the battle's aftermath, and returns to Culloden, intending to die in the battle.

1968[edit]

Claire relates that she had returned to Frank, who disbelieved her story but insisted on helping her raise Brianna, and asked that she would only tell Brianna the truth after his death. Upon hearing it, Brianna refuses to believe Claire's story. Claire enlists Roger's help by revealing him as the descendant of Dougal MacKenzie and Geillis Duncan. Claire admits to Roger that while hiding in the caves of the Highlands, plotting Jamie's escape from prison (as told in Outlander), Dougal had delivered a message from Geillis that read: 'I do not know if it is possible, but I think so' and the numbers 1,9,6 and 8. Claire deduces that these signify the year 1968, and Claire and Roger suspect that Geillis was telling her the year of her own time travel. Claire, Roger, and eventually Brianna witness Geillis Duncan/Gillian Edgars' disappearance through the stone circle at Craigh na Dun after she murders her husband, Greg. Ultimately, Roger informs Claire that Jamie did not die at Culloden.

Critical reception[edit]

Publishers Weekly called Dragonfly in Amber an 'immensely long, compulsively readable sequel to Outlander', and noted that by 'portraying life in court and hut and on the battlefield through the eyes of a strong-minded, modern participant, Gabaldon offers a fresh and offbeat historical view, framed by an intriguing contemporary issue of Claire's daughter's paternity.'^[5]

References[edit]

1. ^Reese, Jennifer (November 27, 2007). 'Book Review: Lord John and the Hand of Devils (2007)'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
2. ^Ng, Philiana (May 8, 2014). 'Starz's Outlander Gets First Poster, Premiere Date'. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
3. ^Hibberd, James (August 15, 2014). 'Outlander renewed for second season'. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
4. ^Elavsky, Cindy (August 24, 2014). 'Celebrity Extra'. Downriver Sunday Times. King Features. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
5. ^'Fiction Book Review: Dragonfly in Amber'. Publishers Weekly. June 29, 1992. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

External links[edit]

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• 'An Outlander Family Tree (Official)'. Random House. 2014.

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