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Directed by: John Dahl Written by: Ronald D. Moore First aired on August 16, 2014 Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and her Scottish captors have arrived home at Castle Leoch, where they are warmly welcomed by the residents. As Claire wonders how to escape back to Inverness, the Master of Horse, Old Alec (Liam Carney), fusses at Rupert to take care of his horse's hooves because of his weight, and the housekeeper, Mrs. FitzGibbons (Annette Badland), hugs members of the party, after teasing Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix that he "looks and smells like a rat that's been dragged through sheep dung." Murtagh takes the teasing good-naturedly, and gives her a kiss on the cheek. As Mrs. FitzGibbons gets a glimpse of Claire, she stops and stares -- Claire is standing in the castle yard wearing her white dress, which is dirty and tattered from her misadventures. Jamie (Sam Heughan) introduces them, and Mrs. FitzGibbons hurries her inside, with promises of food and something to wear "that's more . . . well, more," she finishes, with a shake of her head. Claire protests that Jamie needs medical attention and asks for supplies, and Mrs. FitzGibbons asks her if she's a charmer or a Beaton. "Mrs. Fitz" provides Claire with herbs and bandages and a quiet place by a fire, and Claire begins to tend to Jamie's shoulder. As she removes Jamie's shirt, she is shocked by the severe scarring on his back. Jamie explains that he has been flogged twice—by Captain Randall (Tobias Menzies). Claire asks why he was flogged, and Jamie explains that the first time, he was escaping Fort William. "Why were you escaping in the first place?" Claire asks, and Jamie grins and replies, "They were holding me prisoner!" When Claire continues to prod for information, Jamie tells her that he had been arrested for obstruction. Flashback: Jamie explains that Captain Randall and a troop of soldiers came to their home to take supplies such as food for their troops. His father was away at a funeral, and while Jamie was working in the field, he heard his sister, Jenny (Laura Donnelly), screaming. Racing to the house, he discovered Jenny being attacked by two of the soldiers. He begins to fight with the soldiers as Jenny dashes away, but she is intercepted by Captain Randall, who holds a knife to her throat and tells Jamie to stop. Discovering that Jenny is Jamie's sister, Captain Randall becomes more interested in her, and a casual caress turns into tearing off her bodice and exposing her bare-breasted to the soldiers and Jamie. Randall decides to make an example of Jamie, and hangs him up to be whipped, with Jenny tearfully watching. Randall offers to stop the whipping if Jenny will go into the house "and offer him better entertainment." Jamie exhorts Jenny not to give in to Randall, even if Randall kills him. Randall knocks him unconscious and Jamie conclude his story: "And so, she went with him. She thought he'd kill me, and perhaps she was right . . ." He describes being taken to Fort William, "trussed up with the chickens." He stated that, "They were verra poor company." Claire is sympathetic, and as she continues to tend to Jamie, he tells her that she is a kind woman with a good touch, and that her husband is a lucky man. She turns away abruptly to stare in the fire, and tears up, worrying about what Frank (Tobias Menzies) is going through in the future, looking for her. Jamie questions her softly, and through her tears, she tells him that her husband is not alive. Jamie gives her a comforting hug as she continues to sob, and then she steps back, embarrassed. Jamie tells her not to be afraid because he will protect her, but when Claire asks what she should do if he's not with her, he warns her that, being English, she should be very careful. He tells her to get some sleep -- she's exhausted. Later, Mrs. Fitz throws open the bedcurtains and cries for Claire to wake up. "You've slept the whole day -- it's nigh five o'clock!" Busily, Mrs. Fitz provides broth by the fire, water for washing, and brings Claire a proper dress. As Claire undresses, Mrs. Fitz is curious about her bra -- "What kind of corset is that?" she inquires. "A brassiere . . it's French . . ." Claire explains awkwardly, and Mrs. Fitz shakes her head and begins to help Claire dress, and when she is tidied up to Mrs. Fitz's satisfaction, she is escorted to meet with Colum MacKenzie, the Laird (Gary Lewis). As she wanders around his empty office, filled with colorful tapestries and birds in several cages, she sees a letter dated November 1, 1743. She is surprised, and has to hide further surprise when Colum MacKenzie, the laird of Castle Leoch, enters the room on legs that are severely disfigured by what would later be called Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome, or pycnodysostosis. Still, he is no one's fool, and as he greets Claire politely, he is intensely curious about how she came to be wandering in the woods. She remembers Frank once telling her that during an interrogation, she should stick to the facts as much as possible, so she tells Colum a tale about being accosted by bandits who stole her baggage and she became separated from her manservant and was lost. Colum is skeptical that Randall would simply rape a woman wandering lost in the woods, and apologizes after Claire asks tersely "when is a good time for a rape?" When Claire asks for help returning to Inverness, Colum tells her a tinker by the name of Sean Petry will be there in five days, and she can ride back to Inverness with him. Business concluded, Colum offers her the hospitality of the castle. Claire is excited at the prospect of returning, and wanders around the castle, observing Dougal (Graham McTavish) playing at swords with a young boy. Later that evening, Claire joins the castle folk for dinner, uncomfortably aware that conversation stops when she enters the room as everyone examines her. She makes her way to the head table and makes a small curtsy to Colum, and is invited to sit at his left at the head table. He introduces her to his wife, Letitia (Aislin McGuckin) and, plying her with several glasses of wine, he continues to question her as to where she is going ("France"), who she knows there, ("No one, family I haven't met yet."). Claire discovers through Dougal and Colum's discussion that Jamie has been sent to work in the stables. Soon, the young boy she saw in the yard with Douglas comes in, and Claire greets him, saying that she had seen him playing with his father. The room grows silent, and then the boy, Hamish (Roddy Gilkison), tells her haughtily that he is the son and heir of Colum MacKenzie, and Claire realizes that she has made a mistake and, pleading tiredness, she excuses herself. As she makes her way to her room, she berates herself for allowing herself to be affected by too much wine, which has muddled her wits. The next morning, she asks Mrs. Fitz where Jamie is, and is knowingly pointed to the stables. She admires Jamie in the ring training a horse, but distracts the horse, causing it to rear. Jamie is annoyed until he sees the cause of the horse's distraction. They share a lunch in the stable as she tends his bandage, and he tells her that he can't return to his own farm because there's a price on his head, 10 pounds sterling, on a trumped up charge of murder. "You're a very complicated man, Mr. MacTavish," Claire says thoughtfully, and he admits that his real name isn't MacTavish, but since he doesn't want to be turned over to the English, he's been an outlaw for almost four years. When Claire wonders if Colum knows his story, Jamie laughs and tells her that Colum and Dougal are his uncles, on his mother's side, and know the whole story. Claire is surprised that Jamie has told her, and he tells her that he trusts her. Old Alec tells Jamie to get back to work, and as Claire starts back, she realizes that Rupart has been following her. When she objects, he tells her that Dougal has him watching her. Claire confronts Dougal, who tells her that he thinks she is an English spy, and she tells him she hopes enjoying watching her do nothing before she leaves with Mr. Petry. Waiting to leave, she helps Mrs. Fitz harvest plants. One day, as she is picking mushrooms, she encounters Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeck), who teases her that she is picking poisonous mushrooms. Geillis tells her that people in the town think that Claire is an English spy. She goes on to tell Claire that she dabbles in herb for some people, and pointing out herbs that can cause miscarriages, she invites Claire to visit her in the village. That evening is The Hall, a meeting at the castle where people bring their grievances to Colum for judgement. Geillis helps translate the conversations, and at the end, a young girl is brought before Colum by her father to be punished for loose behavior. Colum agrees, but before the girl can be strapped, Jamie steps forward and offers to take the beating for her. After a spirited argument, Colum agrees to the switch, and the girl, Laoghaire (Nell Hudson), tearfully runs to Mrs. Fitz's arms as Jamie prepares for the beating. Claire is horrified, knowing that Jamie is still injured. Murtagh warns Jamie that Dougal is up to something, and Jamie takes several blows, administered by Rupert (Grant O'Rourke) before the beating is finished. Claire accompanies him back to Mrs. Fitz' fireside, where Mrs. Fitz thanks Jamie for saving her granddaughter from being humiliated, and leaves Claire to treat him. Claire asks him why he did it. He admits that he barely knows her, but it would have shamed the lass, and it was easier for him -- he's sore, but not badly damaged, and he'll be better in a couple of days. She tells him to take the bandage off in a couple of days, and when he tells her that she can do it for him, she tells him that she will be leaving. He pauses, and then, with good manners, wishes her a safe journey. Claire, noticing Laoghaire peering around the door, smiles and takes her leave, nodding towards the door and observing to Jamie that "someone wants to talk to you alone." The next morning, as Claire is beginning to leave with the tinker with a basket full of Mrs. Fitz' goodies, she is intercepted by Dougal, who tells her that Colum wants to see her. Protesting that she was just leaving, Dougal shakes his head and tells her that Colum has asked for her, and that settles it. He leads her to a chamber -- which Claire recognizes from her encounter with Frank as they toured the Castle Leoch ruins. Colum tells her that he has discovered that she is a good healer, and that since their last healer, a Beaton (a family famous for their healing talents) died and left behind all his potions and records in this room, he wants her to remain at the castle as their new healer -- and until he can find out who she really is. Angrily, she accuses him of trying to keep her prisoner, to which he responds softly, "Only if you try to leave." He steps out of the infirmary, leaving Claire alone and frightened. Adapted from IMDb