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Directed by: Brian Kelly Written by: Anne Kenney First aired on August 23, 2014 A scene from early in World War II: Frank (Tobias Menzies) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) are both in uniform, hurrying to catch Claire's train as she is shipped to the front. Frank is concerned that he hasn't been able to have Claire's orders changed to keep her from being posted abroad, but Claire is adamant that he shouldn't use his influence, because everyone else is in the same predicament. Frank is frustrated: "This is backwards -- I am the one that should be leaving for the front lines," he grouses as Claire climbs onto the train. A last loving farewell, and a worried Frank implores Claire, "Claire Beauchamp Randall, promise that you'll return to me." Claire smiles, and promises, "I will, Frank Randall, I promise." The train picks up steam, separating the husband and wife. Flash to Claire in 1743: Mrs. Fitz (Annette Badland is helping Claire bathe, and has just dumped a bucketful of cold water over a gasping Claire's head. Claire protests that she can wash and dress herself, but Mrs. Fitz brushes off her objections. and compliments Claire's skin, "Such beautiful skin you have, I've never seen a woman past 8 or 9 to have skin so unmarked by injury or illness -- your next husband will be a lucky man!" Startled, Claire is overcome by her situation, and tries to confide in Mrs. Fitz that her husband isn't really dead, that she seems to have fallen through time, and that she's from the future. Mrs. Fitz reacts badly, backing warily away from Claire and hysterically accusing her of being a witch. Flash to Claire, sitting in front of a mirror as Mrs. Fitz is brushing her hair out. We realize that the previous two scenes were Claire's thoughts as she sits quietly in front of the mirror -- remembering Frank, and imagining Mrs. Fitz' reaction if she told her the truth of her situation. Mrs. Fitz is cheerfully chattering about the upcoming Gathering, where hundreds of clansmen will be arriving at the castle in the next few weeks to "plight their oath", and Mrs. Fitz reminds Clare that if she does a good job of "physicking" the ill and injured during the Gathering, she will earn Colum's good will. In the surgery, Claire goes over notes from the previous healer, realizing how much of the medical "knowledge" is unsound, and trying to determine how to apply twentieth century medical practices in the eighteenth century. Her interest in botany becomes more and more important, as she determines how to use them effectively. She is under constant surveillance by Rupert (Grant O'Rourke) and Angus (Stephen Waters) as she works, but eventually, they drift over to the nearby kitchen to help themselves to the ale. One day, as Claire enters the kitchen, one of the women, obviously distraught, drops a bowl. Mrs. Fitz comforts her and sends her home, and tells Claire that the woman is Colum's chambermaid, Shona MacNeill (Nicola Clark) and that her son died the night before. Claire is surprised no one came to fetch her to help him, but Mrs. Fitz tells her that it wasn't an ordinary sickness -- the boy had been playing around "the black kirk", a deserted Benedictine monastery, and as a result, had been taken over by a demon. "He was a sickly boy on his best day -- he was no match for Ol' Nick" Mrs. Fitz intones, making a fervent sign of the cross. At that moment, Mrs. Fitz' young nephew, Tammas Baxter (Daniel Kerr), comes to fetch Claire to Colum's suite, and tells her that the boy who died was "like a brother to him." As Claire enters Colum's room, his tailor, >Naill Drummond (David McKay) is finishing the fitting of a new coat. Colum (Gary Lewis) is angered by the tailor's attempt to hide his misshapen legs with a too-long coat, and demands a coat of a proper length. The terrified tailor hastens out, and Colum asks Claire to massage his legs, which are hurting him. As he lays down on a table, he asks if she, too, finds his legs as repellant as the tailor did, but she assures him no, but the massage would be more effective at the base of his spine. Nonchalantly, he flips up the hem of his shirt, exposing his bare bottom, and inquires sarcastically, "Don't tell me my arse offends you, too!" Claire smiles, and gets to work. They chat quietly about the death of his chambermaid's son -- Colum declares it was Satan's work, after the foolish boy went to the black kirk, and then, reflectively, he wonders what he, himself, did to make the devil punish him with his misshapen legs. Claire gives a small "hmph", and Colum inquires, "What, you don't have demons in Glochestershire, Mistress?" "Yes," says Claire with a smile, "but we call them Scots!" Colum grunts in amusement, and, relieved of pain by Claire's ministrations, invites her to the Hall that night as his guest to listen to the Gwyllyn the Bard (Gillebride MacMillan) perform. That evening, Claire is standing off to the side as the Hall begins to fill. Dougal comes up behind her and compliments her on her work with Colum, observing that Colum seems to feel much better. "Seems like the feral cat we picked up on the road has decided to pull in her claws," he continues. Offended, Claire moves away. Finding herself sitting next to the young girl who narrowly avoided a beating on Claire's first day at Castle Leoch, Claire introduces herself to Laoghaire MacKenzie (Nell Hudson), but Laoghaire's attention is longingly drawn to Jamie's entrance. Claire notices, and gives a little wave at Jamie (Sam Heughan), who sees her and begins to cross the room to join them. "It's not me he fancies," says Laoghaire, softly. Claire smiles and tells her that "men seldom know what is best for them, that's what women are for!" and makes room for Jamie between herself and Laoghaire. Jamie is polite to Laoghaire's attempts at conversation, but it is obvious that he is not focused on her, much to her chagrin. After a few songs, Claire has been sipping Colum's strong Rhienish wine, and Jamie comments that most people are under the table after two glasses. When she asks if he thinks she is intoxicated, he smiles and says, "I'd be surprised if you weren't!" and takes the third glass from her and drinks. Jamie complains that his bandage is chafing and asks Claire to look at it. Hurriedly thrusting the empty glass at a disgruntled Laoghaire, Claire and Jamie leave to visit the surgery. As she asks him about his bandange, he admits that he doesn't need any help, but wanted to see her back to the surgery "while she could still walk upright." Blushing, Claire thanks him, realizing that if he wanted the bandage off, he would have just taken it off himself. She asks him why he didn't ask her to remove it at the stables, and he admits that he didn't want Old Alec (Liam Carney) to see the scars on his back. He tells her that he doesn't mind her seeing the scars, because she has a way of "letting him know that she's sorry for it, but not making her feel pitiful for it." Before he leaves, she examines his bandage, carefully unwinding his stock, and pronounces his wound as almost healed. The next day, Claire and Geillis (Lotte Verbeck) are gathering herbs, and Geillis tells her that Tammas Baxter has fallen ill, and Father Bain (Tim McInnerny) is going to perform an exorcism. Claire is skeptical that the illness is caused by demons, but Geillis asks her if she doesn't believe in demonic possession. "Do you?" asks Claire. Geillis tells her that she believes that there are "powers beyond our ken, beyond what we can see and hear and touch . . . have you never found yourself in a situation with no earthly explanation?" Claire is convinced that the boy may just be ill, but Geillis warns her that to challenge the belief that the boy is possessed will put her in danger, herself. Undeterred, Claire hurries to Tammas' home, to find Tammas tied to a bed with a frantic Mrs. Fitz in attendence. Examing the boy, Claire begins to think he may have been poisoned, but they are interrupted by Father Bain and Tammas' mother, who is appalled that Mrs. Fitz has let a "stranger" in. Even though Claire entreats her to allow her to help Tammas, she refuses, and Claire eases out the door as Father Bain proceeds with the exorcism. When she gets back to the castle, Claire observes Jamie kissing Laoghaire in an alcove. At dinner, Claire teases Jamie's over his slightly swollen lips, knowing that he has been kissing Laoghaire. Embarrassed, Jamie leaves the table, but Claire is quietly admonished by Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) that if Laoghaire's father finds out, Jamie may be forced to marry her. "He needs a woman, not a lassie, and Laoghaire will still be a girl when she's 50." Claire feels badly for teasing Jamie, realizing that she is jealous of Jamie and Laoghaire's intimacy and misses that same intimacy with Frank. Wandering outside, she is sitting by herself when Dougal finds her, and offers to take her into town the next day to visit Geillis and stock up on supplies for the Gathering. The next day, visiting Geillis, they discuss Tammas' condition, and Father Bain's distain of women. As they talk, they hear a noise in the town square, and notice Father Bain dragging a young boy through the square amidst shouting. Geillis is unconcerned, noting that it's the tanner's lad (Blair Cunningham), who has probably been caught stealing again, and that her husband, the fiscal, will have to pass judgement on him. When Claire inquires what will happen, she is shocked when Geillis admits that, since her husband isn't feeling well, the boy will probably lose his hand. Claire is incredulous, but they are interrupted by the appearance of Geillis' husband, Arthur Duncan (John Sessions), complaining of belly pains. Geillis is solicitous, and offers him a peppermint potion which seems to help. Claire tries to talk him out of cutting off the boy's hand, but Geillis interrupts with sweet, honeyed words that convinces Arthur to lessen the sentence to an hour with his ear nailed to the pillory. Arthur trots away to render judgement, and Geillis is matter-of-fact: "The man has no notion of guile," she observes dispassionately. The boy's ear is nailed to the post, and everyone wanders away. Geillis and Claire settle down for a chat, but are interrupted by Jamie coming to fetch Claire back to the castle. As they are leaving, Claire quietly asks Jamie how long the tanner's boy has to stay nailed, and Jamie tells her that his time is up but he has to work up the courage to tear himself loose. Horrified, Claire asks him how strong his fingers are. Understanding her meaning, Jamie mounts the scaffold to tease the tanner's boy. Claire, feigning a fainting spell, distracts the crowd for a moment to allow Jamie to quickly pull the nail out and free the boy. On their way home, Claire asks Jamie to help her on another matter. They stop by the black kirk, and Jamie tells her that young boys, including him at one point, often come to the kirk to prove their manhood by tempting fate, sometimes eating berries or the wood garlic found on the grounds. Clare is immediately interested, and asks him to show her the wood garlic. Upon inspection, she discovers that what Jamie -- and probably the boys -- thought was wood garlic is actually lily of the valley, which is poisonous when ingested. Jamie has never heard of lily of the valley, and Claire admits that it's not native to Scotland, then remembers that the monks who previously inhabited the monastery were from Germany -- "no, Prussia," and probably imported it. Claire hurries away, with a puzzled Jamie trailing behind. Later, Claire re-enters the Baxter's house, where Father Bain is performing another exorcism on a fading Tammas. Claire urgently explains what she thinks has happened to Tammas' mother, Mrs. Baxter (Lynsey-Anne Moffat). Father Bain interrupts, declairing that he is the Lord's disciple, she is not ordained to drive away the demon and orders her out of the house. She refuses, trying to explain that she means no blasphemy, but that the boy's problem is poison, not a demon. Mrs. Fitz quietly tells Father Bain to let Claire tend to Tammas, but Father Bain declares he will not be ordered about by a woman. Angrily, Mrs. Fitz tells him that this is her sister's house, and her father's before that, and "WE will decide what is done under it's roof!" Keeping her eyes locked on Father Bain, Mrs. Fitz directs Claire to take care of Tammas, but as she tries to pass, Father Bain snarls at her, "I smell the vapors of hell on you!" Claire shrugs him off, and quickly pours a belladonna decoction down Tammas' throat. Everyone gathers around to see if it works, Claire agonizes over whether she got the dose right, whether the strength of the medicine she uses was enough or too much, but Tammas responds quickly, to everyone's joy. Mrs. Fitz fervently thanks Claire, but Father Bain is unimpressed, telling Claire that "Satan may like to make a fool of God, but God will have the last word - I promise you that." Afterwards, Claire is at the stables talking to Jamie as he grooms a horse, telling him what happened, and wondering if Father Bain would have rather seen Tammas die. Jamie observes that Father Bain has his own way of making sense out of the world, and tries to cheer Claire up by telling her that Mrs. Fitz has told Colum that Claire is a miracle worker. Claire wonders if that will earn her a measure of trust, but to her dismay, Jamie observes that it will probably make Colum want to keep her and her skills at Castle Leoch. "Ill never get out of here!" she exclaims in frustration, to Jamie's bemusement. That evening, Claire almost decides to skip the Hall's entertainment, because she is aware of the looks of awe and suspicion that follow her wherever she goes. She decides to join them and seek oblivion in Colum's excellent wine, but is melancholy -- she sees no way to escape, and even if she does escape, there's no guarantee that the stones will take her back home to Frank - they may take her another two hundred years further in the past, or even as far back as the Roman occupation of Britain. But Jamie encourages her to sit with him, and as the bard sings, he translates the song for her: It's about a man, "on the eve of Samhein, who hears the sound of a woman singing sad and plaintive, from the very rocks of hell. 'I am a woman of Balmain,'" and proceeds to tell the story of a woman who "placed her hands upon the stone and traveled to a far distant land, where I lived for a time among strangers who became lovers and friends," but eventually traveled back through the stones to the man she loved. Claire listens, entranced. "She came back through the stones?" she asks incredulously. "Aye, she did," Jamie nods, "they always do." Claire realizes that the folk talk being sung by the bard is probably based on a distant true tale and is suddenly hopeful and resolute: She will escape Castle Leoch and return to the stones and Frank -- or die trying. Adapted from IMDb