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Directed by: Metin Hüseyin Written by: Toni Graphia First aired on May 21, 2016 The screen tells us it's Boston, 1954, and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and her daughter (Niamh Elwell), with long red hair and a missing front tooth (about 5 years old by my calculation), are in a library looking at books with pictures of birds. She points at a picture and asks her mother what kind of bird that is. Claire informs her that it is a Heron. She asks her mother if she's ever seen one in real life, and Claire reponds that she has, in Scotland. Then she asks, "When were you in Scotland, Mama?" and Claire says it was a long time ago. Claire remembers, and we see a heron flying as the focus shifts to the ceiling at L'Hôpital des Agnes where Claire is laying on a table being comforted by Mother Hildegarde (Frances de la Tour), Sister Angelique (Audrey Brisson) is praying, and Monsieur Florez (Naill Greig Fulton) is working frantically. There's lots of blood. Claire wakes up at the hospital some time later, and feels her belly, then in alarm, sits up and asks, "Where's my baby?" Mother Hildegarde comes up and tells her she must stay calm, and orders some water. Claire doesn't want water, she wants her baby! "I'm sorry, Madame, she has joined the angels. She was (in French) born dead." Sister Angelique points to a statue of the Virgin Mary and says, "The Virgin will comfort you, Madame. She, too, lost a child." Claire won't be comforted. She demands her baby, and jumps out of bed yelling for her baby, losing control. The statue is knocked over and shatters on the floor. We see her several days later laying in bed, sweating, obviously with a high fever. Bouton (Scamp) is laying on the floor and Mother Hildegarde is laying a cool cloth on Claire's forehead. She wants to know where her baby is, and Mother tells her that she baptized her, and gave her the name "Faith". She also tells Claire that she must understand that what she did was illegal. A child must be alive to do that, but she wanted her to be buried in hallowed ground. "This, ma chère, will stay between you, me, and God." Mother Hildegarde has summoned Father Laurentin (Ilario Calvo) to give Claire last rites. Claire tells her she needs her husband, but Mother informs her that she's sorry, but there has been no word. The priest asks Claire in French, "Would you like to make a last confession...so that you may unburden yourself of any sins?" Claire responds, "My sins are all I have left." He does his thing anyway, and Mother orders Bouton to stay close to her, and he jumps up on the bed to stand guard. The nun and the priest walk away. Claire is shivering and moaning. Then a cloaked figure approaches the bed and Bouton growls. He orders him "Come down now, little dog" and Bouton jumps down. Then he orders Claire, "Be still now" and puts his hand over her mouth. "Be still now... Hush Madonna, if they find me here I'm finished." He pulls the hood off and we see Master Raymond (Dominique Pinon) without a wig. He puts his hands on Claire's cheeks and asks her what she sees. She tells him she sees blue wings. He tells her that blue is the color of healing, and the wings will carry away her pain if she lets them. VO: "The white hottness burned deep in my bones. I knew what it was: puerperal fever. The baby had come, but parts of the placenta had not. It festered inside my womb. As Raymond's hands moved over the meridians of my body, I could feel the tiny deaths of the bacteria that inhabited my blood. Small explosions as each scintilla of infection disappeared. The fever drained from my bones, and my tortured body relaxed gratefully into the frame of his hands, melting and reforming like molded wax." Master Raymond moved down lower and Claire was moaning in pain. He told her to call to him. "Jamie!" He pulled out a chunk of bloody placenta. VO: "I don't know what he did, or how he did it, but he healed me. What's more, he saved my life." Raymond hid away as a nun came running up to Claire, who said, "I'm all right. Tell Mother Superior." The nun crossed herself and said, "God be praised," then ran off. Raymond came back and tells Claire, "Be well now. I must go Madonna." She tells him, "I'm not Madonna. I have no child." "I didn't call you Madonna because you were with child, my dear. Everyone has a color about them, all around them like a cloud. Yours is blue, like the Virgin's cloak. Like my own." "You shouldn't have come, it's too dangerous." "You're right about the king, he wants blood now, (in French) Not only Hail Mary's. (In English) These are things you do for your friends." "Will I ever see you again?" "As I told you before, we will see each other again. (In French) Have faith." Then he says to Bouton, "Come little dog. Back here, quickly!" and dashes away as we hear footsteps approaching. It's Mother Hildegarde and Sister Angelique. Mother touches Claire's forehead and says, "Yes. The fever has passed." Sister Angelique asks (in French), "How can it be? It's a miracle." Mother agrees, "A miracle indeed. God be praised. Would you bring some broth, Sister?" Claire asks Mother, "Has there been any word from Monsieur Fraser?" "He is unable to come, Madame. He was arrested for dueling with the English Captain and is being detained in the Bastille St. Antoinne." Claire asks, "For how long?" "Dueling is a serious offense. I'm afraid your husband will remain in prison at the king's pleasure. If your husband had killed his opponent, the penalty would have been much worse." "He's not dead, the English Captain?" "He is badly wounded, and the British Ambassador begged for him to be allowed to recover from his injuries in England." VO: "So Jack Randall was still alive. The cat with nine lives, and thus, so was Frank. But at what cost?" "That is fortunate, no?" "Yes, fortunate. But my husband betrayed me, Mother. Revenge mattered more to him than me, or his child." "How so?" "One year of grace is all I asked, to which he agreed. One year. He may as well have run his sword through me." Mother Hildegarde clasps her hands together and says, "God says we must revel in mercy. Tred sins under foot. And hurl iniquities into the sea." "I'm not sure there's a sea deep enough." VO: "I laid in that bed for weeks. My body had healed, but my soul had not. One day Fergus came. He brought flowers and asked me to come home. I'd lost my husband and my child. Where else could I go?" The carriage pulls up in the courtyard at Jared's apartment and the servants all line up to greet them. Fergus (Romann Berrux) gets out first and hands the flowers to a maid. He's looking especially sad. He helps Claire step down and they walk through the line of servants who are all looking very sad too. Suzette (Adrienne-Marie Zitt) is crying and kisses Claire's hand. Magnus (Robbie McIntosh) welcomes Claire home and she thanks him, and grabs his hand and bows to him. There's a tear running down her cheek. Inside, we see Fergus brushing Claire's hair as she sits before a blazing fire. She raises her hand to his to stop him, then thanks him, saying it was nice. He puts the brush away on the bureau and stares at the bottles of scents. Claire asks him "What is it?" and he replies, "Nothing, Milady" and leaves the room. Later that night Claire is standing in her shift in front of the fire. She notices the box of Apostle Spoons, opens it, and starts crying. She picks one of them up, then puts it away, slams the lid down and throws the box under the bed, kicking it angrily. She grabs her robe, throws it on, and storms out of the room weeping quietly. But she hears noises coming from Fergus' room. She goes in. He's crying out, "Stop, s'il vous plait!" She wakes him and tells him it's just a bad dream. "Do you want to tell me about it?" He insists, "No, Milady" but she says gently that it might make him feel better. "No, it's not just a dream ... The Englishman, Milady." "What Englishman? Fergus, tell me!" "I went with Milord to Maison d'Elise. Prince Charles owed money. He told me to wait. Milord told me to stay put, but I have a talent for stealing and I couldn't resist. One of the rooms was open and I saw a bottle of perfume. I wanted to bring it to Milady as a gift. It smelled so nice. I put it in my pocket. I kept the bottle but I was too afraid to give it to you after what happened. It's lavendar, Milady. When I turned around he was there, the Englishman (and we see Black Jack (Tobias Menzies) ARGHHHH!). Black Jack says, "You're not what I ordered, but you'll do", then he lunges for poor Fergus. Claire says, "Jesus Christ!" Fergus insists, "I tried to get away, I swear I did. I told him Milord was there, but he wouldn't listen. He said that he wanted me to ... (burying his head in the pillow) I can't say it in front of a lady." Fergus is crying and breaking all of our hearts! There's a brief (thank God) flashback of Black Jack throwing Fergus down and Fergus yelling, "Stop!" Claire asks Fergus why he didn't tell her this sooner? He says, "I wanted to, but I was ashamed." Claire tells him it's all right, but he rolls over weeping and yells, "No! No it's not! It's all my fault. I should have kept quiet. I didn't cry or scream at first. I couldn't help it." Another brief but horrifying flashback of Fergus yelling and a white sleeve holding him down. "Stop! Milord!" "Milord heard it, and he came running." Jamie (Sam Heughan) is negotiating with Madame Elise (Michele Belgrande-Hodgson), hears the ruckus, opens the door and is horrified at what he sees! His face distorts into the most gut wrenching vision as he grabs Randall and punches him fiercely in the face. "I hid under the dressing table. Then the fight was broken up. As soon as Milord was taken away, I heard him challenge the Englishman to a duel." As several men pull Jamie off Randall, Jamie yells, "You sick bastard! A duel! I demand a duel!" and then he was dragged away. Claire exclaims, "It's not your fault, Fergus!" "I didn't know! I didn't know he would go to fight the Englishman! I didn't know! Now Milord is gone — He will never come back!" Claire pulls Fergus into her arms and hugs him fiercely, saying, "It's all right." Claire goes to see Mother Hildegarde asking for her help in setting up a private audience with the king. "You have mentioned that you are the God-daughter of the old Sun King. Surely you have an entree, or you know someone who does." "It is possible." "I wish to petition for my husband's release from the Bastille." "So, ma chère, you have found a deep enough sea." "I learned the reason he broke his promise. I was angry at him. I still am. But he is the father of my child." His Majesty is a mercurial man. There is a price to such requests. The king may expect to lie with you." "If it comes to sacrificing my virtue Mother, I'll add it to the list of things I have already lost in Paris." Claire goes to the palace at Versailles and is led by the Gentleman of the Bedchamber (Guillaume Lecomte) to her audience with the king. He led her through the huge room where Jamie and Duverney played chess. Good to see she has her poison-detecting necklace on. She's taken to the King's bed chamber and we see King Louis (Lionel Lingelser) again. He smirks as Claire curtsies and he gestures for her to approach, then says in French, "Do not be afraid of me, my dear Madame. I don't bite." Claire returns, "No, ...of course not." "Sit, please." Claire curtsies again and sits down. The king asks (in French), "Will you have a sip of warm chocolate? It's from New Spain." She graciously accepts. Then he offers an orange from his Orangerie. He's proud that he has over a thousand trees. He hands her the chocolate and orange, then sits next to her on the bench. Very cat and mouse... Grinning at her, he says (in English), "Now, tell me what it is that I may do for you." "My husband is in the Bastille, for dueling." Now, not smiling, he informs her, "Your husband has broken a royal decree." "I understand that, but he was provoked. As you know, he's a Scot, and they are most fierce where questions of their honor are concerned." "Quite so. Quite so, Madame. However..." "I would be most grateful, Your Majesty." Louis picks up Claire's right hand and asks if the ring she's wearing is her husband's. She tells him it is. Then he notices her other wedding ring on her left hand. Claire explains to him that she was married once before. "And yet you still wear his ring. Your loyalty is most noteworthy." The king kisses both rings slowly as Claire looks away. He says, "I am inclined towards mercy, ma chère, Madame. But ..." Louis saunters over to the huge bed. VO: "He was called Louis, the Well Beloved. His rule was absolute. He could free Jamie with a word, or kill him. He could do with me as he liked. I waited to see what His Majesty's pleasure might be." "Tell me, if I was to grant your request to free your husband, would you be inclined to grant me a small favor in return?" "I am at Your Majesty's complete disposal." Claire bows her head. "Ah. Tres bien. Tres bien ma chère. Come." He holds out his hand to her. Claire puts down the orange and looks at the bed. Then walks towards him. He strokes her face and says, "So pale...so fine. I can see why they call you... La Dame Blanche." Then he leads her quickly to a hidden doorway and motions her through. He barges through another pair of doors and she follows him into a an elaborate round chamber with lights shining down from small openings in the domed ceiling. Men in black masks with spears guard all of the exits. "The King asks that you give us the benefit of your skills." VO: "When I saw Monsieur Florez, the King's executioner, I knew his presence could mean only one thing. There would be death here today." "I'm not sure what you mean, sire." The King orders two of the guards to open some doors and two more masked guards ussure in Master Raymond and the Comte St. Germain, both looking pretty worried. The King orders Monsieur Florez to read the indictment, which he does, in French. "Master Raymond and Comte St. Germain, You are hereby charged with sorcery...and the perversion of the search for knowledge...into an exploration of arcane arts. You stand accused of...plundering the teaching...of ancient alchemists...and employing the dark arts...for your own...agenda." The King states, "We have no quarrel with the proper search for wisdom, but while much good may be found, so too may evil be discovered. And the search for wisdom be perverted into the desire for power and wealth for one's own depraved and immoral purpose." Monsieur Florez chimes in (in French) with, "We must also...consider the evidence...which has been collected...both from the apothecary of Master Raymond...and the residence of Le Comte St. Germain." The King states (in French), "We have brought here a witness. An infallible judge of truth. The White Lady (La Dame Blanche). A pure heart that cannot lie...she can see into the soul of a man and sense whether evil lies within." Claire mumbles under her breath, "Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ" The King continues (in English), "I beseech you to use your talents. Look into their souls, and if there is darkness within, they will be handed over to Monsieur Florez and put to death!" Claire nods to the King, and says, "It will be an honor to assist Your Majesty in this task." "Very well, let's commense." Claire walks over to Master Raymond and stares at him for awhile. Then she steps towards St. Germain, who's looking VERY worried. She closes her eyes, puts her left hand up to her forehead and says, "I see a shadow... behind your eyes, Comte." The Comte is quite unfomfortable, turns around, bumps into a guard, then sniggers like he's being persecuted undeservedly. Claire continues, "I see an image, a gang of men in the street, dressed as aristocrats but wearing masks. There is a name in your mind, Monsieur. Les Disciples. What do you know of Les Disciples, Monsieur?" "I know nothing of this Les Disciples of which you speak." "You are lying, sir." "I am not lying. I am NOT LYING! I AM NOT LYING, SIRE! This woman is a liar and a witch. This woman has also know to drink poison and survive." The King asks, "How do you come to this knowledge?" "Because I gave her the poison myself. She tried to ruin my livelihood, she had my ship destroyed with her false condemnations. She's a witch. And she doesn't deny it." Claire, looking directly into St. Germain's eyes, replies, "No, I don't deny it. La Dame Blance is a white witch, and I practice white magic, sire." The King reassures them all, "Madame Fraser is not on trial here." VO: "Even knowing St. Germain tried to poison me, I found it hard to condemn him coldbloodedly to death." Claire, still looking directly at St. Germain, says, "I see darkness in his soul." Then she steps over to Master Raymond, lifts his chin, and says, "Also in his. But only the normal darkness that lives in the souls of all men (looking pointedly at Monsieur Florez, then stepping to stand in front of Louis) Even a king's. For without darkness, there can be no light." Louis says, "Nevertheless, if I am to cleanse this city I must make an example. Perhaps we can aid your decision. (In French) Bring out the serpent!" The guards roll out a large box and lift the cloth covering it to reveal a huge snake. Both St. Germain and Master Raymond look pretty worried at this point. Claire too. Louis says, "The Bible claims that a true believer can handle serpents and they will not harm him for they're in the service of God." Claire looks over at the evidence table and proposes, "Perhaps, Your Majesty, I may suggest another test. It is true, I drank the Comte's poison and it did not kill me. Let them drink mine and see what happens. Let them both drink it, with your permission." The king agrees. VO: "I decided to take a page out of Master Raymond's book, so to speak. I looked through the evidence, the remnants of his shop, and found the herb I was looking for. Bitter Cascara. I knew the Cascara would make both men ill, but wouldn't kill them. And perhaps Louis, having had his show, would be appeased, and set them free." She pours the bitter cascara into a shallow bowl and says to Louis, "This potion will give you your answers, sire. We may have a death, or two, but I ask one thing. If both these men survive, you will set them free." "We shall see if it pleases the King." Claire takes the potion to Master Raymond, who looks hesitant, but drinks some. He starts coughing, gagging, and groaning a bit, doubling over. But then he straightens up and is fine. He hands the bowl back to Claire. But in a close up we see he's added something to the cup. Immediately after she gets the bowl, the stone in her necklace starts to turn black. She notices it, and so does St. Germain, who also knows what that means. He shakes his head. VO: "I never saw Raymond add anything to it, noone had, it was another amazing feat, a slight of hand like the one he's shown me in the shop." The King orders Claire to give him (St. Germain) the cup. VO: "All I knew is that this time, inside the cup, was death. St. Germain knew it too." St. Germain is very distressed, crying. The King orders him to drink. He takes the cup from Claire and says (in French), "Oh well. I salute you Master Raymond. You evil bastard. And you...witch who sucks the cock of the Devil. I'll see you... in Hell." He drinks it, drops the cup, and has a very dramatic death scene, gagging, coughing, falling down face to the floor, drooling, and exhaling for the last time. The King steps over St. Germain's body and addresses Master Raymond in French, "Count yourself fortunate...but leave today and never...set foot in France again." He motions "Away" with his hands, and the guards escort Master Raymond out. VO: "Perhaps it was the shock of what I'd been through, but as Master Raymond was led away, what ran through my brain was a line from a film, you know the one, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU MOST OF ALL." —Dorothy to the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz Claire says boldly to the King, "You're going to honor my request." He replies, "First there is the matter of payment." He grabs her hand and quickly drags her back to his bed chamber. He sits her down on his bed and pushes her shoulders down so she's lying on the cover. He lifts her skirts, and unbuckles his pants, sliding them down, and commences his business transaction. VO: "I closed my eyes and thought of England." An extremely short (presumably unsatisfied) time later, he was pulling up his britches. Claire opened her eyes, sat up, pulled her hair around to the front, and pushed down her skirts. "I will issue a pardon for your husband, and arrange one should you wish to return to Scotland." Then Louis looked at her, still sitting, and gestured for her to leave. She got up as straight-backed and dignified as possible and walked out, grabbing the orange as she passed the table where she'd set it down earlier. She curtsied to the King before leaving the chamber. About halfway through the library she stopped, looked back, and the Gentleman of the Bedchamber who is escorting her out cleared his throat. She turned and followed him. Back at the house we see Jamie slowly, hesitantly climbing the circular stairs. Claire meets him at the top but is avoiding his eyes. Nobody says anything for awhile, then Jamie says in a very rough voice, "I don't even know if it was a boy or a girl. Claire. Would you make me beg?" We finally see his face and he has quite a bit of beard there (indicating he's been in the Bastille a while). She slowly walks away from him, then turns around and sits down on a bench. "It was a girl. Mother Hildegarde baptized her, gave her a name — Faith. Mother Hildegarde has a very odd sense of humor. She's buried in the cemetary next to the convent." "I, I did try to keep my promise." "Fergus told me what happened." "Then ye see I couldna let Randall go unpunished for what he did to the wee lad. ... Do you hate me for it Claire?" "I did hate you. (We flash back to the statue of the Virgin Mary shattering on the floor and Claire demanding to see her baby at the hospital) Mother Hildegarde let me see her so I wouldn't have to imagine." We flash back to Mother Hildegarde putting the tiny baby wrapped in a blanket in Claire's arms. "She was beautiful. So small, I could cup her head in the palm of my hand. Her ears stuck out just a little. You could see the light through them, the light through her skin as well, like the light on a pearl that's still wet from the sea. Her eyes were closed, no lashes yet, slanted a bit like yours. She had whisps of the most beautiful copper hair." Another flash back of Claire singing very quietly to Faith. "Oh, I do like to be beside the sea side. Oh, I do like to be by the sea. I like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom!..." Chidren's Song: I do like to be beside the seaside Written by: John A. Glover-Kind in 1907 Lyrics for the first verse: Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside Oh! I do like to be beside the sea! Oh! I do like to stroll along the Prom, Prom, Prom! Where the brass bands play: Tiddely-om-pom-pom! Later, Claire is still cradling Faith. Louise de Rohan (Claire Sermonne) asks Mother Hildegarde how long it's been, and the Mother says since this morning. "Holy Mother of God."Louise, cradling her own baby bump, walks hesitantly up to Claire, touches her shoulder, and says, "Ma chère, Claire." Claire tells Louise, "She's beautiful, isn't she." Louise agrees. "Ten fingers, ten toes." Louise tells Claire, "She's an angel. May I hold her?" Claire frowns, aware of what they're up to. In French Louise says, "It's time, my dear." Claire sobs (hell, everyone who'se watching this is sobbing), kisses her head, and hands her to Louise. Louise hands the baby to Mother Hildegarde and tries to console Claire, who'se sobbing. Back to Claire and Jamie. "So YES, I HATED YOU!" Jamie says, "Aye." and slowly turns away and sits down himself. "But, it was me, who asked the impossible of you. It was me who put Frank before our family. It was me who followed you to the woods." Jamie says, "No, Frank was your family too." "But he's not here. And now neither is our daughter. It's not your fault. It's not even Randall's fault, not this time. It's my fault." "Mo ghràidh (my love in Gaelic), I asked your forgiveness once. You said there's nothing to forgive. Truth is, I already forgave you, long before today, for this, and anything else you could ever do." Claire admits, "There's something else. I slept with the King to buy your freedom." "You did it to save my life. Just like I gave myself to Randall to save you." Claire, quite flustered, says, "How can we ever be the same?" "We can't be. The weight of what has happened here is too much for any one of us to bear alone. The only way we can live with it is to carry it ... together." "Are you sure you want to do that?" "We lost our child, and by the grace of God we might be given another. " "Then bring me home ... to Scotland." Jamie starts tearing up. "Aye. Scotland. But there's something I'd like to do first. Jamie and Claire are at Faith's grave. The gravestone says simply "Faith Fraser, d. 1744" Jamie kisses one of the Apostle Spoons and lays it on the grave saying, "St. Andrew. If we must bury you here in France, let's leave a bit of Scotland wi'ye. Take the Episode Quiz Recap by Mary Girven