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Directed by: David Moore Written by: Shannon Goss First aired on November 12, 2017 Standing on a dock in Ayr, Scotland, Jamie's cousin Jared Fraser (Robert Cavanagh) approaches Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) saying, "It's all arranged, then. You'll act as supercargo in charge of the freight. Master Raines is glad not to have the responsibility. She's not much, but" Jamie cuts in, "She'll do." Jarad continues, "Oh, the weather is beginning to turn. Even a brig of this size will be bobbin' like a cork. Uh but at least you'll have a physician at hand when ye begin retching yer innards." Jamie answers, "I'll manage. All that matters now is Young Ian." Jared agrees, "Yes. Well, the harbor master had record of only one three-masted frigate sailing under a Portuguese flag, the Bruja. Her home port is Jamaica." Jamie observes, "And she was riding very low in the water. Hold musta been laden." Jared concludes, "Then they would most likely be on their way home. Dinna fash, a healthy male can be sold for upward of 30 pounds in Jamaica. As long as he doesn't make trouble, Ian will be fine." Claire says to Jamie, "West Indies is our best chance, then." Jamie addresses his cousin, "Thank ye, Jared. Ye've been a great help." Jared bids them farewell. "Bon voyage. God be with you and the lad." Jamie is feeling guilty, and says to Claire, "'Twas ill luck to use the money to pay Laoghaire so I could be wi' you. Maybe I'm being punished for wanting too much." Claire disagrees, "Jamie, no god worth his salt would take your nephew away from you just because you wanted to be happy." Looking serious, Jamie asks, "Will we be? Happy? I meant what I said. You belong wi' me. If ye truly want to go back, I'll take ye to the stones myself." Claire replies, "Most important thing right now is that we find Young Ian." Lesley (Keith Fleming) and Hayes (James Allenby-Kirk) approach them from the Artemis. Lesley says, "Captain, uh, Raines wants to cast off. If we don't, we'll no catch the tide." Hayes suggests, "Maybe we should leave tomorrow on a fresh tide." Lesley asks, "'Fresh tide'? They're all the same, ye numbskull. He's full of nerves." Hayes clarifies, "Aye, it's no 'nerves.' Twice I've been on a ship. Once when they took me from Scotland as an indentured slave, another when I returned home. If it wasna for Mac Dubh, I would no be setting foot on that bucket of shite." Claire adds, "Well, if it's any consolation, I'm not one for sea voyages either. But we're very glad of your help." Jamie asks, "Has Willoughby arrived?" Hayes answers, "Aye, he's on deck now." Jamie states, "Then inform Captain Raines that we have sufficient crew aboard. Just waiting on Fergus." Hayes informs Jamie, "The wee frog's already on board, Mac Dubh. Fergus and ..." Lesley interrupts, "And the baggage from Lallybroch. (CLEARS THROAT) The lad's brought ye some clothes and supplies. Let's go." Both are muttering indistinctly as they walk back towards the ship. Claire says, "Since Jenny and Ian think we're still headed - to France, then Jamie cuts in, "They'll not yet be worried. I've sent them a letter explaining everything." The Artemis is underway. Jamie and Claire are on deck and Jamie is looking uncomfortable. Claire tries to help. "Try and look at the horizon. Might help alleviate nausea." Jamie states, "I haven't noticed my stomach yet, Sassenach. Watching Scotland fall away is causing pain enough. I won't set foot on our shores again wi'out Young Ian." Claire reassures him, "We will find him." "Aye. If this fair wind holds, we should gain on the Bruja." A sailor, Manzetti (Cameron Robertson), approaches and says to Jamie, "Good day." Then he touches an iron horseshoe nailed to a large wooden post behind the main mast. Another sailor, Hogan (Nic Rasenti), passes and touches the horseshow, then greets Jamie. "Morning, sir." Claire observes this, then says, "Let's get settled in." She starts to walk away. Jamie says, "Aye. You, uh, should touch the horseshoe, Sassenach." As he touches the horseshoe himself, he adds, "It's bad luck not to." She sighs and concedes, "Well, if it'll make you happy." First Mate Warren (Karl Thaning) touches the horseshoe and says to Jamie, "Day to you." Jamie replies, "And you!" Claire notices that all of the seamen address Jamie only, not her. "Am I invisible?" Jamie explains sheepishly, "Ah You know, women are bad luck on ships, Sassenach. Redheads, too." Claire scoffs, "So, you're bad luck?" Jamie adds, "Aye. That's why they address me first before I speak to them. 'Tis the only way to avoid misfortune." Chuckling, Claire asks, "How has Scotland survived all these centuries?" Jamie explains, "It's not just the Scots, Sassenach. The English, Spanish, Dutch All have seafaring superstitions. Dinna want to be caught wi a banana on a French frigate." Fergus (César Domboy) Fergus approaches them saying, "Milord." "Fergus." Jamie is happy to see him, but then he sees his step-daughter Marsali (Lauren Lyle) with Fergus. "Marsali? What the hell are ye doing here?" Marsali, smiling broadly, exclaims bluntly, "Fergus and I are married." Jamie is clearly shocked. "What in the name of holy God d'ye mean? Ye hardly know each other." Fergus explains, "We've been courting since last August, and we were handfast this morning." Claire questions, "Handfast?" Jamie explains this. "Ah, a custom It allows two people to be married if they clasp hands in front of witnesses and declare themselves wed, but not if - Have you bedded her?" Fergus admits, "Not yet, Milord." Relieved, Jamie says, "Ah Then it's not yet binding." Addressing Captain Raines (Richard Dillane), Jamie orders, "Captain! We need to make for shore." Captain Raines replies politely, "If there's anything you need, we'll be putting in at St. Ives for final provisions." Jamie states, "Then Marsali will disembark there. I'll send someone to see her home. This voyage is too dangerous for the lass." Marsali jumps in beligerantly, "You're taking her." Jamie states firmly, "Claire is no concern of yours." But Marsali is not done with this conversation. "You left my mother for this English whore, making her a laughingstock, and ye say it's no my concern? The hellish nerve ye ha', telling me what I shall do." Fergus tries to intercede, "Marsali, chèrie, you must not speak about Milady in such a way." Jamie asks Marsali, "Does your mother ken?" Marsali answers, "I sent her a letter." Jamie is between a rock and a hard place. "Then she'll have me killed. I am sending you home." Marsali has other ideas and asserts her power! "I'll tell everyone Fergus has already bedded me. He hasn't, but I'll say it anyway. So, you see, I shall either be married or ruined." Jamie concedes, "Fine. You can sail to Jamaica. Then I am taking you home. Uh, but Fergus doesna touch ye. We have two cabins. Fergus'll be wi' me. Marsali will be wi' Claire." Now Claire and Marsali are both shocked and ask jointly! "What?" Claire takes charge, "Let's go inside. You're going to be sick." Jamie disagrees, "I I feel fine." "No, you don't. We've been apart for 20 years, and you want me to room with her?" Jamie explains his position, "Marsali is under my care now, like it or not. I am obliged to protect her virtue." Claire unhappily adds, "Mine as well, it would seem." Then she heads inside. Jamie, looking none too happy with the situation. "Now I am gonna be sick." Claire sees Jamie looking very nautious sitting on his bunk. "Can't possibly be comfortable there. You should try a hammock." Jamie scoffs at that idea, "Oh swinging's no helpful." She pours some liquid into a mug and hands it to him, "Here." Surly, Jamie asks, "What in God's name are ye forcing me to drink?" "Ginger tea." He takes a sip. "Oh Can't believe Fergus lied to me about Marsali. Courting since August." Claire commiserates, "Well, I don't think they've thought through what it means to spend a lifetime together. Neither did we, when we were first married." Jamie adds, "That's because our marriage was arranged." Claire notices a trunk. "What is that?" Jamie answers, "The happy couple brought some of our things from Lallybroch." "Our things?" She goes to investigate what's in the trunk. "These are my clothes from when we were in Paris. Well, you kept them! Why didn't you sell them, or Jamie scoffs, "Sell them? Memories of you? Never." "Ah, that green cloak that Marsali was wearing ... I knew I recognized it from somewhere." Jamie concedes, "Uh, couldna sell yer garments, but after I thought I'd never see you again, it seemed all right if Marsali made use of them. Hope you dinna mind." Claire says, "No. Now, has she altered them all?" Jamie is feeling terrible. "Not all." Helpfully, Claire hands him his mug. "Here. Have some more tea. With hope, it'll be calmer tomorrow." Groaning, Jamie observes, "I'll be dead by then. See to it I'm buried at Lallybroch." Claire chuckles. Lesley knocks at the door, then opens it saying, "Mistress Claire, ye're needed." A few minutes later, apothecary box in hand, Claire approaches Manzetti who has a bloody cut in his hairline. Hogan explains what happened. "We were above, near the main-mast. One of the lines snapped and the deadeye hit him in the head. Claire asks, "What is your name?" "Manzetti." Claire continues her examination, "And do you know where you are?" "On a ship?" "Well, where are you going?" Manzetti answers, "The West Indies. Same as you, no?" Claire concludes, "I don't think you have a concussion." "What?" "The cut's not deep. But you'll likely have a scar and a nasty headache. I have some peppermint oil that will help with that." Captain Raines approaches and asks, "How did this happen? Manzetti answers, "I-I don't know. The main topsail sheet was suddenly upon me." Warren asks, "Did you not touch the horseshoe?" "I did, Mr. Warren. We all did." Warren observes dryly, "Well, someone didn't. A mishap as such while still in sight of land's an ill omen. You know it as well as I." Claire states reasonably, "Accidents do happen, Mister Warren." Captain Raines replies, "I'm sure you believe that, madam, but when you've been at sea as long as we have Well, 'There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio'" Claire finishes the quote "'than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Shakespeare was a very wise man." Captain Raines is impressed. "Indeed. Madam, I wonder if you and your husband would care to dine with me this evening." Claire replies, "Well, of course. Though, I think my husband might find the idea of food a little off-putting at the moment. Thank you. All right". Back to work. Jamie addresses Fergus, "Ye hardly know her." Fergus replies, "You didn't know Milady long at all - before you were married." "That was different. We were forced to marry." "Milord, you forget. I know your story. If you were forced to marry Milady, then I am forced to breathe. My heart, it is forced to beat. You yourself have told me you wanted her more than life from the moment you saw her. You didn't need time. Nor do I. I thought you'd be happy for me. At least, I hoped as much. Once you'd overcome your surprise." Jamie asks, "Then why'd you lie to me all this time?" "The same reason you didn't tell Milady about Laoghaire. I was a coward." Jamie continues, "Did you lie to Marsali too?" "Marsali and I do not have secrets." "She kens about your past, does she?" "That I grew up in a brothel? Yes. And that I was a pickpocket." Jamie presses his point, "And what about all yer other lassies?" "No, but" "In spring, it was Aileen. And in summer, it was, uh" Fergus supplies her name, "Rhona?" "Rhona. Uh, and then you bedded Cairstine, and then ..." "I understand, Milord. But I have not lain with Marsali Or with any other woman since we began our courtship. I've waited. Does that not mean something?" "Not if you can't be honest with her." Claire is dining with Captain Raines. He says, "I'm sorry your husband is too unwell to join us." "But it's me you wanted at your table, wasn't it? I questioned your authority in regards to the horseshoe." "I merely wish to help you, Mistress Fraser to understand the rigors of sea and gain the crew's respect as ship's surgeon, eh? You must put yourself in their shoes. After all, on this ship, your very presence is ill luck." "So my husband has informed me." "By rights, you and Mistress MacKimmie should, at this moment, be bare-breasted." Claire exclaims, "I'm sorry?" "A woman's bare breasts calm an angry sea. But fear not. The figurehead at the bow, she bares her breasts for you and prevents us from being subject to any curses." "Well, how kind of her." Raines adds, "The horseshoe is more complicated. There's no substitute." "Surely you don't believe by touching a piece of iron you'll bring us better luck." "I've sailed on many ships, madam, and on each one, the sailors have their superstitions. Anything that provides them with a sense of assurance is, in my view, to be encouraged." Claire chimes in, "The disadvantage being that men can also lose faith when the portents signify disaster." Raines continues, "Even then, I would rather have them make their luck than give up all hope. It matters not whether I believe touching a piece of iron will bring good luck The men believe it. And they believe someone has not." "Believing something doesn't make it real." "On this ship, it does. 'There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.'" Claire knows she's not going to be able to win this one. Jamie is retching into a bucket in his cabin. Mr. Willoughby (Gary Young) approaches his open cabin door and asks, "How long will you continue this farce?" Jamie answers, "I must allow time for my wife's tea to do its work." "This retching. It can eat your stomach, tear your muscles, and your testicles, they can get twisted. Most painful. The only cure is removal. But if you want to wait, that is your choice." Jamie continues retching, but gives Mr. Willoughby a look. Marsali and Claire are getting ready to go to sleep. Marsali states, "That one's bigger. Ye won't bump your head when ye get up." "Marsali, you don't have to try and get in my good graces just so I'll put in a good word with Jamie. It's really none of my business." "So, ye drop out of the clear blue sky, sticking yer nose where it doesn't belong, ruining my family, and now ye're minding yer own business? Well. Daddy may think you're a wise woman, but I still think ye're a whore." "Right, well the whore should have the bigger bed then, shouldn't she?" "Mm." The next day, Claire approaches Jamie who's looking very chipper. "Verra pleasant day, is it not, Sassenach?" "Yes, it is. Well, you're certainly feeling better." Marsali and Fergus approach them and Marsali tells Jamie, "Fergus told me everything. I'm no so naive to think he hasna been wi' lassies. And now, we only want to be wi' each other." Fergus adds, "We're hoping you will bless our union." Claire pipes in, "Perhaps you should give them a chance." Then she pulls Jamie aside and says, "I'm trying to help you. If you let them continue their infatuation, it might just fizzle out." "I don't know what a 'fizzle' is, but I ken your meaning well enough. And 'fizzle out' is what I'm afraid of." He goes back to Fergus and Marsali and says, "I'm sorry. I cannae allow it." Up on deck, Claire sees Mr. Willoughby painting Chinese letters with water and asks him, "What is that?" "It is, uh a poem." He pulls a rolled up piece of paper out of his bag. "Is that more poetry?" "No. I've been scribing the story of my life in China, so that it will not be forgotten. A story told is a life lived." Claire asks, "Would you tell it to me?" "Not yet. Once I tell it, I have to let it go." He walks away as Claire notices the water evaporating as Mr. Willoughby's poem disappers. Claire says in a voiceover, "The days started blending together. For me, this meant tending to minor injuries and making medicines. Being on the ship at sea, with endless horizons, appealed to me (BELL RINGING) It reminded me of a simpler time." The sailors are singing while someone is playing a flute. "I took the lobster home I couldn't find a dish So it was put in the pot Where the mistress has a piss Singing aye-tiddly aye Aye-diddly do Aye-tiddly aye, tiddly aye Tiddly do Early the next morning The old woman arose She leapt around the room With a lobster on her cunt Singing aye-tiddly aye Aye-tiddly do Aye-tiddly aye, tiddly aye Tiddly oh "Husband, husband," she cried out to me" The singing fades as Claire enters Jamie's cabin and is surprised at what she sees. "Jamie, you should hear the Ah ah." "Claire." Mr. Willoughby has been putting quite a few needles in Jamie's face. "My, uh, apology. He did not want to, but, uh, I insisted." "Didn't want to what?" "Uh, Zam Gau uh, for the vomiting." Claire translates, "Acupuncture." Willoughby continues, "It is my fault. I should never have" Jamie interrupts, "It's all right, Willoughby. You can go." Claire gets it now, "So, this is what's cured your seasickness. And not the tea that I've been making twice a day for three weeks? Why didn't you tell me?" "I didn't want to hurt yer feelings." "You'd honestly think that I'd want you to suffer to save my pride?" "We aren't on the most stable ground, are we, Sassenach? I didna want ye to see it as more proof ye dinna belong here." "Jamie, my return has been confusing and and frustrating. But it's never been a question of whether I love you." "Ah. I should've told you outright." Chuckling, Claire observes, "Mm. You look like a pincushion." "Ah, I feel like a damn pincushion, but I haven't vomited for weeks." Things get quiet, and Claire asks, "What is it?" "We're not moving." They head up on deck to see what's going on. First Mate Warren is taking a read on the sun and the horizon with an octant while Captain Raines and Second Mate Baxley (Russell Crous) are nearby. Jamie approaches them. A seaman says, "Can't explain it, Captain. We're on course." Jamie asks, "Captain. What's wrong? Why aren't we moving? Captain Raines answers, "We've lost the wind, Mr. Fraser." Then people start noticing that Jamie has needles sticking out all over. Captain Raines asks, "What have you in your face?" Mr. Willoughby answers, "It is Chinese treatment for, uh, seasickness very healthy." As Willoughby takes the needles out of Jamie's face, Jamie asks, "Is it common to lose the wind in these latitudes?" Warren answers, "No, it's bad luck. Someone's brought this on us by their neglect." Captain Raines adds, "It's a bit unusual for the season, but there's no cause for concern." Warren accuses Willoughby for their troubles, "I say it's the Chinaman." But Baxley counters, "It's not him. Saw the Chinee touch the horseshoe." Claire tries to put a stop to this nonsense. "Well, why don't we all just line up and touch the horseshoe now? And that way, we can make sure that everyone has complied with the rules of the ship." Hayes agrees with her plan. "Aye, good idea." But Baxley disagrees, "Too late for that. Must be done at the beginning of a voyage." Captain Raines tries to reassure everyone, "Fear not. The wind will return. We must endeavor to be ready when it does." It is nighttime and Claire and Jamie are on deck looking at the moon together, reveling in some rare alone time. Claire asks Jamie, "Is it really just you and me?" "Hm. You and me. And the man in the moon." They kiss and snuggle together happily. "Hm. You know before I left Boston, men had just flown to the moon." "Hm. I wonder what it looks like up there." "I saw pictures. Photographs." Jamie knows about photographs. "Ah." Claire continues, "It was rocky and barren, and Was no life at all. It was beautiful. And you can see the craters from here. The dark spots." "Aye. Ah, that's his face. Seems close enough you could speak to him." Claire quotes, "'Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon. Goodnight light and the red balloon.' It's from a book I used to read Brianna, when she was little." "Mm." "She could recite the whole thing before she could even read. She used to say it to her favorite toy bunny. She loved rabbits." "You miss her," Jamie observes. Claire answers tearfully, "Terribly." Jamie hugs her tightly in reassurance, understanding her longing for their daughter. Claire says in a voiceover, "The days turned into weeks and the wind did not return. We were becalmed in the middle of a vast ocean, hundreds of miles from the nearest shore. Even the most experienced sailors were growing anxious and beginning to fear the worst." Aloysius Murphy (Nigel Betts), the ship's cook, says angrily, "Damn, blazing Hades! Filth-eating son of a pig fart. Water's gone bad. Every one afoul and stinking. Bilge water's got into it." Captain Raines starts to take a drink, but Jamie knocks it out of his hand. "Don't! It will be filled with disease." Hayes exclaims, "Christ." Captain Raines orders, "Salvage what you can. The top row may be unspoiled. Boil the rest. And go to half rations for every man. And pray for rain." Hogan has another idea, "I have another suggestion. We find the Jonah who's brought us ill luck and we throw him overboard." Baxley agrees, "Aye." So does Mr. Murphy, "Aye." Hayes is looking pretty worried... Claire and Jamie are in Captain Raines cabin eating. Captain Raines is assessing the damage. "Five unspoiled barrels. Won't be enough. Losing the wind happens, o' course. We can wait for it to return. But not without water or ale. So, who should we blame?" Claire observes, "The bilge water spoiled the barrels. It's no one's fault." Captain Raines counters, "Said nothing of fault, madam. I asked who we should blame. We've been weeks without wind." Jamie asks, "What's your meaning, sir?" Raines answers, "The men are calling for a Jonah." Claire is shocked, "The men want to throw someone overboard? And you're going to let them." Captain Raines is stuck, "I may not be able to stop them." Claire is agast, "Well, that's insanity." Captain Raines explains, "I've only so much at my disposal to keep order. This is not a Royal Navy vessel, madam. I cannot flog the men if they disregard my authority. They must believe that I am doing all I can on their behalf, or we shall have a mutiny." Jamie states emphatically, "You will not be throwing any of my men overboard Captain." Hogan and Baxley are discussing the crisis they're in. Hogan states, "I saw the frog's lassie touch the horseshoe." Baxley agrees. "As did I. The frog did as well. I saw all those accompanying the supercargo touch it too save one." Hogan says, "Jonah." They're both looking at Lesley and Hayes. Lesley says, "Leave us be." Baxley states, "You need no worry. It's your friend who should be afeared." Leslie continues, "I'm no worried. I'll no fear the likes of you." Lesley faces down both Baxley and Hogan and they leave, but Hogan looks at Hayes and says to him as he's leaving, "You're not long for this world, Jonah." After Baxley and Hogan are gone, Hayes tells Lesley worriedly, "I dinnae think I touched it." Baxley yells, "Jump, you stupid, dog-faced Scot!" Murphy yells, "Over the side with him." Hogan yells, "Rid us of this curse!" Hayes is sitting on the foremast rigging, drinking. "Leave me be, you bastards!" Men are yelling, "Jump! Prepare to meet your maker! Go on! Jump!" Lesley tells Jamie, "He's clear up there, Mac Dubh." Men are encouraging him to jumk but Hayes yells back, "If I'm gonna die, I'll be doing it by my own hand." Leslie tells Jamie, "He's drunk. Crew marked him as the Jonah. They say he didna touch the horseshoe, and he canna remember if he did or no. Mr. Willoughby adds, "They intend to throw him overboard." Lesley continues, "He scurried up there, tried to get away from the mob, but now he's thinking they might be right." Jamie excalims, "Christ. Hayes! Ye haven't cursed us, Hayes." Hayes counters, "Even so, we're gonna run out of water and die!" Jamie reasons, "We won't! - I promise." Jamie starts to climb up to him in the rigging. A sailor yells, "He's killed us all!" Hogan yells, "Leave him be!" As Jamie is climbing, he says, "Have I not always told ye the truth?" A sailor yells, "Over the side with him! Jump, Jonah!" Hayes tells Jamie, "Dinna waste the climb, Mac Dubh!" Sailors yell, "It's you!" "Throw yourself over!" "Or all of us." "Jump!" Claire addresses Captain Raines who's looking on impassionately. "You have to stop this!" He replies, "I don't if it staves off a mutiny." Sailors yell, "Jump!" Baxley yells, "Jump, Jonah!" As Jamie is climbing up to Hayes, he says, "You remember Ardsmuir It was us against them. It is the same now." Baxley yells, "We'll have you bouncing off the decks!" Hogan yells, "Let him jump!" Jamie's almost there, "Dinna listen to them. Listen to me." The sailors continue yelling, "Jump then, jump!" "Throw yourself over!" "Let him go!" Jamie is up on the yardarm stepping gingerly towards Hayes. "Hayes." Sailors keep ranting, "Just let him go!" "Throw him off!" "And the whales are waiting for you, Jonah!" "Jonah!" "Just jump!" But Jamie says to Hayes, "If they wanna throw you overboard, they'll ... They'll have to throw me first. And Lesley. Fergus, even Willoughby." A sailor yells, "Good riddance!" Hayes says, "Get back. I have to do it." He climbs down so he's only standing on a rope. Jamie continues, "Hold on if ye do jump ..." Sailors continue, "Just let go!" "Jump! Jump! Jump!" But Jamie sits down on the yardarm and goes on, "Well, I would have to go in after ye, and ... If ye make me do that, then ye ken, my wife will kill the both of us." Sailors yell, "Hayes, just jump!" "He should join ye!" Jamie assures him, "I'll not let harm befall ye. Come. Ye have my word." Jamie reaches out an arm for him, and Hayes grabs it, then swings down dangling from Jamie's grip. Sailors continue, "There he goes!" "Come on!" "Jump! Aye." Jamie reassures Hayes, "I've got you. Hold on!" Jamie swings Hayes back and forth so he can reach the rigging. Hayes yells, "Mac Dubh!" The sailors continue, "Let him jump!" "Jump!" "To hell with ye!" Both Hayes and Jamie start climbing down the rigging. Jamie says, "Good lad, Hayes. That's it." The sailors haven't given up yet. "Throw yourself over!" "Jonah!" Jamie and Hayes make it back down to the deck, but Mr. Willoughby is observing a bird flying low over the water. He draws some Chinese symbols on the wood with water. Hogan yells, "Give him to the sea!" Baxley yells, "Throw him in!" Claire vehemently shouts, "You will do no such thing!" Murphy yells back, "He's the Jonah. Over the side with him! Jonah." All of the sailors are shouting, "Jonah! Jonah! Jonah! Jonah! Jonah! Jonah!" Knives are starting to be drawn. Then Claire shouts, "There is no Jonah!" Jamie is trying hard to fight them back, yelling "Stand aside! I'll take some of you with me!" The chanting continues, "Jonah! Jonah!" Then Mr. Willoughby rings the ships bell. Someone yells, "Curse you!" "Spare us, Chinaman." Mr. Willoughby grabs everyone's attention. "I was born Yi Tien Cho" A sailor interrupts, "Keep to yourself, Chinaman!" But Mr. Willoughby continues, "In Guangzhou, the City of Rams. I was found early to have skill in composition To make the images of my brush resemble the ideas that dance like cranes within my mind. I became known as the fung-wong, A bird of fire." Baxley asks, "What's he on about?" "My poetry came before the eyes of Wan-Mei, the emperor's second wife. She asked that I join her household in Pekin, the Imperial City. Captain Raines demands, "Mr. Willoughby, stand down." But Jamie counters, "Let the man speak Captain." Willoughby continues, "It was a great honor, My name inscribed in The Book of Merit. But there is a condition, all servants of the royal wives must be eunuchs!" Marsali asks Fergus, "What's a eunuch?" And he answers, "I'll tell you later." "It was most dishonorable to refuse the emperor's gift. It was a death sentence. And yet I had fallen in love. With woman." Claire asks, "The emperor's wife?" "Not a woman. All woman. Their beauty blooming like lotus flowers, the taste of their breasts like apricots, the scent of a navel in the winter, the warmth of a mound that fills your hand like a ripe peach. I fled on the Night of the Lanterns. As the fireworks shot from the palace roof, I left my house and came to a place where the golden words of my poems are taken as the clucking of hens, and my brushstrokes for their scratchings. For the love of Woman, I am come to a place where no woman is worthy of love, to a place where women are coarse and rank as bears, creatures of no grace. And these woman disdain me as a yellow worm, so that even the lowest of whores will not lie with me! By not Surrendering my manhood, I have lost all else. Honor, livelihood, country. Sometimes, I think 'Not worth it.'" He heads towards the rail and tosses some papers overboard, but they are picked up and scattered by WIND! Warren shouts joyfully, "We have wind!" Captain Raines orders, "Man the sheets, lads!" Sailor shout, "Aloft, topmen!" "Lay out and loose the fore tops'l!" "Man halyards and sheets." "Hold the wind! All of the wind!" "Avast those sheets!" "Mr. Warren!" Hayes approaches Mr. Willoughby and says, "Your story, it was, well, I've heard worse." Claire asks him, "How did you know?" "When the seon tin jung fly high, it mean the air light Dry, no rain. When they fly low, it means " Jamie finishes the thought. "The air is heavy. Rain is coming." Claire addresses Mr. Willoughby, "Yi Tien Cho. Thank you." And then the rain starts and everyone is smiling! Sailors are busy and yelling, "Ease away the sheets!" "Roll up halyard!" They are gathing water from the sails and refilling the water barrels! Jamie and Claire make their way below decks, bumping into walls and kissing, then tearing their clothes off. Claire says anxiously, "Hurry up." "Aye." "God, it's so hot in here, I'm melting." "I'm melting wi' ye." They are a little loud in their lovemaking and Claire says, "Shh. Someone is going to hear us." "Oh, let them." A little later they're snuggling among some folded sails. Jamie observes, "I like the gray." "Mm." The way the light hits it. Like a piece of silver moonlight." "Oh, how could I not love a man who says such things? Mm. If you were to say that in the 20th century, you would be the king of all men. Mm. You know, when I thought about coming back here I knew we'd have to get used to each other again." "No matter what troubles happen around us, Sassenach This what it is between us never changes." "It doesn't." Later up on deck, Captain Raines looks through his telescope, Baxley and Warren hearby. They look worried. Jamie asks, "Captain. What is it?" Raines answers, "British man-o-war. Been on our stern for more than five hours. An' closing." A shot hits the water near the ship. Alarmed, Jamie states, "They're firing at us." But Raines corrects him. "No, signaling. They want us to heave to. They mean to board us. Damn. You can see from her rigging they're shorthanded. They may need men. Return the salute and heave to." Sailors reply, "Aye, Captain. Return the salute. Heave tip to windward!" Claire asks, "What does he mean, 'need men'?" Jamie answers, "By law, they can press any British subjects - into service." A cannonball fires. Claire observes, "That's over half the crew Including you." "Aye. If they do take me, you must continue on to Jamaica and find Young Ian." "Right. You have my word." A little later a young man climbs aboard the Artemis and introduces himself. "I am Captain Thomas Leonard (Charlie Hiett) of His Majesty's ship, the Porpoise." Surprised, Captain Raines asks, "You're the captain?" Captain Leonard corrects, "Acting captain. Formerly third lieutenant. Uh, for the love of God, have you a surgeon on board? We suffered an outbreak of infectious plague, Ship's Fever." Claire answers, "I'm the Artemis' surgeon. And it's imperative you do not touch anyone while on board. You should not have come here." Leonard replies, "I had no choice, madam. The captain and the two senior lieutenants died, as well as the surgeon and the surgeon's mate. Of our 400-man crew, 100 have fallen ill and 80 have departed this earth." Claire asks, "Are you experiencing any symptoms yourself?" Leonard answers, "Thankfully, no." Jamie asks Leonard, "Are you here to press men, sir?" "The last thing I need is more mouths to feed. But, if you can provide any medical assistance" Claire answers, "Yes. What symptoms are the men experiencing?" Leonard replies, "It starts with griping pains in the belly A terrible vomiting. The afflicted complain of fever." Claire continues, "Do they also have a rash on their stomachs?" Leonard affirms, "Yes. And most of them have the blazing shits. I beg your pardon, madam." Claire muses, "I know what it might be. But I'll need to examine them first, to be certain." Leonard asks, "Might you come over then?" And Claire answers immediately, "Yes, of course." But at the same time Jamie says, "No." He pulls Claire aside saying, "Excuse us, gentlemen." In another room he asks her, "Are ye mad? Ye can't set foot on a ship with the plague." Claire clarifies, "It's typhoid fever." "You mean typhus?" "No well, not what you mean by it, anyway. It's something you don't know about yet. They won't know how to stop it, but I can show them what to do. I can't catch it. I've been inoculated. Jamie, I have an obligation to help. I swore an oath when I became a doctor." Jamie understands oaths. "I've taken an oath now and then, myself. And none of them lightly. There's no talking you out of this, is there, Sassenach?" "It seems you are both older and wiser." "Hm. Well I won't take my eyes off that ship until you return." Jamie watches from the rail of the Artemis as the longboat takes Claire and Captain Leonard and his men back to the Porpoise. Claire and Captain Leonard board the Porpoise and he escorts her to the gun deck where he steps aside saying, "The sick are down below," as Claire descends the stairs with Seaman Jones (Gustav Gerdener). Men are coughing, moaning, groaning and retching, mice are scurrying about, and the stench would have been unbearable. Claire took off her neck cloth to hold over her nose. Jones hands her a lantern, saying "Ma'am". They walk around looking at sick men in their hammocks and Claire directs Jones, "Will you light over there?" She asks a sick man, "May I look at your stomach?" The sailor answers, "Yes, ma'am." She examines the rash on his belly, then says "Thank you." Later in Captain Leonard's cabin she tells him, "It's called typhoid." He informs her, "Our surgeon said it was ship's fever." Claire continues, "Well, it's similar, but how you contain it is different." "And you know how to do that? How to contain it?" "Yes. The sick men need to be washed and laid somewhere they can breathe fresh air. And they'll need a liquid diet. Lots of boiled water. And you'll need to reach land as quickly as possible. You're likely to run out of drinking water. Most of the sick will die. A lucky few won't. The hope is that you contain the spread. Need to prepare yourself. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. If you want, I'd be willing to stay for a short while. To help you organize yourselves." "I shall be eternally grateful for any assistance you can render us." "I'll need a a dozen of your healthiest crewmen." Captain Leonard calls his assistant, Elias Pound (Albie Marber). "Mr. Pound! You can start with Mr. Pound." "Hello. I'm Claire Fraser." Captain Leonard addresses Mr. Pound, "Ah, Mistress Fraser is a surgeon. She's acting under my personal authority. See she gets whatever she needs." Elias Pound replies, "Yes, sir." Claire continues, "The main deck will need to be cleared so we can bring the sick men above. Can you see to it?" Elias confirms, "Of course, madam." Claire adds, "I will work fast. Captain Raines will be anxious to get on his way, as will my husband." Captain Leonard states, "I shall alert them you will be a little while longer. Claire asks, "Which way to the galley?" Leonard replies, "Uh, Mr. Brisker will escort you." In the ship's galley, Claire addresses the cook, Bernard Cosworth (Lawrence Joffe). "I'll need boiled water, and lots of it." Cosworth replies testily, "I'm in the middle of preparing the captain's meal." Claire affirms, "This is on the captain's orders." Pots and pans are clanking and men are shouting. The ship is lurching. Claire asks, "Why are we moving?" She heads up on deck where sailors are busy shouting, "Lay aloft and set the fall across!" "Haul in the special halyard." "Let go clew garnets!" Claire asks Leonard, "What are you doing?" He replies, "I am in urgent need of your services." Claire orders, "Well, turn back at once!" Leonard replies, "You said yourself, we must make haste." Claire exclaims forcefully, "Well, you can't just kidnap me like this!" Leonard explains, "Truth is, I am desperate. You may be our only chance. I must take it. Both our ships are sailing to Jamaica. I've had a message conveyed to Captain Raines and promised him that His Majesty's navy will provide accommodation for you until you are able to rejoin the Artemis." Addressing his crew, "Let fall! Get the tack on board. Haul out the sheet." Sailors reply, "Aye, sir!" Mr. Pound addresses Claire, "Madam. We're ready to move the men." Claire gazes out to see watching the Artemis get smaller and smaller.