For a series centered around love, there’s sometimes more heartbreak and sadness than romance and joy.
However, how our beloved characters remedy their predicaments is the exciting and inspiring part of the show.
They think it’ll show how their people’s story will end.
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While breaking Roger out, the gang is ambushed.
Jamie offers to trade himself for Roger, and he and Claire have a tearful farewell.
However, Ian trades himself instead.
It’s an incredibly heartbreaking goodbye.
Young Ian is now a man of worth.
Claire and Jamie inform Roger of everything that’s happened to Bree but return without him.
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Bree is heartbroken, but Roger eventually shows.
A mysterious illness spreads through the Ridge, but Claire learns it’s dysentery.
After becoming sick herself, Claire experiences nightmares, including one of Malva comforting Jamie.
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She thankfully pulls through, but the other townsfolk aren’t as lucky.
Things worsen when Malva reveals she’s pregnant and accuses Jamie of being the father.
Claire knows of Jamie’s innocence, but rumors spread.
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They don’t seem to get a break from the chaos in this episode.
First, she gets seriously sick.
Then, she’s shocked by Malva’s accusations.
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Next, she finds Malva’s dead body and fails to resuscitate her unborn baby.
All the while, she’s still dealing with the trauma left over from Lionel Brown.
Our belovedOutlandercharacters learn quickly that America is just as brutal a place as Scotland.
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Bonnet’s attack is chilling with the bluesy rendition of “America the Beautiful” playing in the background.
However, when they arrive, they learn there’s no sheriff, so they must go to Wilmington.
Young Ian tries to free them, but they must continue to prove their innocence.
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Things worsen when Jamie and Claire are separated.
The season ends on a cliffhanger as Young Ian tells Jamie they know where to find Claire.
It can’t beanOutlanderseason finaleif Jamie and Claire are together by the final scene.
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However, this season’s finale seems to be one of the direst.
Claire’s life is in danger after she’s had a pretty harsh time throughout most of the season.
She’s still dealing with the effects of Lionel Brown’s traumatic assault.
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By the end, she’s again completely alone and wonders about her and Jamie’s fate.
Claire and Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) endure a soul-crushing witch trial.
As Jamie tries to rescue Claire, Geillis sacrifices herself to save her friend.
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It’s hard to watch them carry her off.
Later, Claire unleashes the truth of where she comes from to Jamie.
Instead of taking her home to Castle Leoch, Jamie brings them to Craigh na Dun.
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He selflessly puts her needs before his own.
Jamie is heartbroken, but thankfully, Claire decides to stay.
In a desperate bid to save Claire, at least for Jamie, Lord John Grey marries Claire.
Grey mourns with her, and they sleep together.
When some soldiers arrive, things get complicated, but at least Claire has a smile.
It’s understandable why it happens, but it’s still so weird.
The heartbreaking thing is why it had to happen.
Season 1’s end sees Claire and Jamie set sail for France.
AtOutlanderSeason 2’s start, Claire seemingly went back through the stones.
She reunites with Frank (Tobias Menzies) and tells him everything.
It’s a gut-wrenching moment.
Claire is grieving losing Jamie.
His only condition is that she stops chasing ghosts.
Claire must leave Jamie behind.
She does, but she never forgets him.
When Jamie and Claire have another morality conversation before battle, things don’t seem good.
Jamie scrambles to save her, but the other doctor on hand isn’t as experienced as Claire.
He refuses to leave her side and uses her blood to pen a letter of resignation from the army.
Thankfully, Denzell arrives to perform surgery on her with her instructions, but her fate is still unknown.
Many ofOutlander’s best have come close to death.
Claire herself has been on death’s door on more than one occasion.
However, this brush with the Grim Reaper feels different and way scarier than any other time.
This isn’t even the first time we’ve seen a beloved character almost meet their end in battle.
Jamie’s distraught reaction is chilling and makes us wonder if this could truly be it for Claire.
These scenes also make viewers wonder if the couple will ever find happiness.
Meanwhile, Claire starts her life over with Frank before Brianna’s birth.
It’s satisfying seeing Jamie kill Black Jack Randall.
However, after the battle, Jamie is ready to die.
By some miracle, a British officer recognizes him as the man who spared his brother and spares him.
However, his life is over; he just exists now.
Jamie wants to die because he won’t truly be able to live without Claire.
After celebrating Jamie’s 50th birthday, the war begins.
The battle commences, playing out almost in slow motion.
In the heat of the fight, Murtagh saves his godson one last time before he’s shot.
Jamie heartbreakingly goes into shock and cries for help.
He assures Murtagh’s lifeless body that everything is fine and begs Claire to save him.
It’s hard not to cry when Jamie desperately tells Murtagh he can’t leave him.
