As she accompanies Dougal (Graham McTavish) on a trip to collect the rents owed to the MacKenzies’ Laird, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) witnesses brutality on both sides of the conflict between the Scottish rebels and the Royal Army.
As she and Dougal (Graham McTavish) are brought in to see a Royal Army commander, Claire (Caitriona Balfe) comes face to face with her assailant and Frank’s ancestor, Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies).
Trusting in Claire’s knowledge of “history,” Jamie leads the Jacobite army into a critical battle with British opposition near the town of Preston. Meanwhile, Claire attends to the dead and dying, a reminder of the truest costs of war.
A road trip around County Durham; boat racing on the River Wear, before heading to a forest camp where they spend the night.