Starz’s Outlander season seven episode 13 begins on a happy note with the Frasers preparing for Ian and Rachel’s wedding. Rollo naps by the fire as Jamie (Sam Heughan) says he’s happy he rose from the dead in time to attend the wedding. Jamie knows Ian’s dad would be happy for his son, while Ian (John Bell) just hopes Jamie’s letter reaches Denzell in time for him to make it to the wedding.
Ian’s not nervous about his impending marriage but is nervous for Rachel since she’s a virgin. Jamie confesses he was a virgin on his wedding night, and no one gave him good advice except Claire. She told him, “Go slowly. Pay attention.” Jamie jokes that Claire wasn’t gentle with him, but the advice to be patient is still worth following.
Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Mercy (Gloria Obianyo) help Rachel (Izzy Meikle-Small) prepare, and Rachel has chosen a very plain dress that suits her taste. She and Claire will be leaving just days after the ceremony since Ian and Jamie have been given their orders. Rachel wonders if it ever gets easier to watch men go off to war, and Claire and Mercy confirm it doesn’t. However, her love will become her shield and she’ll wake up every day and fight, too.
Denzell (Joey Phillips) rushes in, relieved to learn he’s not too late. Henry Grey (Harry Jarvis) is up and about on Claire’s orders, and Denzell’s happy he’s recovering nicely. Denzell asks Jamie if Lord John Grey made it home, and only then does Jamie learn that Denzell treated Lord John at Colonel Smith’s camp. Lord John was being held as a prisoner of war and scheduled to be hanged when Denzell helped him escape.
Jamie’s shocked at this turn of events but insists John can take care of himself.
The small group gathers and Rachel thanks everyone for joining them for their wedding day. She suggests they listen to the light within them, takes a seat next to Ian, and closes her eyes. The room falls silent for so long that Rollo falls asleep at Ian’s feet. Claire finally whispers to Jamie asking what happens if the spirit never moves them to speak. Jamie doesn’t know, but in answering Claire, Denzell says Jamie’s been moved and can now speak his heart.
Jamie recalls holding Ian as a baby and believing he knew exactly what he would become. Yet, he couldn’t have foreseen the man he turned out to be. Denzell speaks next about his sister standing up for him and being put out of their church because of it. He deeply regrets depriving his sister of support and approval, but Rachel begs to differ. She’s happy and content. Ian speaks up when Denzell says he pushed Rachel into an army of violent men. Jamie wants to interject, but Claire suggests he stay silent, even if the spirit tells him otherwise.
Denzell redeems himself by saying Rachel’s on the right path and has found true love with Ian. The spirit must have intended for her to be on this path.
Ian speaks next and admits he’s known darkness, but Rachel has given him light and joy. “I stand here today a free man. My heart’s once more mine to give,” says Ian, adding, “I hope to give it to you forever.”
Rachel takes his hand and says, “I take thee, Ian, to be my husband.”
Ian follows Jamie’s advice on his wedding night and takes it slow. He compliments her bum, and she caresses his in return. They help each other undress, and Rachel admits she likes it when he moans. She apologizes for being bold during their foreplay, and he says she can never be too bold with him. He’s impressed she’s not scared, and Rachel confesses she’s worried the actual act may hurt. She’d love to get that part over so she can stop worrying.
Ian continues to be gentle as they make love for the first time as man and wife.
While Ian and Rachel are enjoying themselves, Jamie’s sitting in bed unable to sleep. He’s thinking about Lord John and about what Claire and John did in this room. Jamie’s upset Lord John was almost hanged. Plus, William is gone, and Jamie thinks he failed him. Claire believes William will eventually realize that what Jamie and Lord John did is because of how much they love him. She sees a lot of Jamie in William.
Morning arrives, and Jamie models his new uniform. Claire smiles and admits she likes him in it. She understands why he must do this, and she’d always choose to sleep next to him in an army cot than alone without him. She steps back and looks him up and down and says, “At least this time it’s the right color.”
Roger and Buck Make an Astonishing Discovery
Buck (Diarmaid Murtagh) observes that the mountains haven’t changed a day since his time, suddenly giving Roger (Richard Rankin) an idea. Roger remembers Bree saying she felt a time portal under the dam. If the stones were there before they built the dam, they’re probably there in 1739!
Roger believes his dad must have gone through them and wants to retrace his steps.
Checking in on Bree (Sophie Skelton) shows that she’s got Rob Cameron locked up. She slaps Rob and threatens to kill him if he doesn’t say where he’s holding Jemmy. The phone’s not working, so Bree and her daughter, Mandy, drive to the police.
Meanwhile, Jemmy is trapped in the mines and calls out for his parents. Jemmy pulls himself together and begins pounding on a metal door. He picks up a miner’s helmet and switches on its light, recalling his mom saying she found a breaker box in the pitch black and flipped on the switches. Just as Jemmy does the same and the tunnel lights up, Mandy reacts in her mom’s car by calling out her brother’s name. Bree pulls over and suggests a game of hotter or colder. Right now, they’re warmer. They drive on, and Mandy says they’re colder, so Bree turns around.
Jemmy walks through the mine as the scene switches to Roger and Buck walking in the same area back in 1739.
Jemmy remembers his mom saying that when the tunnels split, she went right. He follows the right path as Mandy tells Bree they’re getting warmer.
Roger and Buck find the stones and discover something hidden by a rock. It’s a survival kit, complete with old goggles. Roger screams out Jemmy’s name just as we see Jemmy approaching the time portal in the mine. The noise from the portal hurts Jemmy’s ears, so he covers them, but then suddenly, he hears his dad call his name. He yells hello at his dad.
Night’s fallen as this is taking place, and in the car, Mandy tells her mom she doesn’t feel Jemmy anymore. Bree finally realizes Rob’s taken Jemmy into the mines and pulls onto a service road. Mandy pipes up from the backseat and says, “Hot, mommy. Really hot.” So hot that Bree almost runs over her son standing in the middle of the road!
Bree hugs Jemmy, and Jemmy reveals he escaped because he remembered how she said she did it.
Roger and Buck see a young boy nearby, and they give chase when he runs off, scared. They finally catch him, and he’s got Roger’s dad’s helmet. The boy tells a story of helping Roger’s dad and getting the helmet in exchange. But then Roger’s dad stole a lamb and now he’s on the run from the farmer. The boy says the man who gave him the helmet ran into the nearby woods.
Roger and Buck explore the woods, calling out for Jerry MacKenzie. Roger admits he has no idea what he will say to his dad if they find him. They’re still talking as they stumble upon Roger’s dad whose first instinct is to run for his life. But he stops when Roger calls him by his name.
Roger asks if he’s J.W. MacKenzie and holds up his dog tags. When Jerry asks who they are, Roger explains they’re also time travelers. Roger convinces him by saying Winston Churchill is Prime Minister in Jerry’s time and Margaret Thatcher is Prime Minister in his. Jerry understands they’re from his future and asks what year they are in right now. He’s still confused but at least now he doesn’t feel alone.
Roger tends to Jerry’s wound as he explains he’s looking for his son, Jeremiah. Jerry’s sorry he hasn’t seen him and says he wants to get back to his own son, who’s just a baby. Roger assures him his son will be all right and asks how he got there. Jerry has no idea how he got to 1739. He leaned against stones after his plane went down and ended up here. Roger and Buck confirm that’s how it works.
As Jerry explains his secret mission to fly over Nazi war camps and take aerial footage, they hear dogs getting closer in the woods. They run for the stones with the townsfolk hot on their heels. Even though Jerry stumbles and hurts his leg, they reach the stones. Roger tells his dad, who doesn’t know they’re related, to think about his wife, Marjorie, as he touches the center stone. Jerry demands to know how Roger knew his wife’s name and Roger won’t say. But he does tell Jerry that they won the war because of men like him.
Jerry steps through the stones as Roger whispers, “I love you.”
The men and dogs approach and Roger and Buck run off, unaware that Jemmy is now safely back home with Bree.
Bree and the kids make it home, accompanied by the police. Jemmy blames himself for his dad going through the stones, but Bree insists it’s not his fault. The cops open the locked room where Bree was holding Rob, and he’s gone! Bree believes someone must have helped him, and the cops seem to insinuate that Bree and Rob were in some sort of relationship. She explains she’s Rob’s boss, and Roger is in Boston on business. Bree is angry about the line of questioning, and the male cop accuses her of becoming hysterical. Bree warns him, “Oh, you haven’t seen hysterical.”
A short while later, Bree sends the kids to stay with Aunt Fiona (Iona Claire) and Uncle Ernie. She asks Fiona to hold on to the lockbox with all the secret papers. Bree has to return home, even though Rob has her keys and the phone lines are still down. She assures Fiona she has a gun and will use it to protect her family. Fiona thinks Roger will come home once he realizes Jemmy isn’t there. However, Bree knows Roger will never give up if he thinks there’s a chance he can find their son.
Roger and Buck procure horses, and Roger confesses he has no new memories of his dad. He’s pretty sure he didn’t make it back. Buck points out that what they’re doing happened before either were born, yet they don’t have memories of it. Roger’s happy that he gave his dad a chance somewhere other than Scotland in 1739. He recalls that when he touched the stones to follow Jemmy, he had a brief thought about his own father and how much he missed him.
“I think the stones brought us here so that I could save his life,” says Roger. He believes sometimes the stones make the choice for them. And, most importantly, if that’s why they came to 1739, then maybe that means Jem isn’t here.
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