We get one more drinking game shot of whiskey as Bonnie Prince Charlie (Andrew Gower) says “Mark Me” one more time. Jamie flashes back from the present situation of pain to the circumstances of the pre-battle conversations and actual killing blows as they engage the British on the field. Can you imagine having the dead weight of a full-grown man lying on top of you as you fade in and out of consciousness? The good news is that the redcoat is the, FINALLY, deceased body of one Black Jack Randall (also Tobias Menzies). We eventually find Jamie on the field, with a redcoat on top of his seriously injured body. If a sound is uttered, the Scot gets a bayonet for their answer. The British are walking through moving bodies, or kicking bodies, to see if they are alive. Piles of bloody bodies, mostly Scots, all over the Moor of Culloden. And believe me, as far as physical scars go, Jamie gets another doozy! Pour yourself a stiff dram, grab your best hanky or box of Kleenex, and settle in for the first installment of season three… Je Suis Prest for “The Battle Joined!”Īs the episode opens, we are shocked to see the carnage of the completed battle of Culloden. The internal battles all parties must face are much more enduring and scarring than the physical ones. Claire returns to 1948 and picks back up with her modern-day marriage to Frank ( Tobias Menzies). Jamie ( Sam Heughan) sent Claire ( Caitriona Balfe) back through the stones to save her life, as well as their unborn child, which is the only reason Claire would have left in the first place. First, as we knew, the Battle of Culloden was imminent. Starz’s Outlander season three episode one title really does sum things up on several levels. WE ARE BACK!!! Okay… May I just say a 15-month Droughtlander is just simply unnecessary torture! Now let’s get into the necessary torture … Sam Heughan in a scene from ‘Outlander’ season 3 episode 1 (Photo Courtesy of Starz)
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