the outlander season six finale left a
lot of questions unanswered in a
dramatic final episode outlander season
six is based on diana gabaldon's
best-selling novel of breath of snow and
ashes but owing to production
limitations during the epidemic the
season was cut to eight episodes with
the show's creative team preferring to
shift some of the book's major narrative
threads to next season while this may
have made one expect the outlander
season 6 finale to be a letdown the
action-packed but intimate climax was
nothing short of thrilling outlander
season 6. episode 8 is titled i am not
alone and it is a poetic and fascinating
contrast to the previous season finale
in which lionel brown and his gang
abducted and sexually assaulted claire
in a horrific series of events that has
left claire emotionally and
psychologically distant throughout
season six claire is not alone in the
outlander season six finale despite
being attacked once more claire finds
herself under the strange protection of
malva's father tom christie despite the
fact that jaime and she have been forced
apart here's a step-by-step dissection
of the outlander season 6 finale is
outlander hinting at claire's execution
claire and bree's future scene is
outlander hinting at claire's execution
claire retreats psychologically to the
comforts of her time as is her manner of
dealing with tragedy and stars as
outlander this was the case during her
sexual assault in the outlander season 5
finale and it will be the case again
during her and jaime's standoff with
richard brown's men in the season 6
finale claire tells jaime about the
current practice of a prisoner's right
to a final supper when besieged in their
house explaining that the meal is
typically something that provides the
prisoner solace before their death her
remark helps to explain the episode's
opening scene in which she and brie are
seated at a diner in the future while
some may take the scenario as claire's
last supper in a foreshadowing of her
death in the upcoming trial there are
clear evidence that the event is merely
a coping mechanism for claire to begin
with claire is dressed in red once more
evoking the dream scenes from claire's
attack in outlander season 5 in which
she and jaime are giving a dinner party
in the future and she is dressed in a
red gown claire's outfit appears to be
the same in both instances implying that
she is mentally returning to the same
spot a secure place furthermore the
sequence defines the location as a
return to a certain moment in claire's
life by emphasizing bree's absence of a
wedding band while claire's silver
lalabrock wedding ring on her right hand
is prominently shown this defines the
scenario as a source of solace for
claire rather than a premonition or a
determination of her fate tom christie's
backstory revealed why is he assisting
claire throughout the sixth season of
outlander tom christie has been a
volatile figure while he is frequently
presented as a villain his allegiances
on fraser's ridge have become more
enigmatic in recent episodes though he
initially dismisses claire's medical
knowledge as witchcraft he eventually
agrees to her helping him with his
arthritic hand and has remained fairly
quiet about her since now in the season
finale his unwavering defense of claire
appears to be a complete 180 from his
posture at the start of the season and
it provides the first hints of what
readers of diana gabaldon's a breath of
snow and ashes already know
tom christie is in love with claire if
the stars series stays true to the
book's plot tom will continue to protect
claire until he falsely confesses to
malva's murder in order to spare claire
from death jaime fraser's 9 lives which
one is he currently living player and
jaime had numerous intimate love scenes
together during their standoff with
richard brown's men one of which
involves jaime retelling a fortune
teller comparing him to a cat with nine
lives jaime and claire calculate that he
is presently on his sixth incarnation
after counting his near-death
experiences however this is unlikely to
be the series final reference of the
issue since it is a recurring theme for
jaime and the gabaldon books from this
point on and it is discussed again in an
echo in the bone and go tell the bees
that i am gone why does claire abandon
her medical oath when richard brown's
man dies from a gunshot wound it is one
of the most pivotal moments in the
outlander season 6 finale claire shoots
the young guy who is sent into claire in
jaime's house to kidnap claire rather
than allowing herself to be kidnapped
this is a pivotal point in claire's
character growth since she had spent
nearly the entire sixth season of
outlander plagued by the events of her
previous kidnapping and suffocating her
trauma in ether player's response to
assault is no longer to try to hide or
suppress it but to fight a phoenix from
the ash's moment for the character and a
return to the character's incredible
strength from previous seasons claire's
character however undergoes a
significant transformation as a result
while on way to her trial she notices
the injured young man suffering and
tells jaime that she should treat him
nevertheless claire does not and the guy
dies several scenes later while claire's
character in outlander has killed
previously this time is different
because she stands by and watches while
the young guy suffers knowing that he
would most likely die of infection
because claire refused to murder lionel
brown in the outlander season 5 finale
in order to keep her oath as a doctor
it's extremely crucial to watch her
forego her hippocratic oath in this case
and let the young man die this might
indicate that as claire prepares for her
second witch trial and considers the
awful anguish she experienced when
lionel brown found her writings as dr
rawlings she has now reached a point
where she is frightened to operate
medically will brianna and roger return
to the future in season seven of
outlander brianna and roger's narrative
offers a tranquil contrast to claire and
jaime's dramatic drama in the outlander
season 6 conclusion with jimmy's lice
exposing a form of genetic birthmark
that eventually reveals roger as jemmy's
true father while this confirmation does
a lot to give their tiny family a
feeling of security for this episode
viewers can anticipate that sense of
stability to be short-lived due to the
epidemic production for season six was
severely limited therefore numerous
significant story aspects from diana
gabaldon's breath of snow and ashes will
now comprise the opening episodes of
outlander season seven before the season
begins with content from her seventh
novel an echo in the bone the birth of
brianna and roger's daughter amanda who
is born with a hard defect is one of
these story moments in the upcoming
season fans may expect to see brie and
roger time travel back to the future
with their children if the stars series
follows the books why is season six of
outlander ending on a cliffhanger
however brianna and roger's impending
departure isn't the only reason the
outlander season 6 finale is so tense
claire and jaime's impending home fire
is another key narrative element from a
breath of snow and ashes however as
claire points out in the conclusion
there are still many months before the
date mentioned in the paper jaime tells
claire that she will see their home by
moonlight again the night before they go
for trial but as they are led away from
fraser's ridge there is a noticeable
sense of anxiety as claire and jaime
leave behind their cherished home even
if they return to find their home still
standing their life on fraser's ridge
have been irrevocably transformed as
seen by both the settlers condemnation
of jaime and claire and the stonings
they endure on their route to trial in
distant villages while claire and jaime
are both accustomed to being outsiders
and claire being dubbed a witch is
nothing new to them jaime and claire
move to america for a fresh start and
constructed fraser's ridge themselves
it's possible that the greatest
cliffhanger of the outlander season 6
finale is waiting to see how jaime and
claire will survive not the trial or the
fire but the loss of their home in a
relational rather than a physical sense
with the episode's title giving claire
hope now and in the future thanks for
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