And Brown, who angrily refers to Claire as “Dr. She learns that Brown’s gang blew up the whiskey still to distract the men of the Ridge. She’s tied up and beaten, her nose bloodied. In flashes, though, we are back in the 1700s and learning what happened to Claire after Lionel Brown and his men kidnapped her at the end of the previous episode. It’s Claire, looking very 1970s chic with a bob and a tailored red dress, and she sits in the living room of a sunny, modern home staring at a painting that looks vaguely like it’s of the big house at Fraser’s Ridge. ‘NOW YOU’RE GOING TO REPENT’ | A woman’s red-manicured hands place a record on a turntable, and The Association’s “Never My Love” begins to play. Meanwhile, the episode in which Claire’s attack is placed is a stylized - and in my opinion, well acted and executed - adaptation of the source material that begs some intriguing questions for Season 6 and beyond.īut before we get to that, let’s deal with this: Read on for the highlights of “Never My Love.” In this week’s hour, Claire is beaten, cut, bound, gagged and eventually raped by Lionel Brown (and possibly others) as punishment for having the audacity to suggest that women needn’t submit to the sexual whims of their husbands.īrown’s act is heinous, intentionally difficult to watch and straight out of author Diana Gabladon’s writing though, as I mentioned last week, it’s a bit ahead of schedule. In the last episode of Season 1, Jamie was sexually violated by Black Jack Randall in exchange for Claire’s safety and release. Outlander returned to an agonizing, if familiar, place Sunday: the rape of a lead character during the show’s season finale. Power Book II Just Revealed the Secret That Monet's Been Hiding From Jumpīe ye warned: This post contains major spoilers from Outlander ‘s Season 5 finale.