Season 3 Episode 3  

Debt of honor  

   

Written by   

Matthew B. Roberts  

 

 

1EXT. WEST OF SCOTLAND - DAY (D) (755)1

Foundation. If Scotland had a Siberia, this would be it.
FIND THE FORTIFIED FORTRESS - ARDSMUIR PRISON. And even if it's not on an island, it might as well be, surrounded by moors on three sides and supported by the North Atlantic.

 

2EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - THE COURT - DAY (D1) (1755)2

We discover the governor of the prison, COLONEL HARRY QUARRY, and MAJOR JOHN WILLIAM GREY, his successor. Quarry is visiting him. This is Quarry's last day as governor. He is delighted to leave prison. [Note: The role of JOHN WILLIAM GREY who appeared in episode 209 will be recast, so neither the audience nor Jamie are supposed to recognize it at first.]

JOHN GREY
Does it rain all the time?

COLONEL QUARRY
Head held high, My Lord. The drink here is a good compensation. I left you a list of liquor merchants... (winks, then) Paperwork is the worst homework. After that, there's not much to do, really, except chasing grouse and... The gold of the French.

JOHN GREY
The fortune in bullion that Louis de France sent to Charles Stuart?

COLONEL QUARRY
It is said that the Highland Army hid it somewhere on this moor. I was captivated by her my first year, determined to find her. But after a few years, I finally gave in to my common sense. However, anyone who delivered a treasure like that to London would certainly have the attention of the Crown.

Grey examines the PRISONERS in the courtyard, most of them malnourished and in rags like scarecrows.

JOHN GREY
I understand that the prisoners are mostly Jacobite Highlanders.

COLONEL QUARRY
Yes. And docile as sheep. No heart in them after Culloden. (then) God, I will be happy to return to civilization.

JOHN GREY
Not much about the local society, if I understand correctly?

COLONEL QUARRY
My dear boy! "Society" will consist only of a conversation with your officers – and a prisoner.

JOHN GREY
A prisoner?

COLONEL QUARRY
Have you heard of Red Jamie Fraser?

Grey stiffened slightly, but kept his face still.

JOHN GREY
Of course. The man was notorious during the uprising.

COLONEL QUARRY
Well, we have it. He is the only Jacobite officer here and the only one we keep in chains. Convicted of treason to the Crown, he spent six years as a fugitive after Culloden. It's him over there...

Grey sees JAMIE FRASER on the other side of the prison yard, wearing chains and surrounded by a group of Scots.

COLONEL QUARRY (continued)
The prisoners treat him as their leader. They call him Mac Dubh. I don't know what that means -- a sign of respect of any kind. If problems arise, he acts as their spokesperson. The guards are afraid of him - those who fought in Prestonpans say he is the devil.

JOHN GREY
Poor devil now.

Grey stares at Jamie, the emotion rising to the surface. But why? Rage and humiliation play on his face, as he fights to mask it. He clears his throat.

Jamie looks up, looks at Grey, studying the man's face, feeling a sense of familiarity, but can't remember. The prisoners looked down out of respect for the new governor. But Jamie doesn't seem scared or intimidated.

COLONEL QUARRY
You will need Fraser's goodwill and cooperation. I asked him to have dinner with me once a week. You could try the same arrangement.

JOHN GREY
I'm not going to have dinner with that... a prisoner.

Grey's hands are shaken by his side as he imagines the ice cubes will grow in hell before he has dinner with Jamie the Red.

COLONEL QUARRY
(pity) Do what you want. I'll let you do it. Good luck, Major.

OFF GREY, glancing at Jamie, as we wonder what his interest is in the great Scot...

 

3INT. CLAIRE & FRANK’S HOME - CUISINE - JOUR (D1) (1956)3

 

CLAIRE, in her sophomore year of medical school, is at the table, hunched over her medical books while FRANK prepares breakfast. She glanced, having felt something delectable.

CLAIRE
Is that what I think?

FRANK
This is a full English breakfast.

CLAIRE
Black pudding and fried bread in bacon fat?

FRANK
Of course.

CLAIRE
What is the opportunity?

FRANK
Bree came home from school the other day and asked... (horrified) Toaster waffles "egg". At that moment, I determined that she needed more English in her life.

He brings a plate and puts it on the table.

CLAIRE
So your plan now is to feed the American in her?

FRANK
Well... It's either that or replace Dr. Seuss with Dickens.

They both start laughing. She tastes the pudding. It's delicious and takes her to a place she hasn't been in forever.

CLAIRE
Oh it's delicious, I missed it.

FRANK
Maybe I'm on to something. It's like the good old days.

CLAIRE
You know, I don't have class tonight and I've read as much as I want about the gallbladder. Maybe we could go see a movie later. Joe said "The Searchers" was fantastic. But if you're not in the mood for a western, "Carousel" could be fun...

FRANK
Sounds lovely.

It lights up.

FRANK (continued)
But actually... I've seen them both before.

CLAIRE
Both, really?

Then Claire realizes that he means... with one person. She feels stupid. Injured even.

CLAIRE (continued)
Oh. Excuse me.

FRANK
Is that what we agreed on? You have your social life, I have mine. We are free to make projects with whomever we want...

CLAIRE Of
course. You are right.

Claire remembers their agreement. But it is one thing in theory, another to be confronted with reality.

FRANK
I'm discreet, as you asked.

CLAIRE
Yes, you were. Thank you.

The moment has passed now, as fast as it came. And having nothing more to say, Frank returns to his kitchen while BRIANNA, 8 years old, enters and passes Claire a drawing.

 
4INT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - LARGE CELL - NIGHT (N1) (1755)4

Jamie is now back in a large cell with a group of prisoners, including Hayes and LESLEY, who grill him about the new governor.

HAYES
Have you ever seen the new governor?

JAMIE
I looked at him in the yard. But we didn't talk.

HAYES
Well, better the devil you know than the one you don't. Handsome Harry wasn't bad.

LESLEY
No, he wasn't. But he was better than this-faced idiot, right?

HAYES
What do you mean, man?

LESLEY
If Harrys was better than idot, and Harrys was the Devil we made, and the idiot the one we did - you're wrong, man.

HAYES No, I'm
not wrong!

LESLEY
You're always wrong! Why argue when you're never right?

They turn to Jamie, their leader.

HAYES
Mac Dubh, was I wrong?

JAMIE
No, Hayes, you're not wrong. But we can't say if you're right yet.

Knowing that Hayes and Lesley can go on for hours, Jamie heads to another part of the cell. A dark corner where a DEEP MALE VOICE comes from the shadows.

MALE VOICE (O.C.)
So, have you seen the new governor? Is this what the guys blaspheme, is he the devil we know?

JAMIE
I don't know what kind of man he still is. It sounds familiar to me. Although I do not put it back. His name is Grey...

MALE VOICE (O.C.)
I don't care...

Only now does the prisoner come out of the shadows and REVEAL his face – and it's definitely familiar. MURTAGH FITZGIBBONS FRASER. Good news: he didn't die in Culloden [Episode 301]. He was imprisoned in Ardsmuir the entire time Jamie hid in the cave near Lallybroch.

Captivity and time have wreaked havoc. Murtagh's thin face and hoarse cough tell us he is suffering from a form of flu.
MURTAGH
All British people look the same. There is only the eye of God to distinguish them from one another.

JAMIE
They say the same thing about us.

Jamie noticed that Murtagh was holding a small piece of cloth, the Frasers' TRANTA.

MURTAGH
They could distinguish us quite well if they allowed us to wear our tartans.

JAMIE
You'd better put that away. You were punished for having that.

Murtagh knows this. But for him, it's a talisman, something that reminds him of a home and a bygone era. After a beat, he reluctantly hides it in a crevice in the stone.

MURTAGH
So you didn't take any action from man?

JAMIE
He is very young. It looks rarer than a bairn, although I think it is older than it looks. But he behaves well. Square shoulders and a wand in her ass.

MURTAGH
Aye. The wand in the ass is a standard in the British army.

Jamie notices Murtagh scratching on a wound.

JAMIE
Have you been bitten again?

MURTAGH
Rats have an unusual audacity.

Jamie fumbles through a BAG and finds wilted stems.

JAMIE
It will help with any purulence. And with the flu too.

MURTAGH
Pity! No more damn thistles. Do you think I'm a pig?

JAMIE
You're as stubborn as a pig. It's just milk thistle. Removes buds and crushes leaves and stems. I learned the trick of... A girl who knew a lot about healing.

Murtagh reacts, he knows Jamie is talking about Claire, although he doesn't use her name, and hasn't done so in years.

JAMIE (continued)
If they are too thorny to eat spread on a bannock, I will make you a tea and make you drink it. I haven't seen pigs drinking tea yet.

MURTAGH
Okay. I will try. But I'm not crushing cursed thistles.

Their roles are now reversed as Jamie watches over his godfather, which Murtagh tolerates harshly. But while Jamie prepares tea, Murtagh studies it, worried about the pain he knows still haunts Jamie's heart.

 

4PRISON INT. ARDSMUIR - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - DAY (D2) (1755)5

The governor's quarter is an office/living room combination. On one side of the room there is a large desk and shelves, on the other side a dining table and a small bed.

Grey is absorbed in the PAPERWORK when Corporal Brame enters.

Corporal BRAME
The prisoner, sir, as commanded.

Grey gestures with his hand without looking up, and Brame signals to the guards waiting right outside the door to enter. They do so, pulling the CHAINS attached to the tall, red-haired prisoner behind him, like an animal on a leash.

Jamie stands in front of Grey, somewhere in between at attention and at ease. Grey is formal with him.

JOHN GREY
James Fraser?

JAMIE
Aye.

JOHN GREY
I am Major John William Grey, the new governor of this prison.

Grey pauses, waiting for Jamie to recognize his name, to remember the significant event they shared at Corrieyairack before Prestonpans nearly a decade ago. But Jamie doesn't remember it – or at least he doesn't let himself go at all. Grey moves on, covering his nervousness.

JOHN GREY (continued)
I think you and Colonel Quarry got along?

JAMIE
We did it.

JOHN GREY
I would like to continue on this path. You act as a spokesperson for prisoners.

JAMIE
Indeed.

JOHN GREY
Very good then.

MACKAY, the Scottish prisoner designated to be Grey's servant, enters with a tray of food.

MACKAY
Do you want to have your dinner served in the living room, sir, or here?

JOHN GREY
Here, prisoner, please.

Just as MacKay puts the tray down, a THUD is heard in the corner of the room. Grey looks over and sees a large RAT.

JOHN GREY (continued)
God be cursed! It's after my dinner! Does the prison have a cat?

MacKay glances at Jamie for permission to answer... It is given with a slight nod.

MACKAY
Yes, sir, there are cats on the reserves.

JOHN GREY
Well, go get one here. Right away. Are there many rats in the cells?

Jamie answers this time.

JAMIE
A lot.

MacKay supports Jamie's claim.

MACKAY
They sometimes rush to my chest while I sleep, sir.

JOHN GREY
If you wish, Mr. MacKay, please ensure that each cell has its own cat. (re: look at MacKay's face) Anything serious, MacKay?

Again, Jamie answers.

JAMIE
With all due respect, sir, I don't think men would like to have a cat that eats all their rats.

JOHN GREY
Surely, prisoners don't... Eat them?

JAMIE
Only when they have the chance to catch one.

Grey understands, uncomfortable, and Jamie reads it on his face. After a beat, Jamie lets Grey know that he is just as much a prisoner as everyone else here in Ardsmuir.

JAMIE (continued)
God knows what you did to be sent here. But for your own sake, I hope you earned it. Will that be all then, sir?

Grey is shocked by Jamie's bold statement, but not wanting to engage the prisoner at this time. Instead, he opted for a cold dismissal.

JOHN GREY
Yes. For now.

As Jamie leaves, Lord Grey, feels like a cell door having slammed on his life.

 
6INT. CLAIRE & FRANK’S HOME - SALON - JOUR (D2) (1958)6

A party in progress. Claire just graduated from medical school and several of her Harvard colleagues are there for a casual celebration, including JOE ABERNATHY, whom she met on her first day in the anatomy lab [Episode 302]. GRADUATES wear caps and dresses, and open the CHAMPAGNE.

Frank is there too, with Brianna, now 10, taking pictures.

BRIANNA
Mom! Hold your diploma!

FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! A succession of shadow copies captures Claire and Joe, proudly brandishing their DIPLOMAS. Then Joe grabs the camera and takes a picture of Brianna and Claire, then Brianna sandwiched between Claire and Frank.
Brianna grabs Joe's camera.

BRIANNA (continued) (to Claire)
Just you and Dad, now.

For the sake of their child, Claire and Frank pose awkwardly with their arms around each other, their tense smiles only slightly belying how uncomfortable they are right now.

The shutter has barely turned when Frank escapes. He glances at his watch. Then to Claire...

FRANK
Shouldn't you all leave for Fontaine's? You wouldn't want to miss your booking.

CLAIRE
We have a lot of time. It is not before seven o'clock.

BRIANNA
You're coming with us, aren't you, Dad?

FRANK
I wish I could do it, my angel. But I have... Some work to be completed.

BRIANNA
(whining, disappointed) No... If you don't go, I don't go.

She's Daddy's daughter, okay.

FRANK
I'm sure you'll have a great time. (whispering, to Claire) I thought the reservation was at six o'clock.

CLAIRE
I'm sorry, it's seven. (joke) We'll be out of your paws soon enough.

Frank goes on the phone to make a call. Joe, who has taken the liberty of mixing TWO MARTINIS, notices the tension and distracts Claire.

JOE
I'm calling Dr. Randall. (handing him to drink) Dr. Joe's elixir of salvation.

Claire, grateful for her intervention, lets everything prevail as she takes the cold glass.

CLAIRE
Is this your prescription for everything?

JOE
Just a cold martini won't heal.

CLAIRE
You're going to be a horrible doctor.

They smile. Claire sips her drink. Nothing can ruin this day. Meanwhile, Frank glances nervously at his watch when suddenly the doorbell rumbles. He is on the other side of the room, so it is Claire, closest to the door, who answers him.

 

6INT./EXT. CLAIRE & FRANK'S HOUSE - NO FRONT DOOR - CONTINUOUS7

A pretty young blonde, SANDY TRAVERS, stands on the porch, anticipating that her date, Frank, will answer the door. But when it's NOT him, Sandy is completely caught off guard and has a hard time containing herself.

CLAIRE
Can I help you?

SANDY Oh
... uh, I'm sorry... I think I may be in the wrong house.

Claire stares at Sandy's eyes looking over her shoulder in the lobby; directly to Frank, who has just arrived behind her. There is recognition. Sandy and Frank obviously know each other. Claire steps aside to let Frank receive his "guest".
CLEAR
(dryly) your work, I presume?

Then Claire goes back inside to address her guests with brilliance.

CLAIRE (continued)
Everyone... I have an idea. Why not go to a restaurant now? If they can't sit us early, we can entertain ourselves at the bar.

Guests aren't sure what's going on, but they're happy to continue the party elsewhere. Everyone grabs their jacket, including Claire, who leads Brianna with all the guests to the door. The whole gang passes a guilty-looking Frank and a shameful-faced Sandy who still hovers around the lobby.

 

8EXT. ROAD NEAR ARDSMUIR - JOUR (D3) (1755)8

On a quiet road somewhere on the moor between the jail and the village, Corporal Brame and MacKay board a SUPPLY CART, flanked by TWO GUARDS IN RED COATS. They stop abruptly when they see a MAN wandering aimlessly on the moor a short distance away.

Corporal BRAME
Stop! Who the hell are you? Bring me this man.

The mounted guards move towards the man. One of them gets off and drags him to where the cart stopped.
Brame walks towards the man as MacKay looks from the top of the wagon. He drips with dirt and delirium while muttering. (We will learn later that it is DUNCAN KERR.)

DUNCAN
(Gaelic) Bana-bhuidseach gheal. (English) Gold is cursed. Son of the king fled.
CAPORAL BRAME(to the man) Who are you, sir? Speak clearly!

Kerr is Scottish, but in a mix of FRENCH and GAELIC, with a word or two of English here and there.

Corporal BRAME (continued)
How did you get there?

But the man's eyes roll back and he trembles with fever. He is clearly very sick and out of his mind. His words make no sense. Brame glances at MacKay.

Corporal BRAME (continued) (to MacKay)
Can you decipher what he is saying?

MacKay shakes his head, terrified of getting involved. Kerr continues to ramble. But one word stands out from his nonsense. The word "gold." Brame turns to the guards.

Corporal BRAME (continued)Take him with us. As Kerr is dragged to the wagon...

 

9OMIS9

10EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - THE COURT - DAY (D3) (1755)10

Grey meets Jamie, still chained.

JOHN GREY
Mr. Fraser. Thank you for coming.

JAMIE
Why thank me when I had no choice in the matter.

JOHN GREY
Nevertheless. I have summoned you because a situation has arisen in which I need your help.

JAMIE
And what is it, sir?

JOHN GREY A man named Duncan Kerr
was found wandering in the moor near the coast. He seems to be seriously ill, close to death itself, and his speech is disturbed. However, some of the issues he refers to seem to be... substantial interest in the Crown. Unfortunately, the man in question was heard babbling in a mixture of Gaelic and French, with no more than a word or two of English.

JAMIE
And you'd like my help interpreting for you what this man might have to say?

JOHN GREY
I am told that you speak Gaelic and French. We don't have much time.

Jamie speaks respectfully, but with a gleam in his eye that is quite the opposite.

JAMIE
I'm afraid I'll have to refuse, sir.

JOHN GREY
May I ask you why, Mr. Fraser?

JAMIE(
politely) I am a prisoner. Not an interpreter.

Grey's tone hardened.

JOHN GREY
Your help would be -- appreciated. Conversely, failure to provide legitimate assistance...

Jamie's tone is even harsher.

JAMIE
What is not legitimate is to extort my services or threaten me.

JOHN GREY
I didn't threaten you!

JAMIE
Well, I'm glad to hear it. In that case, sir, I will say good night.

Jamie turns around and walks to the door.

JOHN GREY
Mr. Fraser! If you do what I ask... I'll have your irons removed

Jamie hesitates.

JOHN GREY (continued)
I understand you've been wearing them for three years. I can't imagine how heavy they must be.

 

ON JAMIE'S CHANNELS...

As they fall from his ankles. From the expression on his face, we see how heavily they must have weighed all these years.

JOHN GREY (continued)However,
I have two conditions. You give a full and true account of everything the guy says. And you won't pass on to anyone but me the information you glean.

Very slowly, Jamie turns around.

JAMIE
I have only one condition. That you provide blankets and medicine to all sick men.

JOHN GREY
A most ambitious request. We lack both and I can't do it.

JAMIE
So our conversation is over, sir. Put the irons back on, if necessary.

JOHN GREY
Mr. Fraser, believe me when I say I would honor your request if I were able.

JAMIE
I'd settle for one man, then. My relative, Murtagh Fitzgibbons. He struggles to survive here in Ardsmuir from Culloden.

Grey pondered, then...

JOHN GREY
I'll find out what we have in the stores.

JAMIE
So we're doing business, sir.

 

6INT. CLAIRE & FRANK’S HOME - SALON - NUIT (N2) (1958)11

CLOSE ON A DOOR HANDLE that turns, and the door opens very quietly. Frank enters, trying not to disturb anyone.

CLAIRE (O.C.)
Did you invite her here? Where does our daughter live!

Claire's VOICE startles him as he turns around to FIND her sitting in a chair, smoking a cigarette, ready to fight.

FRANK
You took the car, so... She was coming to pick me up. I thought you would have already left.

CLAIRE
Do you really hate me that much? It was my graduation, for God's sake. You humiliated me in front of my new colleagues.

Frank is already hammered. He answers coldly.

FRANK
Welcome to the party then.

CLAIRE
What does that mean?

FRANK
Drop a tone, for God's sake, you're going to wake Brianna.

CLAIRE(
amount) What does this mean?

FRANK
That means you're not as good an actress as you think, Claire.

This conversation has been simmering for years and eventually explodes into the open.

FRANK (continued)
Do you honestly believe that someone at Harvard thinks we are a happy married couple? You didn't convince anyone with your indifferent performances. And let's not forget that it was your idea for us to lead separate lives.

Frank throws himself a GLASS OF WHISKY from the small bar. If he has to have this conversation, he might as well become even more drunk.

CLAIRE
But you had agreed to be discrete. Having your blonde prostitute show up at our door is the opposite of that.

FRANK
She is not a prostitute. In fact, she has a doctoral scholarship in historical linguistics.

CLAIRE
I'm sure you'll both have a lot to discuss then.

FRANK
Jealous now, are you? It's not your type.

CLAIRE
You knew how important this day was. You did it deliberately. You wanted to hurt me.

FRANK
Maybe I wanted you to taste your own medicine, Dr. Randall.

CLAIRE
Did you fuck her in our room?

FRANK
Our room is already way too crowded, don't you agree? Very encumbered by the ghost that has been between us since his return from Scotland.
Claire knows she can't argue, but it makes her furious all the same. She lashes out at him.

CLAIRE
So let's stop pretending then. Petition for divorce.

FRANK Divorce?

He can't believe she threw out the word. He is deeply offended.

CLAIRE
Why not? You would have your freedom.

FRANK

When Millie and Jerry divorced a year ago, he won his freedom but lost his children for it. The court ruled that they needed a mother more than a father. Now he rarely sees them. This will not happen to Brianna and me.

CLAIRE
I would never steal Bree from you. We would find a compromise.

FRANK
You will forgive me, my dear, if I am not willing to risk everything on your good will. Or your promises. You've never been very good at keeping them. And let's not forget who pays the bills.

CLEAR
I don't need your money. I am able to support myself now.

FRANK
(sarcastically altruistic) Really? How successful do you think your medical career is, Claire? It's hard enough to be a woman in a man's profession without adding "divorced" to your doctor.

Claire takes a moment. He is right, in 1958, divorce is still a stigma.

FRANK (continued)
Is there anything else you'd like to discuss?

Claire shakes her head, retreats to the chair. He follows her, kisses her on the forehead.

FRANK (continued)
There's a reason we're so terribly bad at charades, my dear.
-- then slide.

CLAIRE, feeling trapped in her own prison...

 

12ARDSMUIR INTERNATIONAL PRISON - GUARDS' ROOM - DAY (D3) (1755)12

Jamie is with Duncan Kerr who is kept in one of the free rooms in the guards' quarters. The furniture is sparse, just a small bed and a table. Jamie kneels on one side
of Kerr who is lying in bed, moaning, very sick.

Grey watches from the door, listening to whispers of Gaelic and French, Kerr blurring his words, struggling to communicate. Jamie comforts Kerr, holds his hand and wipes his feverish forehead.

ON GREY - strangely touched by Jamie's sweetness with the sick man while he is dying. From Grey's perspective, we just get a snippet of the conversation.

JAMIE
(to Kerr,) Be quiet, a charaid, bi samhach. Mo charaid. (whispers a warning). Everything you say will be said to the English. (Gaelic) Dé your n-eòlas air òr an Fhrangaich? Duncan responded with a mixture of French, English and Gaelic.

DUNCAN Tha 'n t-òr is cursed. Beware, boy. It was given by the bhan-draoidh.

Jamie's heart leaped. A white witch?

JAMIE
Who is she? The white witch?

DUNCAN

She is looking for a brave man. Fear do chlann 'Ic Coinnich. It was to them, she said, for him who died. She is a soul eater. She is the dead one. Tha esan air bàsachadh, tha MacCoinnich air bàsachadh.
Jamie looks over his shoulder, aware that Grey is looking at him. He said out loud, for Grey's benefit...

JAMIE (continued)
Gold. Where is the gold?

He shakes Duncan's hand and Kerr rolls his head from side to side, mumbling madly.

DUNCAN
A h-uile peur ac'. All dead! Colum, Dougal, Eileag, too. "People say, how Ellen MacKenzie na braithrean aice agus at home, and go marry a silky seaman." She heard them, yes? (looking dreamily) She heard the silky ones singing, air na creagan, one, two, and three of them, and she saw from her tower, then she went downstairs, and went into the sea to live with the silky. Yes? Isn't she?
Grey arrives.

JOHN GREY
What did he say? What?

JAMIE(
to Kerr) Talk to me, tell me again!

JOHN GREY
Wake up! Tell us!

Grey shakes Kerr's shoulders, but Duncan's eyes roll in his head as he gives a final hoarse whisper.

DUNCAN
Come on request.

He closes his eyes, shakes Jamie's hand one last time. Then fell silent. His hand slides out of Jamie's. Jamie makes the sign of the cross. Kerr is dead.

Grey glances at Kerr's body as a guard wraps him in sheets. Grey is hungry for information.

JOHN GREY
Well, Mr. Fraser. What did he say?

JAMIE
Mostly gibberish, I'm afraid. Speaking of white witches and selchs.

JOHN GREY
White witch? Selchs? Is that all you remember?

Grey is deeply disappointed.

JOHN GREY (continued) (suspicious)
You don't tell the whole story.

JAMIE
That's the truth, I tell you.

JOHN GREY
You are certain,

JAMIE
I keep my word.

JOHN GREY
What about you, Mr. Fraser? I suspect there's more to this story. (impatient, threatening) I can force you to speak.

Jamie smirks.

JAMIE
There's nothing you can do to me that hasn't been done to me before. So, try if you must.

JOHN GREY
We will resume the discussion, Mr. Fraser.

Grey's frustration and disappointment is visible, and Jamie wonders what punishment awaits him.

 

13INT. CLAIRE & FRANK'S HOME - DINING ROOM - DAY (D3) (1964)13

There is a CAKE on the table. The old-fashioned Betty Crocker genre.

SIXTEEN candles. Brianna prepares to make a wish as the birthday song is sung. Claire smiled and shook her head.

BRIANNA
I know what I want.

CLAIRE
Don't waste it on a car. Because you won't get it

FRANK
Wish it, you never know.

Frank winks. Bree smiled. Claire gives Frank a disgruntled look. But they are caught up in the party.

 
14INT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - LARGE CELL - NIGHT (N3) (1755)14

Back in the cell, Jamie next to Murtagh drinking tea.

MURTAGH
It's worse than your last putrid concoction.

JAMIE
That's all I can handle, the governor thinks I didn't respect his deal.

MURTAGH
You use me as a pawn. You do what you have to... (then) What happened with Kerr? The same guy who was at the MacKenzies' house when you were welcomed to Leoch?

JAMIE
Aye. But his mind was gone. His speech was confused, not much made sense. He said gold was "cursed" and he mentioned something about...

MURTAGH
Go before I die of old age.

JAMIE
A "white lady" who had a connection to gold.

MURTAGH
A white lady.

Murtagh knows Jamie better than anyone else in the world and knows what Jamie thinks: Is Claire back?

MURTAGH (continued)
And you think... After all these years...?

JAMIE
Of course not.

MURTAGH
But... Is that even possible?

JAMIE
I don't know

MURTAGH
(a beat, then) I wish we could know what became of her once you sent her through the stones.

JAMIE
(God knows he tried) I don't want us to talk about it

MURTAGH
But I think of her from time to time. And about the little bairn she was wearing.

JAMIE
Tries not to think about it... It will only bring you pain and suffering.

MURTAGH
Can I at least pray that they are well?

JAMIE
Yes, that's what you can do.

Jamie can feel the heaviness in his heart. Corporal Brame appears...

CORPORAL BRAME
Fraser! Stand up.

 

14ARDSMUIR INTERNATIONAL PRISON - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - NIGHT (N3) (1755)15

Without warning, Jamie is ushered into the governor's quarters, expecting the worst. But when Jamie looks around, he sees Grey waiting for him in a small dining room across the room from Grey's office. Jamie is relieved.

JOHN GREY
I am told that you used to dine with Governor Quarry. I hope you will do me the same honour now.

Instead of a punishment, the dinner table for two awaits him. Grey intends to drink wine and have dinner with Jamie to get information from him. On the way to the table, Jamie glances at a few books stacked on a small table, boldly picks up the one above: ROBINSON CRUSOE.

JOHN GREY (continued)
Are you interested in novels?

JAMIE
Think your kindness will loosen my tongue?

JOHN GREY
Of course, I didn't mean ...

JAMIE
I can go back to my cell, if you have that in mind.

JOHN GREY
Mr. Fraser, I am just asking you to have dinner with me to try to forge a bond between us that is better suited to our situation here.

MacKay brings a FOOD TRAY and places it on the table.

JOHN GREY (continued)
Charming.

Grey takes his fork, but Jamie isn't eating yet. He sees an opportunity.

JAMIE
Very good. Then I would ask your permission to hunt for ourselves; since the Crown cannot provide men with adequate food.

JOHN GREY
What? Give you weapons and allow you to wander in the moors?

JAMIE
No weapons. And don't wander. Will you give us permission to set traps on the moor when we cut peat? And to keep this meat that we take? We could also pick up thistles, sir...

JOHN GREY
Why?

JAMIE
To eat.

JOHN GREY
Why?

JAMIE
Eating green plants prevents you from catching scurvy.

Grey is impressed by Jamie's worldliness.

JOHN GREY
Where do you get this from?

JAMIE
From my wife.

JOHN GREY
Are you married?

A beat.

JAMIE
She's gone.

There is a devastating sadness in Jamie's voice that Grey has never heard.

JOHN GREY
I see... I will take your proposal into consideration, Mr. Fraser. Can we now begin, please? The pheasant is going to be cold.

Jamie finally agreed.

JOHN GREY (continued)
It is an extremely feeble-minded bird, just waiting to be slaughtered; Nevertheless, quite tasty in a wine sauce, don't you agree?

JAMIE
Aye, very feeble-minded.

JOHN GREY When you dined with Colonel Quarry
, were the men envious?

JAMIE
No. I would talk to them about it.

JOHN GREY
Of course, you wouldn't hide it from them. I did not want to suggest that you would.

JAMIE
Is it a Burgundy wine sauce?

JOHN GREY
I... um... I'm not sure. Colonel Quarry left me a case of wine when he left, but I will inquire about what the cook used.

OFF Grey, reflecting on the unusual man on the other side of the table.

 

16INT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - LARGE CELL - NIGHT (N3) (1755)16

Jamie is surrounded by Murtagh, Lesley, Hayes and a few others. Murtagh is weakening day by day.

JAMIE
We had roasted pheasant - in a wine sauce.

MURTAGH
Red wine?

JAMIE
Aye. Burgundy wine. The bird was served with carrots and turnips, with sweet herbs... Cross rollers... garnished with butter --

LESLEY
Slow Motion, Mac Dubh. I want to savor every piece.

JAMIE
Then we had fresh salmon with a ladle of crayfish thatch.

For men, it's anything but torture, it's a way to break their bonds, if only for a brief moment.

JAMIE (continued)
And for dessert, hot Shrewsbury cake spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon...

 

17LYCÉE INTERNATIONAL - AUDITORIUM - DAY (D4) (1966)17

A small graduation ceremony. This time it's Brianna -- she's finishing high school.

ON BRIANNA, in a traditional cap and dress, as she takes the stage - ON FRANK AND CLAIRE in the audience, standing side by side, but without touching. OTHER PARENTS hold hands or hug each other when their child receives a diploma.

A principal hands Brianna hers, and she shifts her gaze to the left and looks at her parents in the audience.
Frank and Claire APPLAUD, beaming.

FRANK
This is my daughter.

CLAIRE
(to Brianna) I'm so proud of you.

But as they continue to applaud, it's clear that their bond is with Brianna, not each other.

 

18EXT. SCOTTISH MOOR - JOUR (D4) (1755)18

On the heather-covered moorland, the prisoners return from a peat cutting service. Similar to the team that came out in the first scene.

The light fades and two prisoners walk away with a guard following them - it's Lesley and Hayes. They check the traps that they were obviously allowed to set early in the day.
Grey seems capitulated to everything. Jamie is also part of the team - except he doesn't check the traps - he waits.

The guards seem more focused (or worried) on what Hayes and Lesley are doing so they lose sight of Jamie for – a few seconds – too long.

Quickly, as if planned in advance, Jamie pulls out a section of heather, like a blanket, and dives underneath - and then the two men who follow him - quickly cover it. It is as if the moor has swallowed it whole.

 
19ARDSMUIR INTERNATIONAL PRISON - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - LATER19

The contrite-looking Corporal Brame stands in front of a stunned and angry John Grey, who rises from the seat behind his desk.

JOHN GREY...
Escaped?! Fire from hell!

Grey slams his fist at his desk.

 

20EXT. SHORELINE - JOUR (D5) (1755)20

Grey, Brame and some guards search the shore, looking for Jamie - the fugitive.

JOHN GREY
Are you sure the patrol saw him here?

Corporal BRAME
Yes, sir. I thought they had seen him swimming towards the islands.

JOHN GREY
Scatter I want the cliffs to be searched both ways - and keep an eye out for the boats below; God knows there is enough room to hide a sloop behind some of these islands.

CAPORAL BRAME

If he entered somewhere along that stretch, major, you won't see him again. They call this place the devil's cauldron, because of the way it boils all the time. (then) Sir, it's been three days now.

JOHN GREY
I don't need to remind you, corporal. Stay here until nightfall and then return to the moor.

 

21EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - NEAR THE WALL - DAY (D6) (1755)21

THE NEXT MORNING AT DAWN. Grey stands by the high wall, relieving himself. He is in the middle of his business when someone grabs him by the neck, completely by surprise. Jamie whispers triumphantly in Grey's ear:

JAMIE
That's how it goes, William Grey, second son of Viscount Melton.

A reminder of how Grey failed to sneak on Jamie once in the woods. Jamie finally acknowledged their first meeting.

JAMIE (continued)
How long did it take your comrades to find you after we tied you to that tree?

JOHN GREY(
stunned) What?

JAMIE
Were you there long enough to shit on yourself?

Grey's eyes sparkle when he realizes that Jamie remembered meeting them years ago, just before Prestonpans.

JOHN GREY
Did you remember?

JAMIE
Aye, when you called me to your quarters that first day. I tend to remember everyone who tried to slit my throat.

JOHN GREY
Why didn't you speak earlier?

JAMIE
I was waiting for the right opportunity. Why didn't you remind me?

JOHN GREY
I think you need to know why.

Jamie tightens his grip. Grey stifles a response.

JOHN GREY (continued)
It was the action of a stupid boy. And I still regret it today, the mere memory burns shame in my gut. But luckily for you, my madness in Corrieyairack saved your life in Culloden. Isn't it?

JAMIE
Aye. Your brother, Lord Melton, was an honourable gentleman.

JOHN GREY
And my family debt to you has been paid.

Jamie reminds Grey...

JAMIE
But not your promise.

JOHN GREY
My promise?

JAMIE
Aye, the last time we broke up. You vowed to kill me if we ever met. Well, here I am.

Jamie frees Grey, then falls to his knees as a sign of surrender. Jamie clearly allowed himself to be captured - to Grey's amazement. Grey composes himself as best he can. But as angry and humiliated as he is, he gathers the dignity he has left.

JOHN GREY
I am not a murderer of unarmed prisoners. Nor will I harm my accusations out of revenge. (Questioning) Corporal Brame! Come now! (then, to Jamie) What for?

 
 
23PRISON INT. ARDSMUIR - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - DAY (D6) (1755)22

Jamie, back in chains now, is with Grey, who demands to know the reason for his escape. But the stubborn Highlander refuses to say why he escaped or where he went.

JAMIE
It's my private business.

JOHN GREY
This may be the most outrageous thing I've heard in my life!

So
your life has been pretty brief, Major. If I may say so.

JOHN GREY
Do you have any idea what I could do for you?

JAMIE
Aye, I have it, Major. But I prayed to the Blessed Virgin and I hope she intervened on my behalf.

JOHN GREY
Do you dare to make fun of me? Come here, Mr. Fraser. Here! Stand here, sir!

JAMIE
I'm not a dog, Major. You will do what you want with me, but I will not come when you call me in step.

JOHN GREY
Apologies, Mr. Fraser. I didn't mean to offend. I just want you to get closer. If you want?

Jamie does it, reluctantly.

JOHN GREY (continued)
Does your escape have anything to do with the case you learned from Duncan Kerr? I suspect it has to do with French gold. Otherwise, why would you risk such a stupid escape?

JAMIE
I can't tell you, Major.

JOHN GREY
You did not respect my conditions, Mr. Fraser.

Grey takes a deep breath. Furious at the stubborn Highlander.

 

23ARDSMUIR INTERNATIONAL PRISON - LARGE CELL - DAY (D6) (1755)23

Jamie wipes Murtagh's forehead with a cold cloth, caring for him as best he can. Murtagh's condition is worsening.

MURTAGH
If you hadn't wanted to be captured, you wouldn't have been. What were you thinking in the name of God, Gomeril? You had your freedom.

JAMIE
That's not what I was looking for.

MURTAGH
And did you find such a thing?

JAMIE
No. And I had to be stupid indeed to believe I would.

He was looking for Claire, there is no need to say it.

MURTAGH
Anyway, why did you come back to this miserable place?

JAMIE
For you.

MURTAGH
If I had the strength to hit you, I would, Mac Dubh.

JAMIE
Of course you want to... But if I hadn't come back, you wouldn't have anyone to scold about.

Even in his weakened state, Murtagh manages to smile smirk. Jamie looks at him. The truth is that he will never leave his godfather, especially not while Murtagh is sick.

 

25EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - DAY (D7) (1755)24

Brame throws a collection of pitiful relics and anonymous garbage on Grey's desk. Mackay is there, doing his chores.

CAPORAL BRAME
We found the usual garbage, sir. But this thing is something you might want to notice.

Grey picks up a small strip of tartan cloth.

JOHN GREY
Who owns it?

CORPORAL BRAME
I don't know. It was hidden in the crevice of the stone.

Grey turns to MacKay, who tries to walk out of the room unnoticed. Grey stops him.

JOHN GREY
Which clan wears this tartan?

MACKAY
I don't know, sir.

Grey knows he's lying.

JOHN GREY
The possession of tartan is strictly prohibited and is a violation of the Prohibition Act. If you choose not to disclose the information, I must assume it is yours. Need I remind you of the punishment for such an offense?

MacKay, terrified, begins to speak.

MACKAY’Tis
... C'est un Tartan Fraser.

 

25EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - THE COURT - DAY (D7) (1755)25

It's quiet. Until TWO GUARDS led Murtagh outside and tied him to a pole. He is frail and unstable on his feet.

A moment later, Grey entered the courtyard, closely followed by Corporal Brame, who carried a whip beside him. The prisoners were arranged around the courtyard, the guards facing them, the BAYONETTES ready in case of problem. Everyone knows why they are here - Murtagh is going to be whipped. A guard helps Murtagh remove his shirt.

He nods at two guards, who escort Jamie to stand by Grey's side while Brame recites the phrase.

Corporal BRAME
In contravention of the Prohibition Act, passed by Her Majesty's Parliament, for which the crime will be sentenced to sixty lashes. (then, to Grey) Sir, shall I?

Jamie talks urgently with Grey.

JAMIE
It's my tartan.

JOHN GREY
I don't believe you, Mr. Fraser. But it is noble of you to lie for your friend.

JAMIE
He's sick, let me take his punishment, then. It will serve the same purpose. Men will understand.

JOHN GREY
Non.

JAMIE
He won't survive!

JOHN GREY
So tell me the truth, Mr. Fraser. Tell me why you escaped.

Jamie is furious that Grey is using Murtagh to extort him. Grey knows Murtagh is Jamie's Achilles' heel.
Jamie looks at Grey harshly, looking for... for all that lies behind his eyes... trying to look into his very soul. Then--

JAMIE
If you are not willing to negotiate. Go ahead, have your British justice.

Murtagh smiled and nodded proudly, preparing for what is to come.

Corporal BRAME
Governor? Should I start?

Grey hesitated. Jamie calls his bluff.

JAMIE
Sixty lashes for a worn piece of cloth.

JOHN GREY
Don't test me, Mr. Fraser.

JAMIE
I'm not testing you, Major. We are all here because you test yourself.

After a long tense beat.

JOHN GREY
Bringing the prisoner back to his cell. All prisoners. Right now.

Grey walks away, disgusted with himself. Jamie breathes a sigh of relief as Murtagh is untied... Brame also breathes a sigh of relief, he was not eager to distribute sixty lashes.

 

26ARDSMUIR INTERNATIONAL PRISON - LARGE CELL - DAY (D7) (1755)26

The main door of the cell is opened and a DOCTOR is led by Brame.

BRAME
Fitzgibbons is out there.

Brame points the finger at Murtagh. Jamie stands up, on guard.

JAMIE
What is it then?

The doctor goes to Murtagh and begins administering the medication while Jamie monitors the procedure.

BRAME
The governor ordered me to accompany the doctor here - to treat your relative.

OFF Jamie's surprise, especially after the event in the yard earlier.

 

27EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - NEAR MOOR - DAY (D7) (1755)27

Grey walks with Jamie along the moor, a short distance from the prison walls. The two guards keep a close eye nearby, but far enough away that Grey's conversation is private.

JOHN GREY
How did you know I wouldn't go all the way?

JAMIE
I looked into the eyes of men who would have someone whipped for stealing a piece of bread – without losing a moment's rest on it. You don't have those eyes, sir.

Jamie and Grey stop, turn to each other.

JOHN GREY
Maybe not. But as we stood in that yard, Mr. Fraser, your eyes also revealed something.

Jamie can't wait to hear that.

JOHN GREY (continued)
You have suffered a lot in your life, but the fact that you would incur a flogging for a friend means that you would never reveal yourself by force. I might as well have beaten the stone walls.

Jamie considers Grey, who stops in his evaluation.

JAMIE
So you thought I'd give in to kindness.

JOHN GREY
Well, sir, yes.

JAMIE
(under his breath) The Devil carries you away.

JOHN GREY
Pardon.

JAMIE
I told you faithfully everything Kerr told me that night. What I didn't tell you was that some of what he said made sense to me.

JOHN GREY
What did that mean?

JAMIE
I told you about my wife.

JOHN GREY
Yes, you said she was dead.

JAMIE
I said she's gone. It is likely that she died, but my wife was a healer. She was a white lady. The word in Gaelic is bandruidh... It also means witch.

JOHN GREY
The White Witch. So the man's words were referring to your wife?

JAMIE
I thought they could. And if that's the case, I had to go. To see for myself.

JOHN GREY
How did you know where to go? Is this also something you gleaned from the wanderer's lyrics?

JAMIE
There is a place I knew, the sanctuary of Sainte-Bride. St. Bride was also called "the white lady." I couldn't say what Kerr meant, but I felt I had to go. It is believed to be a sanctuary of great power, Major.

JOHN GREY
I see. And your wife...?

JAMIE
There was nothing to do with her. She's really gone.

JOHN GREY
Et l’or, monsieur Fraser?

JAMIE
Louis never sent gold to the Stuarts. What I found was an empty box, except for a piece of jewelry.

JOHN GREY
It's a moving story, Mr. Fraser. Yet there is no evidence that this is the truth.

JAMIE
Aye, there is, Major. I, too, am a man of honour. And I give you my word that my story is true. I have that too...

Jamie reaches the waistband of his tattered panties, then reaches out and drops a small object into Grey's palm. A BLUE SAPPHIRE. Grey chokes in surprise.

JAMIE (continued)
I saved him, thinking he might be useful, should I ever be released.

JOHN GREY
How did you keep that? You were searched when you returned.

JAMIE
I swallowed it.

JOHN GREY
I see.

JAMIE
A rough parritch diet has its benefits, from time to time.

JOHN GREY
It seems so, Mr. Fraser.

As they both return to the prison...

 

28EXT. PRISON ARDSMUIR28

Foundation. Snow covers the moor, melts and we return to spring.4

 

PRISON INT. ARDSMUIR - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - NIGHT (N8) 29 29
(1756)

28ARDSMUIR INTERNATIONAL PRISON - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - NIGHT (N8) (1756)29

While Grey and Jamie play chess at a chess table in the living room of the governor's quarters.

JOHN GREY
Glad to see that your friend, Fitzgibbons, is doing better.

Jamie focused on the chessboard. Grey moves.

JAMIE
Yes, a lot. (He moves another room) Little bastard! Where the hell did you learn this trick?

JOHN GREY
My older brother taught me that.

JAMIE
Lord Melton ?

JOHN GREY
Yes.

JAMIE
Your brother who stubbornly refused to shoot me. I was reluctant to be grateful for this favor at the time.

JOHN GREY
You wanted to be shot?

JAMIE
I thought I had good reasons.

JOHN GREY
What reason? I do not want to say that there is no impertinence in the question. It was only -- at that moment, I -- that I felt the same way. From what you have said of the Stuarts, I cannot think that the loss of their cause would have led you to such despair.

JAMIE
There were those who fought for the love of Charles Stuart - or out of loyalty to his father's right to royalty. But you're right, I wasn't one of them.

JOHN GREY
I said I felt a lot the same way you felt at the time. I lost a special friend in Culloden. That's why I joined the army. He... inspired me. My brother was there when I found him dying in the field. I couldn't even say goodbye... I would have stayed there with him forever, but Hal dragged me, he was embarrassed, you see.

 

INTERSPERSED WITH:

30EXT. CULLODEN MOOR - BRITISH FIELD HOSPITAL - FLASHBACK30

[NOTE: We will intersect John Grey's FLASHBACK from Culloden as he tells the following story. This has already been filmed as an appendix in episode 301.]

 

31PRISON INT. ARDSMUIR - GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - SUMMARY31

Back with Jamie and John Grey as he finishes his story.

JOHN GREY
He said I would overcome it - that I would accept it - with time. Hal is usually right, but not always. You cry forever some people. Do you find your life very difficult, Mr. Fraser?

JAMIE
Maybe. I think perhaps the biggest burden is taking care of those we can't help. Not by having no one to take care of. It's emptiness. But not a great burden.

JOHN GREY
Your wife -- she was a healer, you say?

JAMIE
She was. She... her name was Claire.

This is the first time he has spoken his name in a very long time.

JOHN GREY
You cared a lot about her, I think?

JAMIE
I was planning to thank you one day, Major.

JOHN GREY
Thank you? For what?

JAMIE
For that night in Corrieyairack where we met for the first time. For what you did for my wife.

JOHN GREY
Was it your wife?

JAMIE
You were a worthy enemy, Major. Are you blaming me?

JOHN GREY
If you found a sixteen-year-old shitting a worthy enemy in fear, Mr. Fraser, then it is no wonder that the Highland army was defeated!

JAMIE
A man who doesn't shit himself with a knife held to his throat, has no intestines or no brain. You would not speak to save your own life, but you would have done it to save the honor of a lady. The honor of my own lady. I admire that.

JOHN GREY
I did nothing for your wife. She wasn't in danger, after all!

JAMIE
But you didn't know that at the time, did you? You thought you would save his life and virtue, at the risk of yours. I've thought about it from time to time, since I lost it.

JOHN GREY
I see. I'm sorry for your loss.

Having drunk a lot of sherry and feeling close to Jamie because of their mutual confessions of lost love, and Jamie's sincere compliment, Grey touches Jamie's hand...
Jamie calmly commands Grey.

JAMIE
Take your hand out of me - or I'll kill you.

Grey slowly withdraws his hand as if coming out of an unexploded mine. Jamie gets up without further noise and leaves the room.
Leaving Grey ashamed and hurt again.

 

33INT. CLAIRE & FRANK’S HOME - SALON - NUIT (N5) (1966)32

Claire is sitting in the darkness when she hears Frank enter the room.

FRANK
Difficult surgery? I can tell by looking at you.

CLAIRE
They all seem tough these days.

FRANK
You've done everything you can - worrying about it now won't change... Ah, well, I've already said it all.

CLEAR
Indeed.

But he's not here to chat, there's something on his mind.

CLAIRE (continued)
What do you have?

FRANK
I would like to take Brianna to England.

CLAIRE
That would be lovely. How long?

FRANK
I have received an offer for a position at Cambridge. A good one.

She thinks about what that means.

CLAIRE
What about the hospital...? My patients? I can't just leave Boston and move to England...

FRANK
I'm not asking you to leave. (then) I want a divorce.

Claire rejoices at the news.

CLAIRE
Divorce? We had this discussion years ago.

FRANK
I know what I said then. But Brianna is eighteen now. And she comes with me.

Claire is beginning to understand now. It's an ambush.

Is CLAIRE
aware of this plan?

FRANK
Not yet. But she will gladly come. Between medical school and the hospital, you didn't spend as much time with her as I did.

CLAIRE
How dare you?

FRANK
Also, there are good universities out there. Oxford for my part, I still have a little knowledge.

CLAIRE
(spits out) What about Candy?

FRANK
Her name is Sandy. I will marry her, as soon as I am free.

CLAIRE
(stunned) Marry him? You can't be serious.

But the look on his face tells him he is.

FRANK
I'm done with that, Claire.

CLAIRE
You... You bastard.

FRANK
Be reasonable.

CLAIRE
You've been waiting, all this time. Wait for the clock to tick. Well, Bree is my daughter, and you won't take her anywhere!

FRANK
I don't think I should do it.

CLAIRE
You want a divorce. Ok. Use all the motives you want - except adultery, which you cannot prove, because it does not exist. But if you try to take Bree with you, I'll have a thing or two to say about adultery.

FRANK
It's no longer about us. Bree is an adult woman now. It can make its own decisions. She has a life of her own. And I want to spend the rest of mine with a woman who really loves me.

The statement hangs there, Claire does not contradict it. Then--

FRANK (continued)
You can't see Brianna without thinking about him, can you? Without this constant memory, I wonder - would you have forgotten it after a while?

CLEAR
This time does not exist.

Frank leaves. Claire hears a CAR DOOR SLAM, then an ENGINE ROARS and then vanishes. The phone RINGS --
CLAIRE (continued) (responding)
Dr. Randall... Yes... Are they preparing for surgery...? All right, I'm on my way.

-- a call from the hospital. Claire hangs up is robotics; Perhaps because she has done it a thousand times before or because the prison she lives in has become more lonely.

 

33EXT. ARDSMUIR PRISON - THE COURT - DAY (D9) (1756)33

A WEEK LATER. The prisoners are ASSEMBLED. An order is given for them to be led to the door. Everyone except Jamie, who is suddenly ripped off the line by Corporal Brame, away from Murtagh – healthier now – without even having had a chance to say goodbye.

JAMIE
What's going on?
Corporal BRAME
Closure of the prison... The prisoners are being deported. The fortress was to be requisitioned by the Queen's Seventh Dragoons Regiment.

JAMIE
deported? How far?

But Brame does not answer. He delivers Jamie to Major Grey, who is on horseback and ready to go out. Jamie is chained by his wrists (only) and leashed to Grey's horse, and they walk away from Ardsmuir.

JAMIE (continued)
Where are we going?

Grey doesn't answer. Instead, he encourages his horse and gets out of prison; Jamie being pulled behind him.

Jamie glances at the other prisoners, who are walking in the opposite direction. Murtagh also looks back, and as one last glance passes between them...

 

34INT. BOSTON HOSPITAL - CORRIDOR - NIGHT (N5) (1966)34

Claire is with a WORRIED husband.

CLAIRE
Frances is recovering. Stable and all its vital signs are good. The best thing you can do for her now is to rest...

The husband kisses Claire and leaves. Suddenly, Claire looks up and sees Joe rushing towards her. Claire glances at his face - she has seen doctors break the news of death too often to be wrong about the signs. ZOOM IN ON CLAIRE as we hear Joe tell her the terrible news...

JOE
Claire... Sorry... It's Frank... It was a car accident.

Claire runs towards...

 

35BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL - ROOM - MOMENTS LATER35

Frank's body lies on a metal table, his face pale and blue. Claire closes her eyes and touches him.

CLAIRE
Frank, if you're still close enough to hear me, I loved you. A lot. You were... My first love.

Claire walks out and down the empty hallway, crying Frank, heading to the outside doors — and even though she didn't want it that way — heading toward freedom.

 

36EXT. LAKE DISTRICT OF ENGLAND - ROUTE - JOUR (D10) (1756)36

Jamie walks behind Grey, who is on horseback. They have been traveling for days. The anger and grief of his separation from his men, including his godfather, fresh in his memory, and
the anticipation of an unknown destination fill Jamie with dread. Jamie stops, his eyes gray hard.

JAMIE
It's no better than slavery.

JOHN GREY
A contract of serfdom is not slavery. The other prisoners will be released after a fourteen-year sentence.

JAMIE
If they survive. Why was I not sent to the territories, or to the colonies with them? Why did you keep me here?

JOHN GREY
You are not merely a prisoner, but a condemned traitor, imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure. Your sentence cannot be commuted without royal approval. And His Majesty did not see fit to give this approval. I could not give you freedom, Fraser. It was the best I could do.

Jamie looks at Grey, not knowing if he should believe it.

JAMIE
Where should I go, then?

JOHN GREY
At the Helwater estate. You will serve Lord Dunsany. I will visit you once a quarter to ensure your well-being.

JAMIE

(doubtful) My well-being?

JOHN GREY
But I warn you... your new host is not well disposed towards Charles Stuart or his followers. You can hardly hope to hide the fact that you are a Scot, a Highlander to boot. If you're considering well-meaning advice, it might be a good idea not to use a name that would be as easily recognizable as yours.

And as they climb the ridge, Grey beckons to where HELWATER lands stretch out in front of them. The beautiful view belies his name and it's not what Jamie expected.

JAMIE
Why are you doing this for me? Did I push you away?

Grey gets off his horse, unlocks the chains from Jamie's wrists, takes a moment...

JOHN GREY
I regret this particular moment of weakness. That was stupid of me. But I told you about... someone I cared about. And you shared the same thing. You gave me my life years ago. Now I give you yours. I hope you will use it well.

JAMIE
Your brother has paid off this debt.

JOHN GREY
On behalf of my family. I discharge it for the sake of myself.

The two men share a look... It's not quite brotherly love, but there is certainly mutual admiration.

JOHN GREY (continued) (back to business)
Now, Mr. Fraser, let's go.

 

37EXT. HELWATER - SHORTLY AFTER37

Grey takes Jamie to the main entrance of the beautiful house where he speaks briefly with a footman. Then they are driven to...

 

38EXT. HELWATER - STABLES - A FEW MOMENTS LATER38

As they approach the area where the horses are kept.

JOHN GREY
You will be a groomsman.

Jamie breathes in the aromas of freshly cut hay, leather and horses he loves and is immediately comforted by his familiarity. He turns to Grey.

JAMIE
Merci.

JOHN GREY
You can give me back by not breaking your parole. (adds) And laying down your burdens and living the best life possible.

Grey turns his horse over and walks away. Jamie is finally alone. He walks over to a large stallion and throws his arms around the horse's thick neck. This is not heaven. But it's the furthest from hell he's felt in a very, very long time.

 

 

END OF EPISODE