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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Brianna initially thinks that Jamie was a short fling that Claire had and was cold enough to walk away from the baby he fathered. Claire assures her that impending death was the only thing strong enough to make Jamie give up the chance to raise Brianna himself. And even then it broke his heart to have to send Claire and his unborn child away.
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* DeceptiveLegacy: Brianna is devastated to learn that Frank Randall is not her biological father and that this fact was purposefully hidden from her by both of her parents.
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* NoMoreLies: Once Brianna realizes that Claire is not crazy, she wants to know the full truth about Jamie, her biological father, Claire's time in the past, and how she was able to time travel. Brianna demands that Claire be truthful from that point forward, even if the truth might hurt Brianna's feelings. [[spoiler: That vow is later tested when Sandy, Frank's lover, shows up at a dedication service for him, revealing to Brianna that her beloved father was not perfectly faithful to Claire either.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prince Charles' line about 'Doubting Thomas' foreshadow that it will take the sight of Geillis going through the stones for Brianna to finally believe that Claire really time-travelled into the past.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prince Charles' line about 'Doubting Thomas' foreshadow that it will take the sight of Geillis going through the stones for Roger and Brianna to finally believe that Claire really time-travelled into can hear the past. buzzing of the stones.
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* OneSideOfTheStory: Brianna is so furious at her mother that she begins making Olympic levels jumps of conclusion. First, she accuses Claire of bringing her to Scotland so she can reconnect with her old lover. Then she assumes that Claire is planning to spring a surprise meeting on her with her biological father. Then, when told that's not possible, she assumes it's because he's a deadbeat dad who doesn't want to meet her. And then when told it's because he's dead and has been for centuries, she assumes Claire is making up a massive story rather than simply admit she's an adulteress.
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-->'''Brianna:''' The man I grew up with, who loved me for 20 years, isn't my father. My real father is some 6'3" red-headed guy in a kilt from the 18th century?! What is wrong with you?
-->'''Brianna:''' The man I grew up with, who loved me for 20 years, isn't my father. My real father is some 6'3" red-headed guy in a kilt from the 18th century?! What is wrong with you?
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* TheMenFirst: Knowing that the inevitable battle will be an unwinnable bloodbath, Jamie instructs Murtagh to gather the Fraser men and send them back home to Lallybroch.
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* {{Understatement}}: "He's not the man I thought." In the series premiere, Frank Randall is very obviously enamored by the idea of being related to Captain Jonathan Wolverton Randall aka Black Jack, Captain of Dragoons in His Royal Majesty's Army. Not long after Claire returns, Frank sends a letter to the Reverend telling him to stop all research into the man, implying that Claire told him about the numerous atrocities Randall committed against Claire, the Frasers, and the Highlanders in general.
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* {{Understatement}}: "He's not the man I thought." In the series premiere, Frank Randall is very obviously travels all the way to Scotland, enamored by with the idea of being related to Captain learning more about his legendary ancestor Jonathan Wolverton Randall aka Black Jack, "Black Jack" Randall, Captain of Dragoons in His Royal Majesty's Army. Not long after Claire returns, Frank sends a letter to the Reverend telling asking him to stop all research into the man, implying that likely after Claire told him about the numerous atrocities Randall committed against Claire, the Frasers, and the Highlanders in general.
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* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: A chance encounter with a rat leads to Brianna and Roger finding a journal conveniently labeled "Randall" within minutes of entering the cluttered attic to find clues about Brianna's parents' time in Scotland.
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* SurpassedTheTeacher: Dougal has always liked to brag that he taught Jamie how to fight and they've had a handful of physical clash, but when they clash in a life or death struggle, Jamie is able to overtake Dougal and kill the man.
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* FreakOut: Dougal flips out when he overhears Claire and Jamie discussing poisoning Prince Charles. He proceeds to attempt to kill Jamie for his betrayal.
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* FreakOut: Dougal flips out when he overhears Claire and Jamie discussing poisoning Prince Charles. He proceeds to attempt to kill Jamie for his betrayal.betrayal; Brianna freaks out after learning that Frank Randall is not her biological father and is nearly apoplectic at the idea that Claire brought her to Scotland to surprise her with a meeting with her biological father.
* HaveWeMetYet: Subverted in that Gillian and Claire never come face to face, but Gillian does meet Brianna and Claire meets the husband that Gillian sacrifices so she can time travel.
* HaveWeMetYet: Subverted in that Gillian and Claire never come face to face, but Gillian does meet Brianna and Claire meets the husband that Gillian sacrifices so she can time travel.
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* MistakenForBetrayal: After learning that Frank Randall was not her biological father and that her biological father was a Scottish man from the Highlands, Brianna mistakenly assumes that Claire has been spending her days secretly meeting up with the man she had an affair with during the time that she was missing.
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* ExactWords: Brianna asks what Claire did that day. Claire says she visited around the village. Brianna asks if Claire visited places "you and daddy visited before" referring to Frank Randall. Claire replies "Some", but she spent the day at Lallybroch, a place she only visited with Jamie, never with Frank.
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* AwfulTruth: Dougal discovers that Jamie was never a true believer in the Jacobite cause; Brianna learns that Claire had a relationship with another man and Frank Randall is not her biological father.
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* IfOnlyYouKnew: Brianna and Roger visit Fort Williams. She says it gives her bad vibes. Later when she tells her mother about the visit, Claire can barely hide her discomfort, knowing that Jamie, Brianna's father, was tortured there and Brian, Brianna's grandfather, died of heart attack there after being forced to watch Jamie's torture.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Even twenty years after Claire's return to the 20th century, she still loves Jamie and hasn't moved on from him.
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* BusCrash: The gathering in the opening scene is a memorial for Reverend Wakefield, a recurring character in Frank's modern day story arc. The Reverend has died of a heart attack. Likewise, Mrs. Graham the housekeeper has passed on.
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* LikeParentlikeSpouse: Although their relationship is very new, Roger is very similar to Frank Randall. He has a keen interest in history, soft-spoken and mild-mannered.
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** Jamie survived the Battle of the Culloden
** Roger Wakefield is the direct descendant of Geillis Duncan and Dougal [=MacKenzie=]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Brianna gives one to Claire after she discovers that Claire had lied about Brianna's
* {{Zeerust}}: The episodes open with Roger and a group of children watching a black and white television show that featured retro-futurism of what they thought future technology would look like.
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'''[[Recap/{{Outlander}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'''''\\
'''Season 2, Episode 13:'''
!Dragonfly In Amber
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In 1968, the death of family friend brings Clairemakes a surprise return back to Inverness with her grown-up daughter Brianna, where she begins to relive her life with Jamie. Flashing back to the 18th century, as the battle of Culloden looms looms, Jamie is forced to make a heartbreaking decision.
decision in a desperate, last-ditch effort to derail the battle.
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'''[[Recap/{{Outlander}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'''''\\
'''Season 2, Episode 13:'''
!Dragonfly In Amber
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* FakeUltimateHero: Claire considers "Bonnie Prince Charlie" to be this. She's not happy to see how worshipped he is by modern-day Scots when she remembers the drunken idiot he was.
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-->'''Claire''': They've taken a fool and made him into a hero.
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* KarmaHoudini: According to history, Prince Charles escapes the aftermath of Culloden and lives out the rest of his life in Italy. He never receives any karmic punishment for leading the Jacobites to their fate on Culloden Moor.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Even twenty years after Claire's return to the 20th century, she still loves Jamie and hasn't moved on from him.
%%* ActOfTrueLove
* AFriendInNeed: After realising that a younger version of Geillis is in 1968, Claire resolves to try and save her from her eventual fate just as Geillis had saved Claire from being burned at the stake in "The Devil's Mark".
* ApologeticAttacker: Jamie apologises to Dougal's corpse for having to kill him.
%%* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther
* BigDamnHeroes: Subversion. Claire, Roger and Brianna burst onto the scene on Craigh na Dun just as Gillian is about to go through the stones, wanting to prevent Gillian from meeting her eventual fate of being burnt as a witch in the 18th century. Unfortunately, they are too late. Claire just has time to call out to Gillian before she travels back in time.
* {{Bookends}}: The season begins with Claire waking up on Craigh na Dun in her own time, and ends with her touching the stone in 1746 to travel back to the 20th century.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Jamie insists that Claire keep her promise to return to Frank, to keep her and their unborn baby safe, something which breaks Claire's heart completely.
* TheBusCameBack: Geillis makes her first appearance since "The Devil's Mark".
%%* CassandraTruth: Though Claire tries, Brianna is unwilling
* CryCute: Claire's tears as she faces separation from Jamie at Craigh na Dun.
* DeadGuyJunior: Brianna was named after Jamie's father, who was called Brian.
* DeadpanSnarker: Brianna reveals herself as one during her first scene in the episode.
* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: For Jamie.
* {{Flashback}}: The scenes depicting the last hours before the battle of Culloden take place in flashback form.
%%* ForegoneConclusion: Because of how the season began (and how this episode begins), it's obvious that Claire will return to the 20th century and that Jamie will fight at Culloden.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prince Charles' line about 'Doubting Thomas' foreshadow that it will take the sight of Geillis going through the stones for Brianna to finally believe that Claire really time-travelled into the past.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jamie forces Claire to go back through the stones so that she and their child can be cared for in relative safety by someone who will love them.
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* KilledOffForReal: Dougal at the hands of Jamie and Claire.
* TheLostLenore: Jamie is this for Claire. Even twenty years later, she hasn't forgotten him and probably never will.
* ManlyTears: Jamie can be seeing silently crying as he guides Claire's hand toward the stone on Craigh na Dun.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Claire and Jamie after they are forced to kill Dougal. The look of complete shock and horror on their faces sells it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Claire and Jamie's discussion about murdering Charles Stuart is overheard by Dougal, who attacks them in a frenzy of rage. This leads to Dougal's death and forces Claire to return through the stones and Jamie to fight on Culloden Moor to avoid a more painful fate.
* NotQuiteDead: Through the Revered Wakefield's old papers, Roger, Brianna and Claire find out that Jamie did not die at the battle of Culloden.
%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech
* SeasonFinale: This is the season finale of season 2.
* SequelHook: Claire's statement at the end ('I have to go back') sets up the season 3 plot.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Invoked by Claire, who tells Brianna that she looks and acts very like Jamie.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Claire's suggested plan to murder Charles involves sneaking the poison Yellow Jasmine into his food.
* TimeSkip: The episode begins in 1968, and transitions to the 18th century through use of flashbacks.
* UndyingLoyalty: Murtagh shows this when he insists on fighting at Culloden with Jamie.
%%* VillainousBreakdown
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Gillian Edgars is this.
%%* WhamEpisode
%%* WhamLine
* WhatTheHellHero: Brianna gives one to Claire after she discovers that Claire had lied about Brianna's parentage.
* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Even twenty years after Claire's return to the 20th century, she still loves Jamie and hasn't moved on from him.
%%* ActOfTrueLove
* AFriendInNeed: After realising that a younger version of Geillis is in 1968, Claire resolves to try and save her from her eventual fate just as Geillis had saved Claire from being burned at the stake in "The Devil's Mark".
* ApologeticAttacker: Jamie apologises to Dougal's corpse for having to kill him.
%%* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther
* BigDamnHeroes: Subversion. Claire, Roger and Brianna burst onto the scene on Craigh na Dun just as Gillian is about to go through the stones, wanting to prevent Gillian from meeting her eventual fate of being burnt as a witch in the 18th century. Unfortunately, they are too late. Claire just has time to call out to Gillian before she travels back in time.
* {{Bookends}}: The season begins with Claire waking up on Craigh na Dun in her own time, and ends with her touching the stone in 1746 to travel back to the 20th century.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Jamie insists that Claire keep her promise to return to Frank, to keep her and their unborn baby safe, something which breaks Claire's heart completely.
* TheBusCameBack: Geillis makes her first appearance since "The Devil's Mark".
%%* CassandraTruth: Though Claire tries, Brianna is unwilling
* CryCute: Claire's tears as she faces separation from Jamie at Craigh na Dun.
* DeadGuyJunior: Brianna was named after Jamie's father, who was called Brian.
* DeadpanSnarker: Brianna reveals herself as one during her first scene in the episode.
* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: For Jamie.
* {{Flashback}}: The scenes depicting the last hours before the battle of Culloden take place in flashback form.
%%* ForegoneConclusion: Because of how the season began (and how this episode begins), it's obvious that Claire will return to the 20th century and that Jamie will fight at Culloden.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Prince Charles' line about 'Doubting Thomas' foreshadow that it will take the sight of Geillis going through the stones for Brianna to finally believe that Claire really time-travelled into the past.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Jamie forces Claire to go back through the stones so that she and their child can be cared for in relative safety by someone who will love them.
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* KilledOffForReal: Dougal at the hands of Jamie and Claire.
* TheLostLenore: Jamie is this for Claire. Even twenty years later, she hasn't forgotten him and probably never will.
* ManlyTears: Jamie can be seeing silently crying as he guides Claire's hand toward the stone on Craigh na Dun.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Claire and Jamie after they are forced to kill Dougal. The look of complete shock and horror on their faces sells it.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Claire and Jamie's discussion about murdering Charles Stuart is overheard by Dougal, who attacks them in a frenzy of rage. This leads to Dougal's death and forces Claire to return through the stones and Jamie to fight on Culloden Moor to avoid a more painful fate.
* NotQuiteDead: Through the Revered Wakefield's old papers, Roger, Brianna and Claire find out that Jamie did not die at the battle of Culloden.
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* SeasonFinale: This is the season finale of season 2.
* SequelHook: Claire's statement at the end ('I have to go back') sets up the season 3 plot.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Invoked by Claire, who tells Brianna that she looks and acts very like Jamie.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Claire's suggested plan to murder Charles involves sneaking the poison Yellow Jasmine into his food.
* TimeSkip: The episode begins in 1968, and transitions to the 18th century through use of flashbacks.
* UndyingLoyalty: Murtagh shows this when he insists on fighting at Culloden with Jamie.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Gillian Edgars is this.
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