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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Wendingo reveals himself as a time-traveler from the 20th century, and gets confirmation himself that Claire is too, by asking her if the name [[Music/TheBeatles Ringo Starr]] means anything to her.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Several of the Fraser men fight with axes.

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* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: Claire envisions herself living happily with Jamie in the 20th century and surrounded by family, with Ian, Fergus, Marsali, Germain, Jocasta and Murtagh all coming over for dinner and wearing "modern" clothes. (Ian is a private in the army visiting home on leave, and Fergus and Marsali appear to be hippies). The exceptions are Brianna, Roger and Jemmy, who are said to be taking a long time to show up and eventually Claire is informed that they've died in a car crash, symbolizing how she doesn't expect to ever see them again after they departed for the standing stones in the real world.

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* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: Claire envisions herself living happily with Jamie in the 20th century and surrounded by family, with Ian, Fergus, Marsali, Germain, Jocasta and Murtagh all coming over for dinner and wearing "modern" clothes. (Ian is a private in the army visiting home on leave, and Fergus and Marsali appear to be hippies). hippies.) The exceptions are Brianna, Roger and Jemmy, who are said to be taking a long time to show up and eventually Claire is informed that they've died in a car crash, symbolizing how she doesn't expect to ever see them again after they departed for the standing stones in the real world.

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* AnachronisticClue: Several scenes appear to take place in the 1960s. However, the characters themselves are the clue that it's not a real event as all of the characters depicted (Jamie, Jocasta, Ian, etc.) are confined to the 1770s.
* AnAxeToGrind: Several of the Fraser men fight with axes.

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* AnachronisticClue: Several scenes appear to take place in the 1960s. However, the characters themselves are the clue that it's not a real event as all of the characters depicted except Claire (Jamie, Jocasta, Ian, etc.) are confined to the 1770s.
* AnAxeToGrind: Several of the Fraser men fight with axes.AndYouWereThere:


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* AnAxeToGrind: Several of the Fraser men fight with axes.


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* ButYouWereThereAndYouAndYou: Claire envisions herself living happily with Jamie in the 20th century and surrounded by family, with Ian, Fergus, Marsali, Germain, Jocasta and Murtagh all coming over for dinner and wearing "modern" clothes. (Ian is a private in the army visiting home on leave, and Fergus and Marsali appear to be hippies). The exceptions are Brianna, Roger and Jemmy, who are said to be taking a long time to show up and eventually Claire is informed that they've died in a car crash, symbolizing how she doesn't expect to ever see them again after they departed for the standing stones in the real world.

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* KillThemAll: When Claire is unable to identify the specific men who raped her, Jamie orders all the men who helped abduct her be killed so that no guilty party escapes justice.


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* LeaveNoSurvivors: When Claire is unable to identify the specific men who raped her, Jamie orders all the men who helped abduct her be killed so that no guilty party escapes justice.
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** A deviation from the books, in which Jamie has to delicately suggest to Claire that they have sex as soon as possible so that if she ends up pregnant, it will at least be plausible the baby is Jamie's rather than that of her rapist. Once they've done so, Jamie admires her bravery and her refusal to be broken by what was done to her.

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** A deviation subtle divergence from the books, book, in which shortly after they arrive home from her rescue, Jamie has to delicately suggest to Claire that they have sex as soon as possible so that if she ends up pregnant, it will at least be plausible the baby is Jamie's rather than that of her rapist. Once they've done so, Jamie admires her bravery and her refusal to be broken by what was done to her.
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** In the books, Jamie has to delicately suggest to Claire that they have sex as soon as possible so that if she ends up pregnant, it will at least be plausible the baby is Jamie's rather than that of her rapist. Once they've done so, Jamie admires her bravery and her refusal to be broken by what was done to her.

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** In A deviation from the books, in which Jamie has to delicately suggest to Claire that they have sex as soon as possible so that if she ends up pregnant, it will at least be plausible the baby is Jamie's rather than that of her rapist. Once they've done so, Jamie admires her bravery and her refusal to be broken by what was done to her.
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**In the books, Jamie has to delicately suggest to Claire that they have sex as soon as possible so that if she ends up pregnant, it will at least be plausible the baby is Jamie's rather than that of her rapist. Once they've done so, Jamie admires her bravery and her refusal to be broken by what was done to her.
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* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: As Jamie and Claire hold hands, the camera pans over his hand and her face which bear the physical reminders of their rapes. Jamie has had time to heal but Claire is just beginning her recovery journey


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* SexForSolace: Jamie and Claire are shown cuddling post coitus. Jamie tells her she is brave, knowing how long it took him to recover enough to be able to have sex again following his own rape.

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* DueToTheDead: Jamie takes Lionel's body back to Brownsville so that Richard can bury him properly.



* InconvenientHippocracticOath: Because of her beliefs as a healer and the oath she swore to preserve life, Claire can't bring herself to kill Lionel in spite of a the TraumaCongaLine he put her through. Luckily for Claire, none of the rest of her family is bound by that oath and they make sure no one walks away from what was done to her.

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* InconvenientHippocracticOath: InconvenientHippocraticOath: Because of her beliefs as a healer and the oath she swore to preserve life, Claire can't bring herself to kill Lionel in spite of a the TraumaCongaLine he put her through. Luckily for Claire, none of the rest of her family is bound by that oath and they make sure no one walks away from what was done to her.


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* KarmicDeath: Richard Brown says that Lionel earned the death that he received.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After poisoning Lionel Brown, Marsali falls into a HeroicBSOD, afraid that Brown's ghost will haunt her or that she'll go to hell for having killed him.


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* VaguenessIsComing: Richard Brown warns Jamie that they're not done yet.
-->'''Richard Brown:''' Lionel, he reaped what he sowed. And you did what you must. As will I, when the time comes.
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* AssholeVictim: After all he's done, Lionel begins demanding food and pain relief and complaining about women.


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* BrokenTears: After facing Lionel Brown for the first time after he had her kidnapped and raped, Claire holds it together long enough to get out of earshot then collapses and begins sobbing.
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-->'''Claire:''' I have lived through a fucking World War. I have [[TragicStillbirth lost a child.]] I lost two husbands. I've been starved with an army and I've been beaten and I've been betrayed and I've... I've been imprisoned and I did not... I survived. And this... I'm supposed to be shattered by this? Well, I won't be. Never.


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-->'''Jamie:''' Did he harm you?
-->'''Claire:''' He didn't help me.


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* CommonalityConnection: Claire, Jamie, and Brianna all share the unfortunate distinction of being rape survivors.


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* InconvenientHippocracticOath: Because of her beliefs as a healer and the oath she swore to preserve life, Claire can't bring herself to kill Lionel in spite of a the TraumaCongaLine he put her through. Luckily for Claire, none of the rest of her family is bound by that oath and they make sure no one walks away from what was done to her.


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* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: Invoked. Claire says she's glad Jamie and the other killed all of Lionel's men, but she hates that she feels that way because she's sworn herself to the preservation of life, even at cost to self.


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* ShowerOfAngst: Claire bathes as soon as she gets home. She continually scrubs at her skin until she gets frustrated and gives up.

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* EnMediaRes: The story begins with Claire restrained and already having been beaten and sexually assaulted, it then jumps between flashbacks of how she got there, her mental landscape, and Jamie's attempts to rescue her.

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--> '''Jamie:''' Kill them all.
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* InMediaRes: The story begins with Claire restrained and already having been beaten and sexually assaulted, it then jumps between flashbacks of how she got there, her mental landscape, and Jamie's attempts to rescue her.

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** When Jamie finds Claire, he tells her she is safe and she's whole. This is the same thing he told Roger after they rescued him from his hanging.

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** When Jamie finds Claire, he tells her she is safe alive and she's whole. This is the same thing he told Roger after they rescued him from his hanging.

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* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Despite imagining Jamie in the safety of the 20th century, Claire does not mentally change his clothes. In fact, she regresses him to his kilt and shirt from season 1, when he came to her rescue.

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* AnAxeToGrind: Several of the Fraser men fight with axes.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Despite imagining Jamie in the safety of the 20th century, Claire does not mentally change his clothes. In fact, she regresses him to his kilt and highlander shirt from season 1, when he repeatedly came to her rescue.



* MeaningfulEcho: Dream Jamie wraps a blanket around Claire's shoulder and repeats the same line real Jamie said to Claire the first day they met when he wrapped his plaid around her to keep her warm.
-->'''Dream Jamie:''' You're shaking so hard, you're making ''my'' teeth rattle.

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* MeaningfulEcho: MeaningfulEcho:
**When Jamie finds Claire, he tells her she is safe and she's whole. This is the same thing he told Roger after they rescued him from his hanging.
**In an attempt to feel safe within her mind, Claire imagines being safe in a house with Jamie.
Dream Jamie wraps a blanket around Claire's shoulder and repeats the same line real Jamie said to Claire the first day they met when he wrapped his plaid around her to keep her warm.
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safe and warm.
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Jamie:''' You're shaking so hard, you're making ''my'' teeth rattle.


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* POVCam: Claire's rescue is shown rotated 90 degrees to the right because it's seen from Claire's point of view as she lays on the ground.
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* LockAndLoadMontage: Features Ian shaving his hair and donning Mohawk war paint, the men distributing and readying rifles, and saddling the horses.
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* SignificantWardrobeShift: When Jamie goes to rescue Claire, he puts on his tartan kilt indicating that he's done being Colonel Fraser and the Browns are about to meet Red Jamie.
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* OhCrap: Brianna and Roger's reaction when they see the "For Emergencies Only" cross on fire.
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* CorruptionOfAMinor: Lionel encourages his young nephew to join in on raping Claire.


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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: It takes Roger, Brianna, and Ian over two weeks to get to the stone circle, but they are able to get back to Fraser's Ridge in the time it takes Jamie to light the cross and gather men for Claire's rescue.
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* BreakTheCutie: Invoked by Claire. With everything she's been through, she refuses to let this be what breaks her.


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* CallBack: Jamie wraps Claire in his plaid, picks her up, and carries her to safety. This is the exact same thing Murtagh did for Jamie when he was raped in season 1.


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* DespairEventHorizon: Claire is so emotionally overwhelmed, she goes catatonic and dissociates, dreaming of being safe with all of her love ones, celebrating Thanksgiving in the 20th century.


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* HopeSpot: For a moment it looks like Tibby might help Claire escape only for Hodgepile to intervene and keep her from getting away.
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Through her ordeal, Claire keeps imagining Jamie in his Highland kilt, wrapping her up safe and warm.


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* MeaningfulEcho: Dream Jamie wraps a blanket around Claire's shoulder and repeats the same line real Jamie said to Claire the first day they met when he wrapped his plaid around her to keep her warm.
-->'''Dream Jamie:''' You're shaking so hard, you're making ''my'' teeth rattle.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Jamie and his men ride in like avenging angels. Ian is particularly fearsome, having learned how to use tomahawks during his time with the Mohawk.
* BystanderSyndrome: Neither Wendigo Donner nor Tibby are interested in hurting Claire, but they're too afraid of Lionel and his men to actually step in and help her.
* CassandraTruth: Claire warns Lionel's men that if they harm her they won't live to see the morning. They decide to teach her a lesson about threatening men by raping her. Jamie and his men show up in the middle of the night and kill everyone of them, save Lionel himself. Long before dawn, just as Claire warned.



* DownfallBySex: Lionel's posse's decision to rape Claire is what seals their fate, leading to them all being executed.



* GangOfBullies: Lionel and his men went out of their way to avoid the men of Fraser's Ridge but enjoy acting tough when it's just them against one single woman. When the Fraser men show up for the rescue, Lionel and his men are quickly running, hiding, cowering, and crying.



* JerkJustifications: Lionel and his men kidnap Claire because they believe she deserves to be punished for telling women to avoid sex during certain times of the month to avoid pregnancy, thereby denying them their "god-given" husbandly right to sex whenever they want it.



* LackOfEmpathy: When Wendigo learns that Claire is a fellow time traveler, he tells her that she should learn to be more submissive to men and leaves her to be raped.



* TemptingFate: Lionel tells Marsali that he knows nothing will happen to him because the Frasers won't risk pissing off Lionel's older brother. He then spews misogynistic stuff about wanting women to serve him food with a smile. Marsali doesn't smile. Instead, she injects him with the poison that kills him.

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* RapeAsDrama: Angry with Claire for distributing medical advice about how to avoid pregnancy, Lionel Brown and his men kidnap Claire and decide to rape her to "put her in her place". The episode focuses on Claire's mental efforts to cope and Jamie's efforts to first rescue her and the avenge her once he learns what's happened.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When Claire indicates that so many of Lionel's men have raped her that she can't even identify them all, Jamie orders them all killed. Together, Fergus, Ian, John Quincy Meyers, and the others line up all of Lionel's men and execute them one by one.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Claire mentally plays a song about unconditional love while trying to dissociate while being raped.
* TemptingFate: Lionel tells Marsali that he knows nothing will happen to him because the Frasers won't risk pissing off Lionel's older brother. He then spews misogynistic stuff about wanting women to serve him food with a smile. Marsali doesn't smile. Instead, she injects him with the poison that kills him.him.
* TraumaButton: Rape is particularly triggering for the Fraser men, with Jamie, Fergus, and Ian having been raped themselves. When they discover what Lionel and his men have done to Claire, the order is issued to kill them all.
* WouldHitAGirl: Lionel and his men have no problem punching Claire or cutting her.
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* AnachronisticClue: Several scenes appear to take place in the 1960s. However, the characters themselves are the clue that it's not a real event as all of the characters depicted (Jamie, Jocasta, Ian, etc.) are confined to the 1770s.
* AwesomeAnachronisticApparel: Despite imagining Jamie in the safety of the 20th century, Claire does not mentally change his clothes. In fact, she regresses him to his kilt and shirt from season 1, when he came to her rescue.


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* ContinuityNod: Claire's dissociative mental landscape contains a number of nods to the past including the blue vase she wanted to buy in the series' premiere, the orange she received for [[ScarpiaUltimatum sleeping with King Louis]], and a blurry picture of the Big House at Fraser's Ridge on fire, reflecting her fear and uncertainty regarding the obituary Brianna brought to them.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: When Claire needs a mental safe space, she imagines all of her friends and family safe and sound in the 20th century.
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'''[[Recap/{{Outlander}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'''''\\
'''Season 5, Episode 12:'''
!Never My Love
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Jamie and his men go searching for Claire while she desperately tries to escape her captors. Roger and Brianna's attempt to return to the 20th century yields surprising results
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Marsali refuses to let Lionel get away with hurting Claire and dispatches him herself after the man gloats about knowing he won't be hurt because his brother will protect him.



* NowLetMeCarryYou: Claire is the healer for Fraser's Ridge and has helped many of the residents recover from illnesses. When she is kidnapped, the men do not hesitate to join Jamie in searching for her. When they find her and discover she has been brutally gang raped, they don't hesitate when Jamie commands them to kill all of the men in the camp.

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* NowLetMeCarryYou: Claire NowLetMeCarryYou:
**Claire
is the healer for Fraser's Ridge and has helped many of the residents recover from illnesses. When she is kidnapped, the men do not hesitate to join Jamie in searching for her. When they find her and discover she has been brutally gang raped, they don't hesitate when Jamie commands them to kill all of the men in the camp.camp.
**Jamie and Brianna, who Claire supported after they were raped, let her know that she has their full support and they are willing to help her in any way she needs.
* TemptingFate: Lionel tells Marsali that he knows nothing will happen to him because the Frasers won't risk pissing off Lionel's older brother. He then spews misogynistic stuff about wanting women to serve him food with a smile. Marsali doesn't smile. Instead, she injects him with the poison that kills him.
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* IOweYouMyLife: The men who go with Jamie to rescue Claire give this as their reason, most having either been helped or saved by one or both of the Frasers.

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* IOweYouMyLife: The men who go with Jamie to rescue Claire give this as their reason, most having either been helped or saved by one or both of the Frasers.Frasers.
* KillThemAll: When Claire is unable to identify the specific men who raped her, Jamie orders all the men who helped abduct her be killed so that no guilty party escapes justice.
* NowLetMeCarryYou: Claire is the healer for Fraser's Ridge and has helped many of the residents recover from illnesses. When she is kidnapped, the men do not hesitate to join Jamie in searching for her. When they find her and discover she has been brutally gang raped, they don't hesitate when Jamie commands them to kill all of the men in the camp.
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*GondorCallsForAid: Early in the season, Jamie swears an oath to serve the tenants of Fraser's Ridge and in turn they swear fealty to him. He builds a large Celtic cross and places it at the highest peak, promising he will not light it unless there is dire need. The rest of the season progresses, Jamie and Claire work to keep the residents safe and healthy. When Claire is kidnapped by a rival encampment, Jamie lights the cross. Within hours, all available fighting men on the Ridge have reported, ready help him recover his wife.
*IOweYouMyLife: The men who go with Jamie to rescue Claire give this as their reason, most having either been helped or saved by one or both of the Frasers.

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