Or Jamie repeating the line, “you’re shaking so hard it’s making my teeth rattle” also from the pilot, reminding us of one of the first examples of Jamie keeping Claire safe and protected, as he covers her in his tartan. On so many levels. Press Release. Jemmy sleeps with the biggest grin on his face. But he’s not being nice, he’s scared of her. He did that to her because he hates women. The insane attention to detail put into Claire’s fantasy world deserves a nod. (I really tried not to write gang rape in this, but it happened and it cannot be forgotten). But Bree sees the fiery cross in the distance, she says, “Da lit the cross!”. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan becoming producers this season was just the shot of creative energy this show needed. Hold me. A man says, “We know Fraser’s got his hands full for a while.” Claire says, “The still? Meanwhile back at … Young Ian and Fergus walk over and see her. They look horrified. She took an oath to do no harm, but I’ve taken no such oath.” And then she stabs him in the neck. (Mainly because I don’t have to see Claire on the floor of the woods struggling for 30 seconds). So yes, it broke us. He puts her down and says, “You see they are dead.” Wow, her face is so beat up. She also wants to know if a Native American was found dead with the Browns — she’s asking about Wendigo Donner. Seeing the character that is one half of the foundation of this show be so broken, yet defiant, is incredibly powerful. They decide to keep him alive, “There are questions and bring him along.” That’s some self-control. It will obviously take some time, especially because Claire is being so hard on herself. This is frustrating? Log in or link your magazine subscription. A waste of some moving scenes that will surely temper the emotion for any future scenes of similar nature if/when the MacKenzies contemplate traveling again? It ended with Claire being violently kidnapped, and Jamie declaring war. The National Sexual Assault Hotline is free, confidential, anonymous, and available 24/7. Young Ian says you’re back?! John Quincy says, “There are some left that are still alive.” He hands the knife to Claire, and says, “You can have your vengeance upon them, mistress.” Jamie holds her as she cries. Outlander packed a serious punch with its Season 5 finale episode, “Never My Love,” as Jamie (Sam Heughan) prepared to save his missing wife … Jamie and Claire stop at the river. And he begs her. They are truly the backbone of this show. But then he says, “My brother reaped what he sowed. But we have two years to pick up the pieces. I got no jokes. In these scenes, Claire does not speak, but everyone else does. 10 months ago. Okay not really, but I would watch this moment on repeat if I could. Flashback to earlier where Claire is running from the men, they violently grab her. And you can’t take that. Oh, good God, back to the woods. “If you don’t understand that something like that is problematic in 2018, there’s a lot of me that you won’t understand. The song, “Never My Love” plays on loop. But in a Ruth Bader Ginsburg feminist way. Stephanie might be spiraling this episode, but everyone else is making amazing decisions. It’s the last episode, y’all! Young Ian kills the evil lieutenant who slashed her. Then Roger gives a speech to Jamie where he refers to when Jamie called him the “son of his house.” Hey guys, not to interrupt your man speeches, but GET MOVING? To Claire. Sign up for SheKnows' Newsletter. #Outlander pic.twitter.com/NE6ytvu2B5, — Megan is Tired (@mandersonmsp84) May 10, 2020. I debated whether I would write about this episode, I also had an inner dialogue if I’d go my regular route of running further afield. How many?” He knows. A recap of the season 5 finale of Outlander on Starz, episode 12, ‘Never My Love.’ To simply say this finale is brutal would be an understatement. It’s modern Claire looking lovely and quite lonely listening to “Never My Love.” (Which just happens to be the name of the episode! I know there is a lot of debate whether shows should show horrific events like rape. Let’s go.” He says ok we need to wait ‘til they fall asleep. We see the faces of all the men who took Claire, and all the key moments between Claire and Lionel Brown. sexually assaulted or needs support in dealing with sexual violence, If You're an Outlander Fan You'll Love These Books, Coaches resort to mudslinging on 'The Voice': 'I want everybody at home to know I'm not a puppy hater', The It List: QAnon doc investigates conspiracy-theory movement, 'Promising Young Woman' hits Blu-ray, SXSW 2021 launches virtually and the best in pop culture the week of March 15, 2021, 'The Talk' hiatus: Why CBS is investigating the show and Sharon Osbourne, Elton John calls Vatican's stance against gay marriage 'hypocrisy', How Tiffany Haddish turned her Grammy win into a lesson in self-confidence. Oh cool, a coward. Outlander Season 5 Episode 12 Review: Never My Love. “It’s myself that kills for her,” he says. Meanwhile back at … The odds of that happening seem very low. Not the way they’ve done this. Jamie lifts Claire down from the carriage and she looks so small and broken. You remember how broken Jamie was after Wentworth, he is now Claire. As is Sam Heughan fighting back tears watching Caitriona Balfe give this amazing speech. She says, “No I have lived through a f*cking world war, lost our child, lost two husbands, I’ve been starved with an army, and I’ve been beaten and I’ve been betrayed, and I’ve been imprisoned, and I will not — I survived. YES, girl. You jerks. And it is not easy to watch. And the only word Claire has said in this alternate reality was, “No.”, The strongest woman to ever live. This couple has been through too much. But you may not want to endure it in one sitting. Jamie saying, “Kill Them All,” Marsali doing what needed to be done, and that last shot. (Your job, James! Claire looks perfectly happy. Germain is playing, and Young Ian asks where his cousin and the professor are. Him. I will never watch it again. Well guys, it was all a big fake-out. Fergus and Marsali hug as Jamie says, “A man’s life springs from his woman’s bones and in her blood is his honor christened. You can see it in his eyes. Marsali then holds the syringe and says, “I learned well from Mistress Fraser. We again see the aerial shot of Claire lying in the woods. 60s Claire looks at the Fraser’s Ridge painting in her alternate reality. #Outlander #OutlanderFinale #OutlanderatMidnight pic.twitter.com/XnlZUTbXhZ, — Kreidy Giantsbane (@kreidy_b) May 10, 2020, I’m glad they keep flashing back between her alternate reality and this pure f-ing terror, because this is very stressful to watch. Jamie screams Claire’s name and then shoots a gun, slashes a few men with his sword. But maybe they do need to, because this kind of violence happens and most people don’t want to believe it. Will win. Ugh. Meanwhile, Marsali is like aw, hell no. “Never My Love” plays throughout. Jamie says “There’s been an attack on the Ridge they have taken your mother. Apparently, it’s because they both were “thinking of home” and this is home and blah blah blah. *Sorry, there was a problem signing you up. And yet it sums up the experience so clearly. Jamie responds, “When the day shall come that we do part, if my last words are not I love you, you will know it’s because I didn’t have time.” Guys, this is the most heartbreaking, bittersweet couple. Jamie asks Claire, “Who? Broken. Claire tells Marsali to prepare the syringe. Dance with me, guys. Tell your spirits Tebbe tried to help you.” She says, “Thank you and asks how long til we reach Brownsville?” “Two days.”. They should do it again with this aspect of the series. Level one: If you can untie a woman and save her, do it. All rights reserved. Just by looking at her, he knew. https://www.outlandercast.com/2020/05/outlander-season-5-episode-12.html Marsali asks Jamie, “Will he haunt me, am I going to hell?” If you are, worth it! For real?! Gun fire erupts in the distance, and Ian is there beating the crap out of the men. The stones brought them right back to where they started. this series relying on sexual violence to build story and character, what he told Roger after they found him hanged. A blood stained Ian comes back and says “It is done.” And then we see a beautiful shot, the silhouettes of all the men standing around Claire. Marsali says, “I’m going to make an extra plate of sweet potatoes for Jemmy.”. Donner, you see, knew that whoever wrote the Dr. Rawlings articles could not be from this time, and when he sees Claire and she starts saying things like “Jesus H. Roosevelt Christ!” well, then he’s convinced. The excessiveness of it becomes tough to swallow. Sam Heughan in ‘Outlander’ season 5 episode 12 (Photo Credit: Starz) Starz’s Outlander season five episode 11 left off with the fate of Claire (kidnapped by the Browns) and the whereabouts of Brianna and Roger dangling. I will never ever be able to hear this song again. And all is right in the world. When Roger and Bree pick themselves up after traveling through the stones, they find Ian sitting there. Oh gosh, Lionel Brown appears in the reflection. We see a woman’s hand putting a record player on. Back in the fake 60s, Jamie is holding her. The man who tied her up comes over, ungags her and says, “Does the name Ringo Starr mean anything to you?” She says yes.” And he goes, “I knew it! Rebecca Murray. These wrenching first 15 minutes continually cut to Claire detaching herself from her assault by way of a fantasy world: It’s her safe place. A smart, strong woman. He looks like the Jamie of seasons 1 and 2. Jamie and Claire slowly dance… the song “Never My Love” wrapping around them. The first 15 minutes of this episode are very difficult. This is the men’s fault, including you Donner. and Jocasta in great ’60s costumes, but of all those small easter eggs and callbacks. Bree gets up and says what Lizzy said to her after her own assault, “You have my hand mama and my ear if you need it.” What an awful thing for a mother and daughter (and father) to have in common. She grabs the guys who slashed her and says, “If you touch me, you’ll be dead by dawn. It’s as simple as that.”, If by “the right one,” you mean “a lil’ vampire.”, The Academy’s Yearbook Will Be Missing a 2021 Oscars Class Photo. It’s not mercy.” He pleads with Claire not to let Jamie kill him. Outlander Season Finale Recap: “Never My Love”. Young Ian readies for war, he puts red war paint on his head, and shaves his head. It’s both. It ended with Claire being violently kidnapped, and Jamie declaring war. He throws it on the ground like a garbage bag and I re-wound that to watch it. Then the Beardsley twin says he’s coming too, “for Mistress Claire.” Roger says, “I’m coming too.” Let’s be honest Roger is one of the biggest Claire fans. See you in two years. As one of them ties her up he asks, “Where do you come from?” Claire says, “You bloody kidnapped me.” And you can hear it in her voice, she’s getting weaker. He tells her his name is Tabby and, “to remember I was good to you. Okay, so just so you know, usually these recaps have some humor in them. Outlander adds another episode to its “trauma” category with “Never My Love,” the Season Five finale. Disgusted. If not, he’s kind of twinning with that gent. Directed by Jamie Payne. The men gave him a beating. Flash back to Claire in woods, close up on her face. [WATCH] Katie Thurston and Michelle Young Will Lead Back-to-Back. He for Episode seven and she for this finale. Battle of Culloden / Claire's abduction. She’s slapped hard. She weakly asks about Marsali. Jamie tells her, “Roger and Bree and Jemmy, they’ve come home.” Claire can’t even look up. [9:13 p.m.] Echoing Jamie’s toast to Claire, our stunning lady in red, and adding to it the ‘80s lyrics rolling through my head for comfort: John Quincy discovers Lionel is still alive. Outlander 512 Never My Love Recap October 18, 2020 The song is “Never My Love” a 1967 song by The Association (and now I have it forever stuck in my head, and I dont mind! “You hurt me, you hurt my family, you hurt my ma, I’ll watch you burn in hell before I let harm another soul in this house.” And she kills him. *sigh* I am loving this song. The men of the Ridge arrive at the Browns camp, camera angles askew as we see from Claire point of view. Bree returns to Roger, who asks whether Claire was able to talk about it That’s a super naïve question. I won’t.” Phenomenal. Back to the record player happy place, Claire looks out the window. Claire struggles to survive brutal treatment from her captors, as Jamie gathers a group of loyal men to help him rescue his wife; Roger and Brianna's journey takes a … “I’ll get them for you. Still, Donner survives the massacre at the hands of the men of Fraser’s Ridge and is on the run. This is the 17th century, “Make me a sandwich,” moment. ). This is awful. He says, “The table gets bigger every year as does our family.” Twitter fan @uselesstat said what we’re all thinking, “60s Frasers is the real spinoff we all deserve.”, Claire sees water dripping from the ceiling. The final episode of season five of Outlander adds more turmoil and complications to the life and memory of Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe). And what a man will kill for, he’ll sometimes die for too.” We haven’t gotten a Jamie voiceover in 4 years, since the first season’s episode, “The Reckoning.”, We see a happy, joyous Ridge with the thunder rolling in. Her vision of a future that would never be proceeds and now Murtagh and Jocasta are there, glancing cool in their ’60s clothing and clearly especially enamored. Content warning: sexual assault and violence. Air Date: 5/10/20 ... Recap. Where is he?! We’ll get answers.” Honestly, there are no questions or answers! I demand it. Claire and Jamie answer the door. Claire says, “Will you let him live?” Hard to say if she’s asking him to not kill him. Oh guys, they murder the Browns so hard. Lionel, who has discovered that the Dr. Rawlings articles were written by Claire, claims that he’s taking Claire to Brownsville so that she can confess in front of all the women there. Yeah, that thunderstorm that comes rolling in over the ridge? “And I,” echoes Ian. As Claire crumbles onto the floor, Marsali prepares the water hemlock. Until finally, he tells her what he told Roger after they found him hanged: “You are alive. We see Roger kill a … They struggle. Lizzy is so happy. There’s so many of these carefully placed details (feel free to call them out in the comments!) Claire looks at Bree and Roger’s empty chairs and Jamie says, “Don’t worry they will be here soon. Back at the campsite, a gagged Claire stares at Lionel. She and the baby. Then we go back to woods and it is an aerial shot where you see how brutalized she is. I. She’s a conjure woman.” Man, I wish they would listen to him. But you’re pretending to be a man.” He then kicks her and punches her, and we hear the sound of it but we flash to Claire and Jamie in the 60s hugging. They could surely do it again with this aspect of the series. Following an open letter from over 100 PR firms demanding immediate, transparent change. Jamie says they’re delayed. He is not in modern clothing. Claire says, “Let’s enjoy this day, because who knows how much longer we will have this peace, knowing what’s coming.” Please don’t gut us anymore in the last 10 mins, Outlander. Outlander packed a serious punch with its Season 5 finale episode, “Never My Love,” as Jamie (Sam Heughan) prepared to save his missing wife … It’s a brutal episode obviously because of the subject matter. Then Lionel rapes her. Never My Love. She is dreaming of a life she'll never have with Jamie. Oscar Nominations: The Snubs and Surprises, Emma Stone Is the Queen of Mean in the New, The Snyder Cut Contains the Best and Worst of Zack Snyder. #Outlander pic.twitter.com/9tqjS3pP39, Claire's dream house has the same wallpaper as the laird's room at lallybroch. While this is true, there ARE questions remaining to be answered. Now you are going to repent for you sin. The brother doesn’t seem so upset about Lionel’s death. And maybe we need to see it happens to be able to believe victims. It is myself that kills for her.” Ian says, “And I,” and Fergus says “and I, mi lady.”, Fergus was with her during two of her most traumatic life events #OutlanderFinale #outlander #NeverMyLove pic.twitter.com/h53s5vcktR. (Whatever you think of the storyline in this episode, Caitriona Balfe is, as usual, excellent.) ‘Outlander’ Season 5, Episode 12 Finale Recap: ‘Never My Love… Oh thank god, they are rescuing her, I couldn’t take much more. Because I have notes. While Roger and Bree walk towards the Ridge, they geek out and repeat book passages about the “road less traveled” to each other. She shatters stereotypes while showing Possibilty❤️, — Diana~@ Love Yourself (@DesignerNails) May 10, 2020, This is probably among the Top 10 best shots ever on this show. It’s raining, Jamie covers her with a blanket, and he says, “You are shaking so hard.” This is very well done. And these two deserve all the awards. And we see Claire’s face. It is often said when you go through trauma, your mind transports you somewhere else. Not should win. You are whole.” Ian, Fergus, and Myers inform them that a few of the men in the group are still alive. COVID safety protocols mean the tradition, as well as the nominees’ luncheon itself, will have to resume next year. pic.twitter.com/vTr3e4Gu0p. Or take a walk down memory lane and relive the simple joy of childhood pillow fights. All this means is that the entire last episode, which was basically an hour of Roger and Bree saying tearful good-byes to their loved ones — which, again, was a change to the books made by the show — was all in service of a cliffhanger that has zero payoff. We go back to Claire on the floor of the woods. I will say that I was full on crying during Roger’s speech. Bree hugs Claire, the way a mother hugs a daughter. In season two, half the season show Jamie’s struggles and Claire’s for them to recover from his brutal attack. They look out the rainy window. Claire says, “I love you.” Jamie holds her hand and they do a close up where we see those two awful scars Jamie got when he was brutalized by Blackjack Randall, and Claire had to sew his hand back together. Outlander recap: For who could ever learn to love a beast... By Maureen Lee Lenker April 26, 2020 at 09:00 PM EDT Fergus, too: “And I, mi’lady.” These three men who have sworn to seek vengeance on Claire’s behalf not only love her but have all also suffered sexual assault, you know, in case you were wondering about my aforementioned complaint in the opening. We flash to her on the floor of the woods. Promotional Photos. Back at the Ridge, Jamie is gearing up for war. Marsali and Fergus rocking this 70s look! Cut to later, she’s still tied up, and the men are drinking and someone says, “Well, her legs aren’t tied.” Oh god. The season five finale episode of 'Outlander' — 'Never My Love'' — follows a harrowing experience for Claire and its devastating aftermath. Jamie says, “In the surgery tied up. Yes please. -. © 2021 Vox Media, LLC. Claire and Jamie stand together on the porch watching all their kids and grandkids. Back to the 60s Thanksgiving dinner, Claire looks at her fam with love and it’s perfect. (Noticeably missing are Bree and Roger). Goes up the stairs and curls into a ball in the corner. Haven’t they both been through enough already?!? Back to Claire in the 60s. And this makes me extremely happy. I need more Jamie and Claire. He grabs her by her hair and throws her to the ground. Hate. The Grammys Would Be Wise to Get Out of Its Own Way More Often. Outlander 5×12 “Never My Love” is, sadly, the episode we expected it to be. May 10, 2020. He and Lizzy see Roger and Bree pull up. So birth control never works for them. 'Outlander' Season 5 finale recap: [Spoiler] is raped in Episode 12, 'Never My Love.' Wow. Episode 512: “Never My Love” Written By Matthew B. Roberts and Toni Graphia, Directed by Jamie Payne. Jamie is in the background and says he checked on the turkey. Never My Love was a 9 of 10. They stop at the river bank to cross the river, and Claire and Tebbe work out an agreement he will release her in the water. Whether we were captivated or horrified by Outlander’s season finale, Never My Love, I believe we can agree that it had an impact. Jamie says, “Is your oath so strong?” He touches her hand. And he looks like that young guy she fell in love with all those years ago. Bree asks Roger if he’s disappointed and he says, “We wanted the stones to take us home and they did.” (Um, I believe I told you this last time, and you could have saved yourselves a two week carriage ride).
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