After the shocking events of “A Hundredweight of Stones”, season 7 continues to be a rollercoaster of emotions for its characters in this week’s new episode. Because not only does William have to reckon with the truth about his parentage, but Jamie hears about what happened between his wife and Lord John. It was a heavy episode that put many of the show’s characters through the wringer.
Let’s recap what happened. A friendship sours Jamie is back and so is trouble, because when he arrived in Philadelphia after his trip across the ocean from France, he did not let the Redcoats search him, as he was carrying special messages addressed to the high command of the Continental army. Therefore he ran, and now he has to use his friend Lord John Grey to get away from the British soldiers.
The pair make their way out of Philly and as they take a break in the woods, Jamie thanks his friend for taking care of Claire before saying he is sorry that William found out their secret. But John cannot hear Jamie thank him or apologize when he has a terrible secret of his own ready to burst out of his lips. Plus, he is just angry at Jamie.
It’s probably irrational anger tied to the fact that he thought his friend (also known as the man he has been in love with for years) was dead, but it’s anger nonetheless and he blurts out that he has had “carnal knowledge” of Jamie’s wife. At first, Jamie does not believe him and asks “why” John would have slept with Claire, knowing she .
