Outlander season 7, episode 13’s ending returns the focus to Brianna and Roger as they both take significant steps in finding their family. The couple have been searching for their son, Jemmy, since the end of Outlander season 7, part 1, but they ended up going in all the wrong directions. Roger went back in time, believing that Rob Cameron had taken Jemmy through the stones to find the Jacobite gold. However, Outlander season 7, episode 12 revealed that Roger and Brianna’s son had never left the 20th century. Instead, Roger ended up in 1739 on a journey to find his lost father.
Roger’s father, Jerry MacKenzie, went missing during World War II and was presumed dead. However, there were significant clues that the man had unwittingly gone through the stones to 1739. Outlander season 7, episode 13 saw Roger finally come face to face with the man, though there wasn’t much time to be reacquainted since Jerry was being hunted by the 18th-century townspeople to be hanged. Back in the 20th century, Brianna continued to search tirelessly for her son, but Rob Cameron wouldn’t reveal where he had hidden the boy. Thankfully, Outlander season 7, episode 13, was full of reunions.
Jerry MacKenzie’s Fate In Outlander Season 7, Episode 13 Explained
Roger Said “Hello” & “Goodbye” To His Father
Outlander season 7 has been building up to Roger’s reunion with his father. Unfortunately, it was very short-lived. Roger told Jerry that he had accidentally traveled through time and admitted that he was also a time traveler. However, he didn’t reveal that they were father and son. Instead, Roger hurried Jerry away from the people hunting him and back to the stones by what would eventually become the Loch Errochty Dam. These stones didn’t exist during Roger’s time, but Jerry must have found his way to them after he crash-landed.
Roger quickly gave Jerry a rundown on time travel, handing over a jewel and telling him to think of his wife, Marjorie. Jerry immediately became curious how Roger knew Marjorie’s name, but there wasn’t time for an explanation. After a few more words of comfort, Roger pushed Jerry toward the stones, quickly uttering “I love you” just as his father disappeared. At that exact moment, Roger received a vision of Jerry holding his younger self (probably about 5) in the underground during an air raid. This is odd since Roger never knew Jerry when he was that age.
Outlander season 7, episode 13 doesn’t reveal what happened to Jerry MacKenzie after Roger sent him back through the stones. Roger stated at the episode’s end that he had expected to be flooded with memories of being raised by his father, but that didn’t happen. It seemed that nothing had changed at all, leading Roger to believe that Jerry hadn’t returned to his time. Still, Buck points out they were meant to arrive in 1739 and help Jerry. Regardless of what happened to the man after or what time he landed, it wasn’t Jerry MacKenzie’s destiny to meet an ill end in the 18th century.
Where Jemmy Was Hidden (& What Happened To Rob Cameron)
Brianna Was Finally Reunited With Her Son
After sending his father back, Roger realized that Jemmy wasn’t likely in 1739. Of course, he was absolutely right. It was instead Brianna and Mandy who hunted Jemmy down as they played a game of “Hot and Cold” across the Scottish Highlands. Jemmy participated in the game as well since he realized he was being held prisoner inside the tunnel under Loch Errochty, where Cameron had locked Brianna earlier in Outlander season 7. This is why Mandy’s connection with Jemmy had been interrupted, leading his parents to believe he has traveled through time—a magical ley line runs through the tunnel.
Jemmy remembered his mother’s story about escaping the tunnel at Loch Errochty, and he managed to find his way out the same way. Though he was nearly hit by Brianna’s own car, Jemmy was heartwarmingly reunited with his mother as soon as he emerged from the tunnel. Unfortunately, Rob Cameron had escaped Lallybroch by the time the MacKenzies made it back to their home. The police were essentially useless, suspecting that Brianna and Rob had been having an affair while Roger was out of town. So, Brianna sent her kids away with Fiona and sat in wait for Rob’s return—with a gun.
Lord John’s Fate In Outlander Season 7, Episode 13 Explained
Lord John Is Fighting To Survive
Outlander season 7, episode 13, didn’t spend much time on Lord John Grey’s fate since the focus was predominantly on Roger and Brianna’s adventures. However, this installment did, at least, take a moment to confirm that the man was still alive. Episode 12 ended with Lord John running through the forest as Continental soldiers shot after him. In episode 13, he was nudged awake while sleeping, still bound, on the forest floor. The man doing the prodding was another Continental soldier, though not one who recognized him as a prisoner doomed to the hangman’s noose.
Lord John thought quickly when the soldier asked him from where he had
escaped. He claimed that he had been on his way to enlist in the Continental Army when he was captured by Redcoats. John gave the alias Bertram Armstrong and learned that the soldier who found him was the Reverend Peleg Woodsworth of the 16th Pennsylvania. Woodsworth was kind enough to relieve John (AKA Bertram) of his shackles. More than likely, this Outlander character will be accompanying his new friend back to the 16th’s encampment.
William Ransom Is MIA In Outlander Season 7, Episode 13
William’s Story Was Briefly Paused
A big question coming out of Outlander season 7, episode 12, was what would come of William Ransom. He had just discovered that Jamie was his father and that he was a bastard, not a true-born Earl. This led him to make a variety of bad and rather destructive decisions. Unfortunately, William wasn’t present at all in Outlander season 7, episode 13, but Claire and Jamie at least addressed the boy’s absence before the ending. Claire reassured Jamie that William would return and eventually understand why this secret was kept from him. After all, William is a lot like Jamie—hot-headed but reasonable in the long term.
How Outlander Season 7, Episode 13 Sets Up The Continued Story
There Are 3 Episodes Left In Outlander Season 7
Outlander season 7 is primed and ready for the home stretch of twists and turns. After sending his father back through the stones in Outlander season 7, episode 12, Roger realized that Jerry’s presence in 1739 likely meant that Jemmy wasn’t there after all. This (hopefully) means that Roger will head back to his own time to regroup with Brianna. Roger would then learn that Jemmy was safe and sound with Fiona and could help Brianna defend their home against Rob Cameron’s inevitable return.
Jamie got his shiny new uniform and is all set to lead his own battalion as a brigadier general.
At the end of Outlander season 7, episode 12, Jamie and Ian prepared to return to battle. Jamie got his shiny new uniform (blue this time, thankfully) and is all set to lead his own battalion as a brigadier general. Ian will serve as a scout and has promised his new wife, Rachel, that he will avoid killing at all costs. Then, there is, of course, Lord John, who seems to have found himself a part of the Continental Army despite his actual affiliation as a Redcoat. The final three episodes of Outlander season 7 are sure to get pretty exciting.