The epic finale of Outlander Season 7 has come and gone, leaving fans with a mind-blowing cliffhanger — but before that happened, Part 2 stepped on the gas and raised the stakes by risking several beloved characters’ lives. Claire (Caitríona Balfe) miraculously survives her gun wound from the Battle of Monmouth, Roger (Richard Rankin) reunites with his family in 1739, newlywed Ian (John Bell) loses his beloved wolf Rollo, and William (Charles Vandervaart) fails to rescue Jane (Silvia Presente) from her own undoing. But, the biggest reveal in “A Hundred Thousand Angels” is a jaw-dropping plot twist no one saw coming: Claire’s suspicion that her and Jamie’s first daughter, Faith, might have survived after all!
The Starz series also did a stellar job of bringing back a key character who left us with a long-awaited Season 2 promise. Master Raymond’s (Dominique Pinon) reappearance in the Season 7 finale is a shocking one, to say the least, and a thrilling way to tease audiences about his greater plan. Despite the highs and lows of the episode, the eighth and final season of Outlander has a lot of questions left to answer by its ultimate conclusion.
Could Frances Be Claire and Jamie’s Granddaughter?
The opening scene of “A Hundred Thousand Angels” features a blurry vision of two young girls running to an older woman, presumed to be their mother, and this setup couldn’t have teased us any better. By the end of the episode, Claire and Jamie (Sam Heughan) agree to fulfill William’s last favor, which entails taking in the little sister of the recently-deceased Jane. After learning Jane died from suicide, Frances, aka Fanny (Florrie May Wilkinson), is taken to the place where her body is buried; while there, Claire bonds with the child over her memories of her late mother and sister. Fanny then shows Claire a necklace with a drawing of her mother inside, along with an engraving that reads: Faith.
Claire is taken aback by the name, which triggers memories of her own late daughter. She pushes these thoughts aside until the day they are getting ready to leave for Fraser’s Ridge. Claire is drawn into the church by the sound of Frances singing “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside” — the same exact song Claire sang to the stillborn Faith in Season 2. This, of course, leaves Claire astonished, prompting her to ask Fanny how she could possibly know the song. Fanny says her mother taught her, and Claire can’t help but think that Faith could have been Fanny’s mother.
Since “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside” is a song from Claire’s time, in 1907, the only way Frances could have known about it was from Faith. However, when Claire sang the song, Faith was a dead baby in her arms. Unless Fanny’s mother learned the songs from another time traveler, Faith must have somehow survived in France. But if Faith is truly alive, how was she resurrected? At the start of the episode, Master Raymond appears to a bedridden Claire in a dream — or perhaps a premonition — to ask for her forgiveness. But that also leads to our next unanswered question…
Did Master Raymond Somehow Save Faith’s Life?
Master Raymond’s surprise appearance is the chef’s kiss of Season 7’s explosive conclusion. His sudden appearance is more than just mind-boggling; it’s his lingering words that leave an impact. As Claire recovers from her gunshot wound in the church, Master Raymond appears by her bedside in the middle of the night and asks her for forgiveness. But what exactly did he do? During this time, Claire also sees another vision of the “blue aura” heron she previously hallucinated when she was suffering from an infection in Season 2.
Raymond’s connection to Claire will likely be a major plot point for the upcoming Season 8, with their relationship yet to be fully explained. Their latest encounter, combined with Fanny’s knowledge of a lullaby that only Claire sang to Faith, suggests the possibility that Master Raymond may have intervened to save Faith’s life. The finale also alludes to Master Raymond being a time traveler just like Claire, but exactly what time does he come from? It’s obvious Master Raymond has a greater plan for Claire and maybe her entire family, but how does his potentially bringing Faith back tie into that?
What Is Rob Cameron’s Ultimate Goal?
Rob Cameron (Chris Fulton) has been a disappointing antagonist in Outlander Season 7. Having fooled the MacKenzies into thinking he took Jemmy through the stones, Rob confronts Brianna (Sophie Skelton) in her home, when she learns that Jemmy (Blake Johnston Miller) never left the 20th century and was instead hidden away in the tunnels at the power station where they work. After Brianna rescues her son, Rob manages to mysteriously escape custody, leaving his greater intentions and future actions unresolved.
Thus far, the season has barely touched on Rob’s true motives. Fans were made aware earlier on that he is apparently after the Jacobite gold, but this is never confirmed. Yet the finale does next to nothing to confirm why Rob wanted Roger to travel back in time, or why he locked up Jem instead of using him to find the gold. In Episode 13, Brianna brings a gun to Lallybroch and spots a group of robbers set up in her home. Unfortunately, the identity of the robbers is never made clear either — but one of them looks suspiciously like Captain Richardson (Ben Lambert).
What Time Will Roger and Brianna Travel To?
Thankfully, Roger happily reunites with Brianna, Jem, and Mandy (Rosa Morris) in the final moments of “A Hundred Thousand Angels.” Now together in 1739, the family takes time to rest at their ancestral home of Lallybroch, allowing Brianna the chance to meet her grandfather, Brian Fraser (Andrew Whipp). At this point, Roger and Brianna have a touching conversation about their next steps, as they seem to have no issues besides the ones they need to solve back in the modern world. Brianna confesses that she misses her parents, to which Roger agrees that it would be a good idea to see them again.
It’s possible that Rob Cameron was purely just a plot device to motivate Brianna and Roger to return to Claire and Jamie. From their discussion, it looks as if they are leaning towards traveling through the stones to Fraser Ridge. Will they return to the 1980s, or head straight for the 18th century? United in the past, the family is away from danger, and Mandy isn’t sick anymore, so it would make sense if the MacKenzies chose the latter. These electrifying revelations are expected to set the stage for further exploration in the closing chapter of Outlander.