“She has whiplash,” Caitriona Balfe tells EW of Claire’s reaction.
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He wants to publish his confession, allowing her to go free, and sacrifice his life for hers.
“I want to give my life for someone worthy of my love,” he admits.
“Go to your husband.”
Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) has a lot to worry about with revolution on the horizon.Robert Wilson/Starz
“She has whiplash,” Balfe tells EW of Claire’s reaction to Tom’s admission.
“She’s like, ‘What?’
The evolution of that relationship is so lovely.
But his relationship with Claire, it’s very confusing.
It’s the most shocked Claire has been in a very long time.”
Adds executive producer Maril Davis: “He’s a subtle villain.
I even hesitate to call him a villain because in season 7, he’s redeemed.
I’s not like he’s completely likable.
He still did things that were pretty horrible.
He wasn’t great to his daughter, probably wasn’t great to his son.
He has done despicable things, but he wants to do right.”
“It’s a pure love.
I mean, we can understand why he falls in love with Claire.
She’s an amazing woman.
Life has not turned out so well.
I’ve loved two women and look how it’s turned out.'
I love that turn of that character; he’s gone from a villain to saving Claire’s life.
He’s done something totally selfless.”
It’s all such a complex, but lovely, storyline."
“The problem is this is such a big season,” she explains.
“That’s one set, a governor’s mansion, and a location for one scene.
We couldn’t accomplish it.
But once Claire is free, Jamie warns Brown against continuing to threaten them.
“I’m also a violent man,” he tells Brown.
“Any goodness that prevails with me is because of my wife.”
While Jamie may be violent, he is also noble and pure-hearted.
So does Heughan believe that’s true?
And if so, what might have become of Jamie if he’d never met Claire?
I guess things could have been very different, if she hadn’t fallen into his world.
It was a completely different time.
He had Culloden and different loyalties, and he was even warring with his uncles at that time.
So, Claire gave him purpose, and it makes him so powerful.
Jamie has this love that is undeniable.”
