[Warning: The below and video above contain MAJOR spoilers for Outlander, Season 7 Episode 15, “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood.”]
Outlander‘s main woman Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) finds herself in a precarious place by the tip of Season 7’s penultimate episode, “Written in My Personal Coronary heart’s Blood,” after she is shot throughout the newest battle. Her solely hope is Quaker physician Denzell Hunter (Joey Phillips) who has grow to be part of the prolonged Fraser household since his sister Rachel’s (Izzy Meikle-Small) marriage to Claire’s nephew, Ian (John Bell).
Because the episode opens, Claire worries about her husband’s security as Jamie (Sam Heughan) heads out to guide troopers on the battlefield, however he guarantees her he’ll return safely, unaware she’ll find yourself being the one in danger. Earlier than Claire’s fateful encounter with a bullet although, she assists with caring for the wounded, offering knowledgeable medical care that isn’t appreciated by the opposite subject physician, who refuses to permit her contained in the church the place probably the most extreme sufferers are being handled.
Denzell involves Claire’s protection, denouncing the opposite physician’s dismissal of his mentor and good friend, promising that she’s completely able to offering the very best care. Ultimately, the physician’s opinion is modified, however he finds himself ill-equipped to assist Claire when Jamie carries her in for therapy after being shot by a stray bullet exchanged between American and British troops.
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Determined to avoid wasting his spouse, Jamie refuses to return to the road, writing on a soldier’s again in Claire’s blood that he resigns from his submit. Sending for Denzell, the couple is aware of he’s their solely hope. “It’s an enormous stress on Denny’s shoulders to have Jamie Fraser shouting ‘Save her,’” Phillips notes of his character’s predicament.
“And for Claire to be laid on that desk bleeding out… Denny is her final hope. All people else has fled. Everybody has form of left her for lifeless. I feel that’s enormous for him as a result of he has to virtually take away himself from the scenario barely, placed on his surgeon hat, and simply consider Claire’s instructing,” the actor continues.
“I feel in his head at that second, he undoubtedly has Claire’s voice and he’s speaking to her in his head as he’s beginning the operation,” he provides. “I feel he connects to his faith in that second as nicely.”
As talked about, the surgical procedure is going down in a church that has been repurposed as a subject hospital. However with solely Denny and Rachel left to assist Claire in surgical procedure, the stakes are larger than ever.
“Rachel has at all times form of assisted him, so I feel it’s second nature for these two to work collectively. And she or he’s an extremely succesful girl herself,” Phillips says of his onscreen sister. So, having Rachel’s help on his most vital surgical procedure but means loads to Denzell. “Working with Caitriona and Sam and Izzy, I like all of them a lot. And I feel it was only a actually big day… It exhibits within the episode.”
As Phillips places it, Rachel is his “precise sister,” and “Claire and Jamie [are Denzell’s] household for the long run. And I feel to be in a church simply form of ties all of it collectively actually properly.”
Will Claire pull via and can Denny’s surgical procedure succeed? Followers should wait till the finale episode, which airs on January seventeenth. Within the meantime, try the total Inside Outlander Aftershow episode, above, and keep tuned for extra as Season 7 continues on Starz.
Outlander, Season 7 Finale, Friday, January 17, 8/7c, Starz (Midnight on the Starz App & On Demand)