Plot summary
In 1945, Claire Randall, a former WWII combat nurse, is visiting Inverness, Scotland, with her husband Frank. The couple are becoming reacquainted after their long wartime separation. Frank is researching his family history, in particular his 18th Century ancestor Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall. The morning after observing a modern Druid ritual at a stone circle on the hill of Craigh na Dun, Claire touches one of the stones, and wakes up lying on the ground. Soon she is in the middle of a skirmish between British government troops and Jacobite Highlanders, and comes face to face with Frank's ancestor, "Black Jack" Randall, who is a captain in the Dragoon Guards. A Scotsman rescues Claire and she meets Jamie Fraser. As they flee, she sets his dislocated arm and later treats his bullet wound. Claire is brought to Castle Leoch, and realises that she has somehow travelled back in time.
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Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, List of Outlander episodes. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.