Outlander season 7 finale ending explained: Could Jamie and Claire’s unborn baby Faith have survived? A shocking twist reveals her fate
The Outlander season 7 finale, released on January 17, delivered both hope and heartbreak. Claire survived and was ready to return to Fraser's Ridge.
Rachel and Ian were expecting a child, and Bree and the kids reunited with Roger in 1739. However, tragedy struck as William failed to save Jane Pocock, leaving Fanny in Claire and Jamie's care.
In a twist, Fanny's song reminded Claire of the one she sang to her stillborn daughter, adding emotional depth to the season's cliffhanger
Claire came to a tentative conclusion that her and Jamie's daughter, Faith, survived and that she grew up to become Jane and Fanny's mother. It all came to her after knowing Fanny's mother's name was Faith and that she was the one who taught Fanny the song.
Disclaimer: This article contains major spoilers for Outlander season 7 finale. Reader's discretion is advised.
Claire believes Faith survived in Outlander season 7 finale
It would be another Outlander drought as fans await the eighth and final season of the series. However, the Outlander season 7 finale left audiences with one question to ponder—did Faith truly survive and live?
Claire seemed to think so at the end of Outlander season 7 episode 16, following a series of discoveries about her and Jamie's new charge, Fanny, Jane's sister, and a dream about Master Raymond.
Fans got a happy conclusion about Claire early in the Outlander season 7 finale. As she told Jamie, who never went away from her bedside, she "decided not to die." However, she was in for the shock of her life just before the episode ended.
Back when Claire was still recuperating from her surgery after being shot in episode 15, Master Raymond cloaked in a black robe, visited her in her dreams. He tells her that it wasn't her time to join the dead yet, and then he said that he came to ask her for forgiveness.
When Claire asked Master Raymond, 'What for?' he replied, 'Someday you will know.' She also saw the vision of a bird surrounded by a blue aura, the same one she saw back in season 2. Fast forward to when William brought Jane's sister, Fanny, to the Frasers, Jamie and Claire brought her to where Jane was buried.
She also gave Fanny some of Jane's things that Jamie retrieved, including a locket with the picture of their mother. At the back of the locket, the word "Faith" was inscribed, their mother's name.
Fast forward again to when the Frasers, along with Rachel and Ian, and Fanny are getting ready to return to the Fraser's Ridge, Claire heard someone singing from inside the church.
It was Fannyn singing I Do Like To be Besides the Seaside, the same song Claire was singing to her dead daughter Faith when she briefly held her in Outlander season 2 episode 7 titled Faith.
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In a state of shock, Claire asked Fanny how she could possibly know the song, which Fanny said that it was a song her mother taught her. Then she remembered snippets about Faith—the way she sang the song to her stillborn baby, the locket, and Master Raymond telling her that they would see each other again and to "Have faith."
The Outlander season 7 finale ends in a dramatic music sequence, with Claire turning to Jamie in both shock and awe, telling him:
"I think Faith lived. I think our daughter lived."
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Who dies in Outlander season 7 finale?
While the Outlander season 7 finale ended on a positive note for most of the characters, the season finale was still laden with some tragedy and death.
William was too late to save Jane
After learning what happened to Jane in Outlander season 7 episode 15, William knew that he would be racing against time to save Jane and probably break her out of prison. In the Outlander season 7 finale, he first approached his adoptive father, Lord John Grey, for help. With John's connections, they discovered where Jane was being kept, but because of the martial law, there would be no trial—Jane would be executed.
It appeared that there was no hope for saving Jane short of breaking her out of prison, and William knew who could help him with that—Jamie Fraser. Although they didn't have a good relationship since he discovered that Jamie was his biological father, he came to him for help taking Jane out of prison.
Unfortunately, when they arrived at the meetinghouse where Jane was being kept, they were already too late. Earlier that night, Jane took her own life—she slit her wrist using the broken piece of a bottle, ultimately ending her life before William and Jamie arrived.
Rachel is pregnant but Rollo went over the rainbow bridge
Rachel and Ian decided to join Jamie and Claire at Fraser's Ridge, planning to farm on Ian's land. Rachel revealed she was pregnant, and Ian was overjoyed.
However, the next morning, Ian found his loyal dog, Rollo, had passed away. He found comfort in believing Rollo waited for Rachel to be there for Ian before passing, adding bittersweet irony to the moment of joy over their growing family.
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Outlander season 7 finale brought Bree and Roger's reunion and a new plan
The Outlander season 7 finale also brought a worthy conclusion to Bree and Roger's long-distance affair throughout the season. As seen in the previous episode, Bree, Jemmy, and Mandy were on their way to time travel to where Roger was, and they finally reunited in this week's episode.
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They were all staying at Fraser's Ridge in 1739, so Bree was able to meet Brian Fraser, her grandfather. But, that's not all because, as Bree said, they were not staying for long in 1739.
While they had a home and a life in 1980, nothing tied them there either because Mandy was well now. As they pondered where they could settle down, Bree said that she missed her parents, to which Roger replied, "So it's not a question of where we belong, it's when."
From their conversation, Bree and Roger could be planning to go where Claire and Jamie are, so there could be a reunion waiting for the family in Outlander season 8.
Catch the full installments of seasons 1 through 7 of Outlander on Starz for US audiences and on Netflix for viewers in select regions and countries worldwide.
