<P> In 1946, former World War II nurse Claire Randall and her husband Frank are visiting Inverness, Scotland, when she is carried back in time from the standing stones at Craigh na Dun to the 18th century . She falls in with a group of rebel Scottish Highlanders from the Clan MacKenzie, who are being pursued by British redcoats led by Captain Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall, Frank's ancestor . She marries a highlander, Jamie Fraser, out of necessity but they quickly fall in love . The Clan suspect her of being a spy, and retain her as a healer, preventing her attempts to return to her own time . Knowing that the Jacobite cause is doomed to fail, Claire tries to warn against pursuing a rebellion . Jamie is captured and tortured by the sadistic Randall, but rescued by Claire and the Clan . They set sail for France . </P> <P> In Paris, Claire and Jamie try to thwart the Jacobites by subverting the funds that King Louis XV of France is likely to provide . Jamie becomes the confidante of Bonnie Prince Charlie, but they fail to prevent the risings . Randall reappears in Paris, but Claire makes Jamie swear to keep him alive until Frank's ancestry is assured, which she achieves by convincing Randall to marry Mary Hawkins . Claire loses her baby, and they return to Scotland . The Jacobites win the Battle of Prestonpans . Before the Battle of Culloden, Jamie convinces Claire, pregnant again, to return to the 20th century . Twenty years after Claire's return, Frank has died, and Claire takes her daughter Brianna to Scotland, and persuades her to believe her story . Claire discovers that Jamie did not die at Culloden, and vows to return to him . </P> <P> Jamie kills Randall at Culloden, but is gravely injured, and spared execution . At Ardsmuir prison, he befriends the governor Lord John Grey, who later paroles him to work at an English estate, where he fathers an illegitimate son, Willie . Jamie returns to Scotland and becomes a printer . Meanwhile, in 1948, Claire enrolls in medical school as she and Frank raise Jamie's daughter, Brianna, in Boston . Frank is killed in a car accident . With the help of Roger Wakefield, Claire learns of Jamie's whereabouts, and Claire returns to find him . She discovers that Jamie has remarried . To pay off his new wife Laoghaire, they try to retrieve some hidden treasure, during which his nephew Ian is captured and carried off to the Caribbean . Jamie and Claire follow, and manage to rescue him . They set sail for Scotland but are shipwrecked in Georgia . </P> <Ul> <Li> Caitriona Balfe as Claire Beauchamp Randall / Fraser </Li> <Li> Sam Heughan as James "Jamie" MacKenzie Fraser </Li> <Li> Tobias Menzies as Frank Randall / Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall (seasons 1--3) </Li> <Li> Gary Lewis as Colum MacKenzie (seasons 1--2) </Li> <Li> Graham McTavish as Dougal MacKenzie (seasons 1--2) </Li> <Li> Lotte Verbeek as Geillis Duncan a.k.a. Gillian Edgars (seasons 1--3) </Li> <Li> Bill Paterson as Edward "Ned" Gowan (seasons 1, 3--) </Li> <Li> Laura Donnelly as Janet "Jenny" Fraser Murray </Li> <Li> Douglas Henshall as Taran MacQuarrie (season 1) </Li> <Li> Steven Cree as Ian Murray </Li> <Li> Duncan Lacroix as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser </Li> <Li> Grant O'Rourke as Rupert MacKenzie (seasons 1--3) </Li> <Li> Stephen Walters as Angus Mhor (seasons 1--2) </Li> <Li> Simon Callow as Clarence Marylebone, Duke of Sandringham (seasons 1--2) </Li> <Li> Dominique Pinon as Master Raymond (season 2) </Li> <Li> Stanley Weber as Le Comte St. Germain (season 2) </Li> <Li> Nell Hudson as Laoghaire MacKenzie (recurring season 1, starring seasons 2--) </Li> <Li> Clive Russell as Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (season 2) </Li> <Li> Richard Rankin as Roger Wakefield (season 2--) </Li> <Li> Sophie Skelton as Brianna "Bree" Randall (season 2--) </Li> <Li> Andrew Gower as Prince Charles Edward Stuart (seasons 2--3) </Li> <Li> Rosie Day as Mary Hawkins (season 2) </Li> <Li> Frances de la Tour as Mother Hildegarde (season 2) </Li> <Li> John Bell as Ian Fraser Murray (season 3--) </Li> <Li> David Berry as Lord John Grey (season 3--) </Li> <Li> Lauren Lyle as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser (season 3--) </Li> <Li> César Domboy as Claudel "Fergus" Fraser (season 3--) </Li> <Li> Richard Dillane as Captain Raines (season 3) </Li> </Ul>

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