{"id":67487,"date":"2025-10-11T07:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/67487\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T07:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:25:07","slug":"outlander-blood-of-my-blood-episode-10-recap-something-borrowed-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/67487\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Outlander: Blood Of My Blood\u2019 Episode 10 Recap: \u201cSomething Borrowed\u201d (Season Finale)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wedding day in the Blood of My Blood Season 1 finale<\/a> has finally arrived! But Ellen\u2019s big Scottish wedding ends up being between two characters viewers may not have expected.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But first, the episode begins with Claire\u2019s second birthday (Baby Claire!), where she\u2019s gleefully chowing down some cake with her parents and Uncle Lamb. Uncle Lamb has grand expectations for the toddler\u2019s adventures, so at least fans can take comfort in knowing how well she\u2019s being looked after while her parents are battling for their lives in the past.<\/p>\n

Then, here comes the bride. Except the bride walking down the lavish aisle doesn\u2019t seem to be Ellen MacKenzie? Through her thick veil, there\u2019s not a hint of Ellen\u2019s fiery hair. But the identity of the bride will have to wait\u2026<\/p>\n

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A day earlier, Brian and Murtagh are back to being buds post-assassination attempt. Brian is too preoccupied with why Ellen has dumped him to worry about his impending death. Murtagh tells him to forget what she said and go with his gut. He\u2019s all set to go after his wife when they\u2019re attacked by the Gallowglass again. The pals best the Irish mercenaries, but Murtagh takes an arrow in the leg. Brian discovers it was Colum MacKenzie who hired the Gallowglass (that sneak!) and heads to Leoch on his own while an injured Murtagh stays behind.<\/p>\n

Wedding prep is going down at Leoch, and Ellen run into Marcus MacRannoch, who has a wedding present for her, which also serves as a present to OG Outlander fans since it\u2019s none other than the pearls that Jamie ends up giving to Claire on their wedding day.<\/p>\n

Dougal is celebrating his sister\u2019s impending nuptials by doing what he does best \u2014 bedding a lassie against a wall. He\u2019s interrupted by his soon-to-be sister-in-law, Maura Grant. He seems intrigued by her blas\u00e9 attitude as she leaves him to finish his business with her maid.<\/p>\n

In Ellen\u2019s chamber, the dispirited bride apologizes to her sisters for not consulting with them before their father arranged their marriages. Jocasta, though snarky as always, is clearly moved. At Ellen\u2019s literal hen party, Jocasta defends Ellen to Maura Grant, who astutely doubts that Ellen loves her brother as much as he loves her.<\/p>\n

Two people unconcerned with the upcoming wedding are Julia and Lord Lovat, who is still smarting from being called out by Uncle Malcolm \u2018Mac\u2019 Grant at the tynchal. Julia tries to soothe him, and her English rose charms work too well as he orders her to come to his bedchamber that night. Thankfully, she doesn\u2019t have to endure that again since Henry has arrived at Castle Leathers. Julia creates a ruse that she\u2019s been captured to protect Davina from Lord Lovat\u2019s wrath. Henry knocks out Balloch, and finally free, the 20th-century couple and baby William flee to the stones.<\/p>\n

In other covert missions, Brian sneaks into Leoch and runs into Jocasta in the hallways. She recognizes him from Beltane (he was with Murtagh after all<\/a>), and forces him to explain why he\u2019s disguised as a Grant and wants to see her sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Well, his reason \u2014 that Dougal was trying to have him murdered \u2014 works on Jocasta, and they go to Ellen\u2019s chamber to tell her the truth. Brian professes his never-ending love to Ellen, and she returns the sentiment \u2014\u00a0heart, body, and soul. If Colum reneged on his promise not to hurt Brian, she doesn\u2019t have to keep her promise to marry Malcolm anymore.<\/p>\n

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Ellen does give Colum the chance to reveal his treachery, but he doesn\u2019t bite and so, her path forward is set.<\/p>\n

Julia and Henry are still making their way to Craigh na Dun when another flashback\/forward shows them at the English seaside with Claire and Uncle Lamb, where Henry brings up the idea of going on a trip to Scotland. Julia\u2019s thrilled and reveals she\u2019s pregnant. Sigh, such simpler times for the Beauchamp family.<\/p>\n

Back at Leoch, Ellen is nowhere to be found and Malcolm is pissed that he\u2019s gotten runaway-brided. Uncle Mac steps in to say that the MacKenzies owe them another marriage, or someone is going to die. Colum orders Ned to get Dougal for him. His services are needed.<\/p>\n

Cut to the bride walking down the aisle, and as she lifts her veil, she\u2019s revealed to be\u2026 Malcolm\u2019s sister, Maura Grant.<\/p>\n

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To keep his promise to the Grants, Colum quickly arranged for Dougal to marry Maura. Fans who know that Dougal and Maura were married in Outlander<\/a> might have seen it coming, but the wedding guests \u2014 and Dougal \u2014\u00a0are all understandably a wee bit surprised. Dougal\u2019s also surprised that Maura wants to get to consummating as soon as the toasts are over. And once in the bedchamber, it seems that, as experienced as Dougal is with women, he perhaps has never actually given a woman an orgasm until now. At least Maura is making the most of this impromptu marriage!<\/p>\n

Ellen is still in Leoch during the wedding, disguised as a maid, waiting with Brian to make their escape while the wedding guests are distracted. One person who is not distracted is Malcolm, who is sulking and drinking about Ellen betraying him. Uncle Mac comes in with the genius advice that only revenge can fix his broken heart. Great advice, unc!<\/p>\n

Inevitably, Malcolm runs into Ellen and Brian during their getaway. The jilted lover berates both of them \u2014 calling her a two-faced jezebel and calling him a lowlife bastard. With revenge on his mind, he attacks Brian, who, at first,\u00a0attempts pacifism. But when Malcolm raises his sword to bring it down upon him, Brian overpowers him and plunges it into Malcolm\u2019s chest, killing him.<\/p>\n

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Ellen and Brian flee on horseback to make camp with the injured Murtagh, where Ellen makes it clear she has no regrets about leaving everything behind to be with Brian.<\/p>\n

As for the other escaping couple, Simon has learned that Julia has gone. But lucky for him, Arch Bug is on the case. If he finds Henry, Arch will try to return Julia and king baby Simon to Lord Lovat. And Arch is hot on the Beauchamp\u2019s trail.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ellen and Murtagh have a moment to bond while Brian is out scouting. He presents yet another wedding gift to her \u2014 boar\u2019s tusk bracelets, which Murtagh will someday tell Claire about in Outlander. Ellen says she\u2019ll keep this gift between them, while Murtagh says he\u2019ll find his happiness in Brian and Ellen\u2019s happiness. He always was a good egg, that Murtagh. Even with his injury, he makes himself scarce to give Ellen and Brian some alone time, which they make the most of, as is the Outlander way.<\/p>\n

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After their lovemaking, Ellen recites from the Book of Ruth<\/a>, and they make a blood oath (the show is called Blood of My Blood). But their postcoital bliss is short-lived as they see fiery crosses being lit \u2014 a call to join the Jacobite rebellion. And Brian must answer it or leave Scotland forever. \u201cI will stand with you, whatever comes,\u201d Ellen tells him. \u201cI\u2019m your wife. And we are one.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other couple has finally made it to the stones where they hear the signature time-travel buzzing. Julia is worried that William might not be able to time-travel, and it\u2019s not worth the risk of leaving their infant son behind. Henry suggests that one of them go through with the baby first while the other stays behind in case William can\u2019t go through. Arch Bug and his crew roll up, and Julia insists Henry return to their time so he won\u2019t be killed. They share a passionate kiss and it seems Henry is on board\u2026 until he puts the baby back in her arms and forces Julia\u2019s hand onto the stone, saying his heart is with her, William, and Claire, forever.<\/p>\n

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Their fate isn\u2019t revealed as the episode ends with them back in the 20th century as their train leaves for Scotland, waving goodbye to their daughter Claire.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a wrap on Blood of My Blood Season 1! Ellen and Brian are in for a hard road ahead with Jacobite war. But that\u2019s a walk in the park compared to the unknownness of time travel that Julia and Henry are facing.<\/p>\n

Caitlin Gallagher is a New Jersey-raised,\u00a0NYC-based entertainment writer. When not writing about or watching TV, she can be found planning her next Halloween costume, crying over rescue animals, or praising Season 2 of\u00a0The Leftovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wedding day in the Blood of My Blood Season 1 finale has finally arrived! But Ellen\u2019s big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[48706,48707,146,48708,48709,85,46,48710,26616,34074,3169,17994,48711,3646,31586,48712,411,33755],"class_list":["post-67487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-costume-dramas","tag-diana-gabaldon","tag-entertainment","tag-harriet-slater","tag-hermione-corfield","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jamie-roy","tag-jeremy-irvine","tag-period-dramas","tag-recaps","tag-romance","tag-rory-kinnear","tag-sex","tag-sex-scenes","tag-time-travel","tag-tv","tag-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}