Outlander - Season 1- Episode 10 ((new)) (Free Forever)

Back at Leoch, the local healer, (Geillis’s much older husband), dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances. Suspicion immediately falls on his wife. When a stillborn child is discovered buried near Geillis’s home, the villagers are convinced she is a witch who sacrificed her own baby for dark magic.

Jamie seeks a pardon through the Duke. Claire uses her knowledge of the Duke's secret Jacobite ties to blackmail him into helping Jamie.

Before dissecting the plot, let’s look at the title. "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" comes from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s Macbeth , where the Second Witch says: "By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes."

When Claire learns that Randall is recovering near Wentworth Prison, she wrestles with a dangerous impulse—to go to him and change the course of history by killing him before he can torture Jamie in the future. Meanwhile, Jamie tries to protect her from her own reckless courage, even as he’s drawn into a covert mission that will test his loyalty and his life.

Claire discovers Geillis Duncan is pregnant with Dougal MacKenzie’s child. Geillis uses "summoning" rituals in the woods to dispose of her husband, Arthur, who dies of suspected poisoning during a banquet. The Arrest:

★★★★☆ (4.5/5) Essential viewing for the build-up to one of the show’s most harrowing arcs.