Everything You Need to Know About Outlander Season 6!

Jamie’s authority is tested when an old rival from Ardsmuir shows up to settle on the Ridge. Claire finds a new way to cope with the trauma of her assault by Lionel Brown.

North Carolina, 1773. Jamie gets a letter from Major MacDonald to ask him to become an ‘Indian Agent’, someone to convince the Native Americans to fight for the King.
The Christie family arrive on Fraser’s Ridge and are welcomed by the family.
Young Ian and Allan have a close encounter with some gunshots when they are apparently mistaken as Indians.
After a fight led by Richard Brown on the Ridge, Jamie accepts the offer of Indian Agent so that it will not be passed to Brown.

Jamie struggles with his first request as Indian Agent. Roger presides over an unusual funeral. Marsali gives birth. However, the joy is short lived when a discovery is made.

Clare is once again accused of witchcraft, this time by Tom Christie. Claire, noticing his daughter Malva’s interest in medicine, asks her to accompany her with the labour of Marsali. During labour we learn that Marsali is violent to her husband for drinking and leaving for days at a time and he defends himself by grabbing her wrists to the point of bruising.
Jamie returns home and explains to Young Ian that the rebels are going to win the war and there will be new, kingless nations.
Marsali and Fergus are together and supportive during her birth, but when the baby is born with dwarfism, Fergus bolts.
Jamie learns that Young Ian has a Mohawk wife, which spurs him to change his mind and fight alongside the Native Americans as they are family.

Fergus worries about his new son’s quality of life when the baby is bullied by superstitious Protestants. Claire performs surgery on Tom’s hand.

The reason behind Fergus bolting was not one of judgement, but one of concern. He knows his son will be treated unfairly and is greatly worried.
Finally, Tom agrees to let Clare perform hand surgery on him. Malva watches through the window. Young Ian notices her standing there and offers to walk her home, to which she reveals that her mother was hanged as a witch.
Fergus and Marsali have a domestic argument where she criticises him for being a drunk. He then gets kicked out.
We learn that Malva is not Tom’s biological daughter.
Fergus begs for death from Jamie so that Marsali can marry someone who can protect her. Jamie takes matters into his own hand and tells Fergus of his importance with honesty and confidence.
In the ending scene, the redcoats come riding to Fraser’s Ridge. The Boston Tea Party has ignited the war.

While visiting the Cherokee, Ian encounters a man from his past who dredges up painful memories of his time with the Mohawk. Jamie meets an Indian Agent who challenges his convictions, causing him to re-evaluate.

We learn that Ian had fallen in love with a Cherokee girl. His new friend, Kaheroton, is one of those who had come to trade. Ian had fallen for this girl but after two failed pregnancies, Ian blames himself for not fighting for his love harder.
Emily has given Kaheroton a son, to which Ian tries to fight his former friends. A scuffle ensues resulting in Kaheroton being kicked to the ground.
Sparing Ian the difficult choice of deciding who is to live and die, the other man cheats but his life is spared. Ian allows his love to be with her new husband.

Claire and Jamie experience the rising tensions in the colonies first-hand when they attend a Loyalist event in Wilmington in honor of the Scottish heroine, Flora MacDonald.

We find Jamie and Clare in Wilmington, North Carolina anticipating an event celebrating Flora MacDonald.
Jamie meets Cornelius Harnett for a drink. He assures Cornelius’ concerns about Jamie’s friendships with the government by telling him he follows his heart, not politics.
Jamie is unamused that Fergus and Marsali are moving off the Ridge.
Flora’s speech is a rounding success. However, a mob gathers at a print shop ready to accost him for releasing a pamphlet that honors the Scottish heroine Flora. Jamie accuses his aunt for goading Fergus into printing propaganda.
We learn that Brianna is pregnant once again.

A dysentery epidemic spreads on the Ridge, and Claire falls deathly ill. She is almost recovered when the Christies arrive and drop a bombshell. As nefarious rumors spread like wildfire on the Ridge, tragedy strikes.

Things are not good on the Ridge. Many of the McNeills have died of dysentery due to contaminated water. Clare falls ill but is nursed by Malva.
Tom shows up to the Fraser’s with news that his daughter is pregnant with Jamie’s child. However, Clare finds logic to assure herself that Malva is lying.

Claire struggles with her demons as a nefarious rumor begins to spread on the Ridge. Tensions rise as the residents fear there is a dangerous person in their midst.

Malva is dead. The people of the ridge are convinced that Clare is a witch who killed Malva.
At the same time, Lizzie is pregnant and has no idea if it’s twin Kezzie or Josiah’s baby.
Roger expresses his wishes to be ordained as a minister.
After drawing straws, Lizzie and Kezzie are wed.
Despite Clare piecing her sleepful memories together enough to acquit herself of the murder, the group of angry men of the Safety Brigade have a warrant for Clare’s arrest.

Richard Brown and his Committee of Safety arrive to arrest Claire for murder. However, due to the rising political tensions in the colonies, Brown’s plan to find a judge for a trial does not go as expected.

With the Committee of Safety at their door, Claire and Jamie hold their own against the mob with the arsenal of weapons at their disposal.
Despite the handful of Scots that show up to travel with the pair, Jamie and Claire give themselves up. They are granted one last night in their home.
Thanks to a birthmark on Jemmy’s skull, Roger is assured that he is his son.
Clare and Jamie must head to Wilmington for their trial. Brown is slowly losing control of his men.
Clare and Jamie are separated. Out of the blue, the men guarding Jamie are struck down by Young Ian and the Cherokee.