Where every major character on ‘Outlander’ left off ahead of the show’s season 7 return

Claire began season seven in a jail cell in Wilmington after she was falsely accused of murdering her pregnant apprentice, Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds).

Although Jamie was determined to free her by any means possible, it was Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones) who came to Claire’s rescue by confessing to the murder of his daughter (although he did not do it either).

Audiences eventually learned that Tom’s older son, Allan Christie (Alexander Vlahos), was the one who killed Malva. Scared that his abusive, incestuous relationship with his half-sister would be revealed because Malva did not want to lie about her child’s paternity, he slit her throat.

Once freed from jail, Claire returned to Fraser’s Ridge and continued her duties as the community’s doctor and healer, which included delivering her granddaughter.

Not long after, Claire found herself at the center of the Revolutionary War, caring for wounded rebels fighting alongside her husband.

By the midseason finale, Claire and Jamie were making the journey back to Scotland after an unexpected turn of events at the second battle of Saratoga.

While he wasn’t the one to get Claire off for the murder of Malva, he did get his revenge by going after Richard Brown (Chris Larkin), the man who arrested Claire.

Following the destruction of their Fraser’s Ridge home, Jamie decided to return to Scotland. However, his plan was derailed when he was conscripted and sent to Fort Ticonderoga.

During one particularly bloody battle, Jamie was knocked unconscious and left for dead. However, Claire found him just before scavengers did and nursed him back to health.

Once recovered, Jamie found himself back on duty as a rebel rifleman and tasked with taking out Simon Fraser (Angus Macfadyen), one of the British Army’s most important military leaders, who also happens to be one of his relatives.

He intentionally bluffed his shot, nearly shooting his estranged son, William Ransom (Charles Vandervaalt), another redcoat officer, in the process.

However, Simon was fatally wounded in the battle. Learning of Jamie’s presence in the Continental Army camp, Simon requested, in his dying breath, that Jamie do the honor of conveying his body back to their native home, Scotland.

In the first half of season seven, Brianna (Sophie Skelton) gave birth to her and Roger’s (Richard Rankin) second child together, a girl they named Amanda.

However, their moment of joy was cut short when Claire realized that the baby had a heart condition that went beyond her skill level as a surgeon. Their daughter, she told the couple, needed modern-day medical care, or she’d die.

Brianna then made the difficult decision to return to her own time period with Roger and their kids, separating them from Claire and Jamie by almost 200 years.

Once settled back into the rhythm of life in the 20th century, Brianna landed a job at a nearby dam, which brought her into contact with a new adversary named Rob Cameron (Chris Fulton).

When Rob discovered that Brianna and Roger’s young son Jeremiah (Matthew Adair) knew the location of some legendary Jacobite gold, he kidnapped him in the hopes that Jeremiah would lead him to it.

Brianna and Roger were led to believe that Rob had taken Jeremiah through the stones and into the past.

At the start of season seven, Roger began training to become a pastor, following in the footsteps of his adopted father, Reverend Reginald Wakefield.

However, his training was interrupted when he realized that he and Brianna needed to return to their own time period.

Once back, Roger turned his attention to renovating Lallybroch, the dilapidated home that once belonged to the Fraser family, and teaching local kids the ancient Celtic language of Gaelic.

He and Brianna got a surprise when they discovered that they weren’t the only ones living in the home. Buck MacKenzie (Diarmaid Murtagh), a distant relative they had previously encountered, was also taking refuge at the tower, having accidentally traveled into the future when he stopped for a respite near the standing stones.

They helped Buck acclimate to his new modern surroundings with the goal of eventually helping him return to the past. This came sooner than expected when Roger realised he too would need to travel back to the past to find his son.

He and Buck — who took an immediate dislike to Rob — made the journey to Craigh na Dun, while Brianna chose to stay behind with their daughter, believing they were safer.

Young Ian (John Bell) helped Jamie hunt down Claire in Wilmington, fight in the Revolutionary War, and eventually joined the Frasers on their return to Scotland.

Elsewhere in the season, Ian discovered that he had a son. After he was dispatched to deliver a letter to someone in the Mohawk community, he ran into his former wife, Emily/Wahionhaweh (Morgan Holmstrom) — and her infant son.

Audiences may remember that Ian was instructed to return to Fraser’s Ridge by the tribe elders, who said that his and his wife’s spirits were in conflict after they lost two children before they were born.

When Ian met the child, who had red hair like his own and mixed ethnicity, he quickly realized he was the child’s father.

Emily/Wahionhaweh confirmed this when she asked Ian to give the child an Anglicized name in case he ever decided to leave the tribe. Ian gave him the moniker Ian James, after himself.

Before the midseason finale, Ian embarked on a new romance with Quaker woman Rachel Hunter (Izzy Meikle-Small), whom he shared a parting kiss with at Ticonderoga.

Fan favorite Lord John (David Berry) made a singular appearance in the first half of the season.

During a meeting with Jamie in episode two, he tried to convince the Scot to fight on behalf of the British Army rather than remain loyal to the Sons of Liberty in the Revolutionary War.

As book fans may know, Lord John has a significant story arc in the second part of “Outlander” season seven.

While Jamie was called up to fight for the Americans, his secret biological son William was on the opposing side of the war.

Initially eager to serve the crown, William underwent a change of perspective after witnessing some of the brutalities of war, including seeing his friend Sandy Hammond (Henry Ashton) killed on the battlefield.

Throughout the season, William also came into close quarters with his extended biological family — he just didn’t know it.

He had a chance run-in on the streets of Wilmington with his sister, Brianna, was rescued by Young Ian when he found himself lost in the Dismal Swamp, and even was among the British soldiers who held Claire captive in the British Army for a short while.

He and Jamie eventually came face-to-face when Jamie entered the redcoat camp to say goodbye to Simon as he was dying. While William recognized Jamie, he failed to remember the close bond they once had or spot any similarities between the two.

“Outlander” airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET on Starz, streaming on Prime Video with Starz or Hulu with Starz.