Outlander's Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and the Producers React to the Claire and Lord John Sex Scene

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Outlander fans, you're not alone. Stars Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and executive producers Matthew B. Roberts and Maril Davis feel your pain about this . (Spoilers ahead.), titled “A Hundredweight of Stones,” we pick up after Lord John Berry has proposed marriage to Claire following Jamie's presumed death at sea, so Claire won't be arrested and hung for being a spy.

A despondent Claire agrees to go through with the marriage.Even William is confused why Claire agrees to marry Lord John, but John says he owes it to Jamie to protect Claire. “At the expense of your own reputation?” William asks. "How could you possibly owe him that much?” Oh, if you only knew, young man.Claire and William.Later that night, Claire cuts herself with a knife and says “blood of my blood,” which is what Jamie said to her when they last talked.

She screams out of both emotional and physical pain, which prompts Lord John to check in on his bride. The two embrace, and then she attacks him out of pain and sadness and anger.

He takes it, explaining he will not mourn Jamie alone tonight. Claire says Jamie isn't his to mourn, but he feels obligated.The two consummate their marriage in what is one of the most heart-wrenching scenes ever seen on Outlander. “Everyone had big thoughts and feelings about that scene,” executive producer Maril Davis tells Glamour. “But to me, it was a no-brainer.