[Warning: The following contains spoilers from Sunday's episode of Outlander, "Famous Last Words. Read at your own risk!] After the heartbreaking death of Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) on Outlander, it would have been too much for the Frasers to handle if Roger (Richard Rankin) had died in the Battle of Alamance as well.
Thanks to some quick reflexes — and a miracle — Roger managed to slip two fingers under his noose after the British mistakenly had him hung for treason, saving him from strangulation and keeping him alive until Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) arrived and cut him down from the tree we found him hanging in after the battle.
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