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But before the bombs start bursting in air, the most dire injury that needs Claire’s attention is one of Jamie’s own making : his battered best friend, Lord John (David Berry). When Jamie found out Claire and Lord John slept together as a means of mourning his “death,” Jamie punched him repeatedly in the left eye before handing him over to the Patriots. When Lord John arrives in Jamie’s camp this week, Claire immediately recognizes the damage done since she last saw the man she was temporarily married to. Upon inspection, she reveals Jamie fractured the orbit around Lord John’s eye, and he can’t move it because the inner textual muscle is trapped in the crack of that fracture. I will take her word for it as long as she doesn’t show us proof. But it gets worse! Back at Lord John’s home, Claire directs Jamie to hold him down while she grabs his eyeball and twists it to free the nerve. 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Outlander spent seasons ramping up to the American Revolution and now it has to navigate the reality that as the war went on, loyalties changed. Allegiance is a living, breathing thing that evolves with the tides of war. The series dispensed rather quickly with its melodrama earlier this season (weddings, funeral sex, kidnappings, oh my!), and now, it wisely has to take a beat and find where its characters stand several years into this struggle. Lord John, for instance, swore allegiance to the Continental Army to keep himself alive this week, a decision that breaks the vow he swore to his brother Harold in the flashback cold open to the episode. As Lord John’s stock falls exponentially, the Frasers’ has risen. Start to finish, the episode name drops more historical figures than a high-school history book, starting with the return of last week’s surprise guest George Washington, who commandeers the Frasers residence (a.k.a. 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Few can charge Outlander with not moving the needle on its story, even if its obstacles and traumas can get repetitive. But the focus on Lord John this season has given the series a new perspective when it counts. Claire and Jamie’s story needs new voices, and the price being paid by Lord John right now affords him a loud one. Stray observations

Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus, Russian state media say DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russia media say ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad has fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally. The reports came hours after a stunning rebel advance swept into Damascus to cheers and ended the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. Thousands of Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire, joyful after a stifling, nearly 14-year civil war. But the swiftly moving events raised questions about the future of the country and the wider region. The rebels face the daunting task of healing bitter divisions in a country still split among armed factions. One rebel commander said “we will not deal with people the way the Assad family did." The fall of Bashar Assad after 13 years of war in Syria brings to an end a decades-long dynasty BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has fled the country. 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