The producers of Outlander's TV show decided to keep Murtagh alive because he was such a popular character. In the show, Murtagh is captured at Culloden and there is a surprise reveal when we first see him with Jamie at Ardsmuir prison.
Roberts has spoken to Town & Country Magazine about keeping Murtagh in the story longer than he ought to have been there. He explained: "One of the reasons we kept Murtagh alive was to give Claire, and also Jamie, someone to talk to."
He ended up dying at the Battle of Alamance when one of Jamie's men shot him believing him to be a threat to Jamie. The only way he'll be in Outlander Season 6 is through a flashback.
Murtagh is often mistaken for Jamie's father, but he is actually his kindly godfather. He is not married and hasn't fathered any children.
During his death scene in the books, Murtagh told Jamie at the Battle of Culloden: "Dinna be afraid, a bhalaich. It doesna hurt a bit to die." Murtagh utters these same words in America during his death scene on the Starz show, bringing the two franchises together.
Murtagh is surely aware of Jamie's captivation for Claire; he is also likely conscious of Claire's reciprocation. Murtagh desires the best for Jamie. He does not wish for Jamie to just marry anyone.
Jocasta is Ellen's sister and has loved Murtagh from afar for decades, knowing that he was always in love with another. In the final episode of season four the pair came together, uniting a couple that were never united in the books and setting the television show on a brand new path.
“He's about 25,” Gabaldon said. It's an interesting response. If you're up to date on the series, then you know that Jamie is not dead at the age of 25.
Recalling an earlier gifting from her husband Jamie, Claire pulls out the bangles Jamie said had belonged to his mother Ellen, and she finally understands that Murtagh had been in love with the woman.
It's possible that Amelie's sister is the one who gives birth to the line that leads to Claire. Fergus will still be an ancestor but not a direct ancestor and that would mean Laoghaire isn't one of Claire's ancestor.
It was utterly heartbreaking and emotional. Murtagh (and Duncan Lacroix) may no longer be a part of Outlander moving forward, but the cast and crew managed to honor him on the show in a special way. Here's what Sam Heughan told Gold Derby: His grave, we have it at Fraser's Ridge on set.
Murtagh died in front of his godson who, in his grief, could barely register the truth, that he was beyond help. Murtagh's last words to Jamie were, “Dinna be afraid, a bhalaich. It doesn't hurt a bit to die."
A security guard finds Jemmy in a tunnel under Loch Errochty, but is shot by another man, presumably Cameron's accomplice.
It could mean that Murtagh thinks that Claire is a mystical person. Those who have read “The Exile” know that Murtagh does see Claire come through the stones, although that's not clear in the series (and he doesn't find out the truth until Season 2). However, Dougal says it to everyone.
Following the Battle of Culloden, Fergus continues to live at Lallybroch, and Jenny Murray tutors him with the rest of her children. He sometimes brings food to Jamie, who lives in a cave near the estate.
"Murtagh was in love with [Jamie's mother] Ellen and it was unrequited love, he never got to have her. Even though he got to have Jamie, he got a godson out of it, he's never even had a marriage or a relationship.
The novel that launched the series, Outlander takes Claire back to 18th-century Scotland for the first time. On her time-traveling adventure, she meets Jamie. They marry each other in an attempt to save her from the clutches of Captain Randall, and fall deeply in love.
Following the release of the first episode, fans were quick to share their love for Jamie and Murtagh's friendship. One viewer asked: “What was the word that Jamie says to Murtagh in Gaelic and it's meaning?” Another explained that “ghoistidh” means godfather.
Claire and Jamie's love has withstood time, distance, and life in the turbulent 18th century. They were always meant to find each other. Fans of the hit Starz show Outlander know that Claire and Jamie Fraser have gone through many adversities in their 200-year love story.
Because yes, Claire and Lord John end up married in book seven, and yes, they drunkenly (and full of grief for the loss of Jamie, whom they both love with all of their heart) consummate that marriage. And then Jamie shows up alive and well!
Author Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the book series upon which the Starz TV show is based, has confirmed that it is Jamie's ghost that Frank saw, but she's also stated repeatedly that Jamie cannot travel forward in time.
“I curse you. I curse you with knowledge, Jack Randall. I give you the hour of your death. Jonathan Wolverton Randall, Born Sept 3rd, 1705, dies…” she whispers in his ear, and suddenly he knows that she's telling him the truth.
But Jocasta cannot avoid her fate: Oedipus comes back to Thebes and marries her. The moment Jocasta realizes that she has married her son, she rushes into the palace and closes her door, after which she hangs herself with a noose made from her dress.
Let's learn about the disease that robbed Jocasta Cameron of her eyesight: Glaucoma. Yep, that's the one. Glaucoma (glaw-koh-muh), is a word derived from the Greek glaukommatos meaning “gray-eyed.”
Questioned further, he answers that it was Laius's child, and that Jocasta gave it to him to destroy because of a prophecy that the child would kill his parents.