She was going to be arrested for espionage, and
The pair fall deeply in love with a strong sexual chemistry after they are forced to marry for Claire's protection. Throughout the course of the series, their love for one another is depicted.
After Claire is arrested on suspicion of spying, John convinces Claire to marry him so he can protect her. One night, Claire and John sleep together; afterwards, they both acknowledge: they only had sex as a way to be closer to Jamie.
Claire asks Lord John if he believes she (and Brianna and Roger) are from the future, to which he says that he doesn't, but that he will behave for all appearances as though he does.
Grey later marries Isobel Dunsany, in part to take care of Jamie Fraser's illegitimate son William by Isobel's deceased sister Geneva.
“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.
In September 1764, Lord John told Jamie he intended to marry Isobel Dunsany and become William's stepfather. Jamie offered his body to Lord John, who declined. Jamie kissed him.
Yes, they did consummate the marriage, too. At the start of the eighth book, Jamie reveals that he is alive. He had been on another ship with Jenny. He does find out that Claire and John married, and it ends his friendship with John.
But when the rubber meets the road - Jamie realizes that it's difficult to keep his promises. Because the fact that it was Lord John that Claire turned to - that somehow cuts Jamie deep. Clearly he still loves Claire, understands what she did, and forgives her for it - but here, in this passage, he admits he is human.
In one of the more tender scenes from “Of Lost Things,” the fourth episode from Starz' Outlander, Jamie (Sam Heughan) offers his body to Lord John Grey (David Berry), a closeted gay soldier, in exchange for watching over his son, Willie, after he returns to Scotland. Grey is, understandably, overwhelmed with emotion.
It was there that the friendship began to blossom over weekly chats. It was over one of these chats that John professed his feelings for Jamie. Even though Jamie was unable to return the romantic sentiment it's proven as time goes on that Jamie does love John, similar to the way that Claire loves Frank upon her return.
Luckily, she has Jamie to make her ordeal a bit easier. In a strange turn of events, Claire ends up married to Jamie to keep her from falling into the hands of the evil Captain Randall.
6. Claire sleeps with King Louis XV to free Jamie from the Bastille. When Jamie goes to jail for illegally dueling Black Jack Randall in Paris, he's imprisoned in the Bastille. Claire, who miscarried their daughter Faith, goes to meet the king and plead for him to free Jamie so they can return to Scotland.
Did you guess Lord John Grey? 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.
John had insisted Claire marry him for protection and told her it was the "last service" he could carry out for Jamie. The pair were married at John's home and as a wedding gift, he gave her a large case of medical equipment. They ended up sleeping together and started to form a closer bond for the next few months.
Claire and Jamie's love has withstood time, distance, and life in the turbulent 18th century. They were always meant to find each other.
Brianna ends up asking John to marry her as a way of avoiding being proposed to by a total stranger, which—actually, scratch that. Brianna threatens to out John as gay if he doesn't marry her, he gets understandably pissed, she apologizes, and he eventually agrees to the engagement after a brief bonding session.
Jamie did remain faithful to Claire. It didn't stop him from being aroused. However, it just made him miss and want Claire more. Even in their 50s, the two are ready to be with each other sexually.
One of the most shocking moments from the Outlander novels comes in the seventh novel An Echo In The Bone when Claire has sex with Lord John Grey (David Berry).
At its heart, Outlander is just a really long romance story, and all romances need a happy ending. Insofar as wombs are original homes, this installment in the series ends with Jamie and Claire coming home to each other.
Over the course of the first season, Claire and Jamie fell in love and married while Frank was back in the 20th Century. It quickly became clear Jamie's ghost was trying to find his beloved which is probably why he was watching Claire.
During this time, Jamie was left close to death and bereft without his wife. However, after some convincing from his sister Jenny Murray (Laura Donnelly), Jamie married Laoghaire.
Lord John Grey is known as a chivalrous character subjected to living in a time that is unaccepting of him. However, along his way, he makes great friends with the Frasers, and time and time again shows his loyalty to Jamie. That said, Lord John Grey is not a perfect man, nor a perfect gentleman as he tries to be.
This isn't the first time William has appeared in the show—Lord John Grey brought him to visit Jamie as a young boy during season 4. After Geneva's death, Lord John raised William as his own son.
The scene also happened in the novel Voyager where Mary told Jamie she wasn't trying to make him forget about Claire but allow them both a moment of solace. Jamie acquiesced through tears, deeply missing Claire. He was so emotional, he had to close his eyes as he slept with Mary.