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“Outlander” has a history of breaking fans’ hearts, but in terms of emotional drama “The Ballad of Roger Mac” is right up there. The Fraser family took a brutal beating as the crown pushed through the Battle of Alamance, but tragedy isn’t done coming for this clan just yet. From a broken syringe and a major character’s death, to the fate of another lead being left in the air by the quiet, closing moments, there’s plenty of uncertainty and unrest throughout this week’s hour.

As history predicted, the Red Coats easily overtook the rebels with their superior cavalry, but after Bree (Sophie Skelton) rode out to warn her parents and Roger (Richard Rankin) that Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) and his men would inevitably fall, the family did their best to avoid war one more time. That meant Roger, who has struggled to find his place since deciding...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Ballad of Roger Mac,” the seventh episode of “Outlander” Season 5.

The latest “Outlander” episode was simply heartbreaking with one confirmed death and one fate left quite literally hanging in the balance.

Both book readers and non-book readers alike have been aware for a while that Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) was on borrowed time on the show. In Diana Gabaldon’s book series, Murtagh was killed at the Battle of Culloden in the second novel, “Dragonfly in Amber.” Keeping him alive to meet up again with Jamie (Sam Heughan) in the American colonies was a big change the show made. But fighting for a rebellious cause against the British Crown was always going to be a dangerous proposition and as such, Murtagh’s time came to an end in “The Ballad of Roger Mac,” when he was killed saving Jamie...