Why is Jack Randall obsessed with Jamie?

Black Jack seemed obsessed with Jamie after first raiding his home at Lallybroch where the Scotsman stood up for himself and his sister Jenny (Laura Donnelly). He then inflicted horrific injuries on Jamie after he administered a second flogging while the Highlander was still recovering from an earlier whipping.
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What is Jack Randalls obsession with Jamie?

His encounters with women, we felt, were more to save face with his men when they were out raping, sacking, and pillaging. The obsession with Jamie Fraser, to us, seemed to be an indication of sexual preference.
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What did Black Jack Randall want from Jamie?

In the fifteenth episode of Outlander's first season titled "Wentworth Prison," Randall decided to save Jamie from the hangman's noose. However, he had conditions of his own. He wanted Jamie to submit to him fully. If he did this, Claire would also be free.
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Why did Black Jack Randall flog Jamie?

There is a bounty on his head for the murder of a soldier, even though he definitely didn't do it. That was Black Jack Randall. That's just the basics of why Jamie was flogged in Outlander. Basically, it's Black Jack Randall's power trip as he fails to get what he wants from Jamie.
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Is Jack Randall in love with his brother?

He loved him, it was obvious that if BJR cared about anyone it was his little brother, but it never felt romantic (hide spoiler)]. So, my thoughts are that he WASN'T meaning his brother. That makes sense that it was the boy who killed himself whose Bible then went to Jamie.
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Does Jack Randall abuse Mary?

In the twelfth episode of Season One titled "Lallyroch," Jamie and Jenny were reunited after a very long time. Jamie always believed that Randall raped her but Jenny told Jamie exactly what happened on that date four years ago. Apparently, Randall had indeed tried to rape her but he struggled with achieving arousal.
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Why did Frank see Jamie ghost?

"Every time Jamie dreams that sees things in the future, that's his 'ghost' visiting them." This would mean, if Jamie was around 25 when Frank caught "him" watching Claire, it's really a projection of Jamie as he has a vision of the future.
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Why did Jamie go to jail?

Jamie, alongside other Jacobite rebels, was imprisoned there for fighting in the Jacobite uprisings and the Battle of Culloden in 1745. The prison was guarded by British red-coat soldiers. There, we learn he met Tom Christie, who was also incarcerated for supporting the Jacobites.
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Why is Jamie an outlaw in Outlander?

Although it wasn't Jamie who killed him, he is blamed and a price of ten pounds sterling put on his head as a murderer, forcing him to live as an outlaw and unable to return home to Lallybroch (Outlander, chapter 7).
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Does Jamie recover from Randall?

Claire rescues Jamie, but not before he has suffered rape and torture by Randall. They, along with Murtagh, escape to France, where Jamie eventually starts to heal.
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Why is Jack Randall so evil?

The sadistic redcoat was highlighted as a violently twisted man with next to no conscience. But Menzies has stated that his character wasn't necessarily evil but had been deformed by his own traumatizing experiences of war and punishment.
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Is Black Jack Randall a psychopath?

There's no doubt that Black Jack Randall is an Outlander character to hate. However, whether he's a psychopath or a sociopath has been something fans have debated for quite some time. Diana Gabaldon confirms what he is. It turns out that he's a sociopath.
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How long were Jamie and Laoghaire married?

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In the third outing, Jamie Fraser (played by Sam Heughan) tied the knot with Laoghaire MacKenzie (Nell Hudson) during the 20 years while Claire (Caitriona Balfe) was in the future.
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Who was the man watching Claire in Outlander?

In the very first episode of Outlander, Frank Randall passes by a mysterious man in a beret. The audience never sees the man's face, but his Scottish kilt and the fact that he's seen staring up at Claire Fraser through a window implies that he's none other than Jamie Fraser, Claire's husband from the 18th century.
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Did Frank cheat on Claire during the war?

Fans of the show have recently been discussing the relationship of Frank and Claire, and have now deduced it was always due to end - because Frank may have cheated on Claire in the war.
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How much older is Claire than Jamie?

According to Express, in season 1 of Outlander, Claire is 26-years-old with a birthdate of October 20, 1918. At that time, Jamie is 23-years-old, with a birthdate of May 1, 1721. Despite the small age gap, Claire is revealed to be the much more experienced one out of the pair.
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Why does Claire marry John GREY?

The books reveal how Claire had married the Lord in order to gain protection after she thought Jamie was dead. Their relationship develops through the eighth novel and, when Jamie finally returned, he was surprised at what he discovered.
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Does Claire know Jamie has a son?

Claire didn't know anything about Jamie's son. Lord John Grey shows her a miniature, explaining Jamie has a copy of it (and that's what she saw in the previous chapter), and tells Claire the story of when Jamie asked him to care for Willie.
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How much time did Jamie do?

In the wake of Jamie's arrest, he was sent to prison for 20 years, and in his absence, the London Fields gang dispersed. Kit lost control and tried to shoot Ats at his house, but Ats's mother fortunately saved her kid's life.
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How did Jamie survive Culloden?

As fans will remember, when Jamie was lying injured on the floor he was seemingly slipping away. Then he had a vision where Claire approached him across the battlefield and asked, 'Are you alive?' " For Heughan, this is why Jamie was able to survive the horrible ordeal and make it to safety.
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What happens to Jamie after Culloden?

When Jamie recovers, he moves to live in a cave on the Lallybroch estate. Between the years 1747 and 1752, Jamie tries twice to escape to France but the ports are too closely watched and on both occasions he is forced to return to Lallybroch. In 1752, Jamie continues to live hidden in the cave near Lallybroch.
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Is Geillis Claire's daughter?

Because of their time traveling abilities, some fans thought Geillis was Claire's daughter. Outlander author Diana Gabaldon did confirm Claire and Geillis are related, but not in that way. In fact, the women are related through an unexpected character from season 2.
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Does Claire love Jamie more than Frank?

As viewers will know, Claire does return to Frank for her safety before eventually going back into the past to be with Jamie. However, it is never explicitly stated whether Frank or Jamie loved her more in the series.
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Does Jamie cheat on Claire?

Jamie does admit he's slept with someone else, telling her about his one-night tryst with Mary MacNab (Emma Campbell-Jones) before he turned himself in to authorities following the Battle of Culloden nearly 20 years prior.
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Does Jack Randall sleep with Jamie?

The season 1 finale was one of the most brutal and heartbreaking TV episodes ever as the viewers discovered that Randall had raped Jamie.
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