Warning: Contains spoilers for the finale of Outlander season 5.
, and notes also that its recurrence in the show is based on how prevalent it likely was in the 1800s. “That is something that we have to reckon with as a show. Sexual violence when used as a weapon is still incredibly prevalent today. One of the saddest things about this lockdown is that you’re hearing about these soaring rates of,” she says. “One in four women will probably experience some kind of sexual assault throughout their lifetime, and that’s an insane statistic.
While Claire’s ordeal is challenging to watch, viewers know that in our time, ignorant men continue to respond to women in power in dangerous ways—just take armed anti-lockdown protestorsthis week following Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s strict stay-at-home mandate. “I think selfishness and ignorance sometimes go hand in hand, and you see it with the Browns, and people who are unwilling to think past their own experiences,” Balfe says.
The show deals with the assault in a surprising fashion. “We took a big risk with the finale,” Balfe says. “This is not always the type of scenario that you relish. We do try and follow the storylines from the book as basically as we can. And when they first started talking about bringing this forward, [we] talked about this idea of not staying with Claire during the rape and going to this other place—a disassociative state.
Skelton thinks the finale, while searingly emotional, reflects the realities of processing horrific circumstances—that it may not be linear or predictable. “Claire deals with it in a very different way than Brianna,” she says, referring back to her character's assault in season 4. “Claire talks about it, while Brianna kept it to herself for a while. Claire wants to tell herself that she’s going to be super resilient and fine, and then she has a breakdown.
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