In the previous episode of Starz’s Outlander, Claire and Jamie made the impossible decision to euthanize a slave.
Outlander season 4 episode 3 had the Frasers leaving River Run to head west into the Blue Ridge Mountains, while Roger and Brianna attended a Scottish festival in 1970.
Jamie and Claire continued their travel through the woods in the Blue Ridge.
Aunt Jocasta wished that Jamie would stay at River Run and confronted Claire in private for restricting his potential.