Notice! Spoilers for Outlander season 7, episode 13 and the Outlander book series ahead.
Roger helped his father, Jerry MacKenzie, go back through the stones to his time in Outlander Season 7, but did the man do it? The time travel fantasy series left Jerry's ending ambiguous, and Roger himself will never fully know what happened to the man. Roger hoped that after Jerry passed through the stones in 1739, he would suddenly be flooded with memories of growing up with his father. Instead, Roger just had a vision that left him and Outlander audiences with more questions than answers – so what exactly happened to Jerry MacKenzie?
Growing up, Roger believed his father had died when his plane crashed during World War II. He was just a baby when Jerry MacKenzie's plane crashed, so he never met that man. Roger's mother Marjorie, on the other hand, died during the Blitz, while taking refuge with her son on the London Underground. Roger was just five years old when this happened and was raised by his great-uncle, Reverend Reginald Wakefield. Roger believed this was the whole story for yearsbut Outlander season 7 saw him discover that Jerry MacKenzie hadn't died after his crash landing.
Outlander books reveal Jerry MacKenzie returned to his own time
Jerry has his own spin-off novel in the Outlander book series
When Roger and Buck went back to 1739 to look for Jemmy in Outlander In Season 7, they found Jerry MacKanzie's dog tags – evidence that Roger's father had traveled back in time instead of dying when his plane landed. Naturally, this discovery led Roger to search for Jerry in the 18th century Highlands of Scotland, and once he found him, the man was sent back through the stones to his own time. It is not clear in Outlander season 7, episode 13, where Jerry MacKenzie landed. However, the fact that Roger was raised as an orphan indicates that Jerry's journey ended tragically.
Unfortunately, the Outlander books confirm this Jerry really died when Roger was little. However, this did not happen as Roger thought, and his interaction with Jerry in 1739 made all the difference. In Outlander short story by author Diana Gabaldon A Leaf in the Wind of All Saintsit is revealed that, after Roger sent Jerry through the rocks, the man emerged in the 20th century, a few years after his initial disappearance. Jerry goes to London to find his wife, but it turns out he arrives during the Blitz. He is briefly reunited with Marjorie and little Roger underground when the tunnel collapses.
Jerry saved Roger during an air raid, but died in the effort
Roger's father is the mysterious John Doe who saved his life
In A Leaf in the Wind of All SaintsMarjorie has enough time before the tunnel collapses to throw little Roger, about five years old, to Jerry before she is lost under the rubble. Upon capturing Roger, Jerry falls backwards onto the track and hits his head. All of this happens in a matter of moments, and if Marjorie hadn't thrown her son and Jerry hadn't caught him, the boy would have been killed by the collapsing tunnel. Fortunately, little Roger lived to grow up, meet Brianna and have a happy family life. Unfortunately, Jerry died from his injuries and never met his son.
Jerry wasn't wearing his dog tags when he saved Roger's life in the tunnel, which meant no one was ever able to identify his body.
Jerry wasn't wearing his dog tags when he saved Roger's life in the tunnel, which meant no one was ever able to identify his body. Growing up, Roger knew that a soldier saved his life, but he had no idea that the man who kept him out of harm's way and died in the effort was his own fatherthat had disappeared years before. Node Outlander books, Roger never learned the truth. He believed that something more terrible must have happened to Jerry when he sent him through the rocks. However, Roger's vision in Outlander season 7 could indicate that this character will eventually get some answers.
Roger's Vision in Outlander Season 7 Episode 13 Explained
Outlander made a subtle change to the story
Roger received a sudden vision after Jerry MacKenzie walked through the rocks in Outlander Season 7, Episode 13. He found himself younger sitting on the London Underground next to Jerrywho smiled at him comfortably. Roger had no idea what this vision meant, but Jerry's fate in A Leaf in the Wind of All Saints provides the audience with additional context. Node Outlander In the TV show's version of events, Jerry's time with Roger must have lasted longer than in the book. Father and son spent a comforting moment together before the tunnel collapsed and Jerry was killed.
Roger was a baby when Jerry MacKenzie disappeared, so he wouldn't have recognized his father when he saved his life during the Blitz in A Leaf in the Wind of All Saints. However, this does not appear to be the case in Roger's view in Outlander season 7. The little boy looks at his father and leans into him lovingly, so it could be that Jerry had a moment to tell Roger who he was before the tunnel collapsed. Roger evidently forgot all about itbut meeting his father in 1739 and seeing him pass through the stones must have awakened the memory.
As time passes OutlanderRoger can remember most of what happened during the Blitz.
As time passes OutlanderRoger can remember most of what happened during the Blitz. He was very young and It's no surprise that the details of that traumatic day would disappear. However, now that the door has been opened in his mind and Roger better understands what happened, new memories of this moment with his father can come back to him.
Roger would have died as a child if he hadn't saved Jerry in the past
Roger's trip to the past was no coincidence
If Roger never finds out what happened to Jerry MacKenzie in Outlanderunfortunately it is clear that he did not save his father's life in the long run. However, this is not to say that Roger's trip back to 1739 was a waste. He initially searched the stones to find his son Jemmy, but it turned out that the boy had not gone back in time after all. Still, it's no coincidence that Roger found his father at this point in the past. It was his destiny to find Jerry and guide him back to the 20th century.. If Roger hadn't done this, he himself would have died as a child.
Outlander uses a paradoxical model of time travel. Anything characters do in the past only guarantees the events of their own future. Roger didn't realize it, but his father saved his life during the Blitz. If Roger hadn't gone back in time to find Jemmy, this never would have happened. Characters in Outlander They can't change the course of history, but that doesn't mean their roles in the past aren't important. It's a little mind-blowing, but the comforting reality is that Roger and Jerry were supposed to save each other's lives. One could not exist without the other.