Outlander season 7, episode 6 concluded with a cliffhanger where the Nuckelavee Jemmy talked about finally was revealed to be a person Roger knew.
Warning! SPOILERS about Outlander season 7, episode 6 and the Outlander books ahead.
Summary
- Jemmy's belief in the Nuckelavee was proven true when Roger identified the intruder as his ancestor, William Buccleigh Mackenzie.
- Roger's violent reaction toward Buck Mackenzie was motivated by their tumultuous past and Buck's attempt to have him hanged by the British.
- Diarmaid Murtagh replaced Graham McTavish as Buck Mackenzie in Outlander season 7, potentially hinting at a storyline where Buck and Dougal Mackenzie will meet.
The ending of Outlander season 7, episode 6 finally revealed who was the real person Jemmy kept referring to as a Nuckelavee that haunted the grounds at Lallybroch. In Outlander season 7, episode 4, Jemmy faulted the mythical figure as the one behind the crisps, biscuits, and lemonade being ransacked from the Mackenzies’ fridge. Brianna always believed Jemmy to be lying, even if he rarely did in relation to anything else that wasn’t Nuckelavee in Lallybroch, but Roger started having doubts when physical proof of someone haunting Lallybroch’s grounds presented itself in the form of food wrappers in the woods by the path to the manor house.
Jemmy fully believed in the existence of Nuckelavee after food started to go missing, despite not having heard about them from either the Mackenzies or the Frasers. This hinted at the real possibility that it was a person who explained his presence around Lallybroch with the Scottish mythological figure. The identity of the “horse-like demon” Jemmy and Mandy saw lurking around Lallybroch was finally explained at the end of Outlander season 7, episode 6, if not with words, by Roger’s violent reaction against the intruder he caught spying inside the house from the window.
Outlander Finally Reveals The Nuckelavee Is William Buccleigh Mackenzie
The intruder that had been haunting Lallybroch for weeks was visibly identified by Roger as his ancestor, William Buccleigh Mackenzie. The illegitimate son of Jamie’s uncle Dougal Mackenzie and Outlander season 1’s Geillis Duncan, Buck Mackenzie was already introduced to the series as an antagonist for what he did to Roger. Outlander season 7 will likely explain how Buck came to be in the 1980s when the last time he appeared onscreen was in 1771, during the Battle of Alamance. Outlander’s seventh book, An Echo in the Bone, reveals that Buck ended up traveling to the future by resting against the standing stones at Craigh na Dun.
Why Roger Punches His Ancestor Buck Mackenzie In Outlander Season 7
While having finally found the intruder that lurked around Lallybroch for weeks could have explained Roger’s violent reaction, Roger wasn’t known to be generally violent. However, his and Buck Mackenzie’s last meeting in the 18th century was so eventful that Roger felt compelled to punch him, after a moment of disbelief because he would have never expected to see Buck again, nor do so in 1980s Scotland. After all, the last time Roger saw him, Buck did his best to have him hanged by the British, as he felt he was wronged by him as Roger had approached Buck’s wife, Morag, and hugged her.
Outlander season 5, episode 7, “The Ballad of Roger Mac,” covered Morag, Buck, and Roger’s meeting and Roger’s hanging at the Alamance. Roger’s wish to approach Morag stemmed from her being the first ancestor he ever met and the fact he cared for her and her son Jeremiah during their trip from Scotland to America on the Gloriana. However, Buck misinterpreted their proximity, and suspecting Morag’s infidelity, he and his thugs had Roger beaten and brought to the British to be hanged. Despite that, Claire managed to save Roger, but the trauma stopped Roger from talking for months, making his reaction after seeing Buck seem almost restrained considering their history.
Diarmaid Murtagh Didn't Originally Portray Buck Mackenzie In Outlander S5
Diarmaid Murtagh is credited as William Buck Mackenzie on IMDb for Outlander season 7, episode 6, but he wasn’t who originally portrayed Buck in Outlander season 5. Graham McTavish cameoed as Buck Mackenzie in the season 5 episode, returning to Outlander after playing the role of Dougal Mackenzie in Outlander seasons 1 and 2. The amusing cameo worked because Buck was Dougal’s illegitimate child, and because it gave the chance for one of Outlander’s original actors to briefly return onscreen. However, Irish actor Diarmaid Murtagh was cast as Buck in Outlander season 7, and while viewers might have not recognized him, Roger’s reaction proved he definitely did.
The reasoning behind the recasting hasn’t been shared, and it could relate to McTavish’s professional commitments that include House of the Dragon, The Witcher, and even the upcoming Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham season 2. However, the recast is most probably caused by one particular story Outlander season 7 is due to tell. Indeed, Outlander’s seventh book sees Roger travel back in time with Buck searching for Jemmy, but the two also meet a younger Dougal Mackenzie. IMDb credits Graham McTavish as Dougal Mackenzie in Outlander season 7, making it likely that Buck and Dougal will also meet in the show, thus making the recast necessary.
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