In episode 6 of the first season, Claire is being questioned by Black Jack Randall for the first time. It's an outstanding scene, IMHO, actually one of the best interrogation scenes I've ever watched. Black Jack tells Claire that he believes she is probably a spy, but to prove she is not, she must tell him what she knows about the Jacobite sympathizers among the clans. Claire insists she knows nothing. Rather, she tells him what she knows of his reputation; that he is a cruel and brutal man who had a young Scottish man whipped with a hundred lashes, and then a hundred more (Jamie.)
He acknowledges the charge, and then launches into a deeply moving and emotional soliloquy of regret and remorse. By the time he finishes talking, he had me believing in the possibility of redemption of even the worst of humankind. Obviously he has Claire believing too. Claire's eyes are full of shimmering tears. Black Jack helps Claire to her feet, and as she stands, punches her as hard as he can in the gut.
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Black Jack explains to Claire that she's not leaving the room until she answers all of his questions, and that he will get the truth out of her, no matter what it takes. He has his corporal kick her a couple of times while she lies on the floor gasping for breath.
Then once again an uninvited intruder, this time a clan chief pledged to protect Claire, bursts into the room and rescues her.