The answer lies in compromise — Colum will be named Laird, but Dougal will be war chieftain and laird in times of battle. Actors Sam Retford, Seamus McLean Ross, and Connor MacNeill tell us about filming that epic throne room scene. At last, Clan MacKenzie has a new laird.

Thrown from his horse, a flashback revealed the moments Colum was carried into Castle Leoch by Dougal after a mission their father sent them on went sideways. Red Jacob ( Peter Mullan) was displeased, but he seemed even angrier that his sons couldn’t get along long enough to work together.