She's never seemed curious about the intimacies of a couple before. This suggests that she's up to something. Watching the two gives her information to use in the future.
In A Breath of Snow and Ashes, Malva accuses Jamie of being the father of her unborn child. The accusation has weight thanks to her knowledge of his scars.
So, at the very end of the episode, it's likely that Malva was ready to confess it all. She wanted to make sure Claire knew the truth, but Claire didn't let her into the house. Instead, her attacker—likely the real father of her baby—turned up and killed her before she could say anything to Claire.
Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) was struck down by a mysterious illness and – while she was on her sickbed – Malva Christie tried to seduce Jamie (Sam Heughan). The young Malva then later claimed Jamie was the father of her baby, and was eventually found dead in the Fraser's vegetable patch.
Although Allan got away with murder, he later told Claire the truth at Malva's graveside and admitted to her raping and impregnating her.
Later, after Claire has returned to the Ridge, she is confessor to Allan Christie, who explains that he was the one that fathered Malva's child, and then murdered her.
Claire eventually realizes that Malva is lying because she knows her husband well enough. Tom seems to question Malva's story. You can see it in his face that he's trying to figure out if this story is true. And then there are the reactions at the funeral when Allan refuses to let Claire carry the baby's coffin out.
Jamie denies having slept with her, but the damage to his and to Claire's reputation is done—and the bond between the Frasers and Malva is severed, until just a few weeks later, when Claire finds Malva murdered in the garden. “It's like the peak of the tragedy, and it's so visceral.
Malva Christie might have only been introduced in Outlander Season 6, but she has a central role in the drama. The daughter of Tom Christie, she is both naive and sinister, and many Outlander fans have struggled to work out her true intentions.
The haircutting was part of the process. Malva wanted to make Claire undesirable. She wanted to make Jamie turn to her instead of to his wife. We can get a sense of that from the way Claire worried about Jamie seeing her with the short, jagged hair.
When Jamie's negotiations with the governor for Claire's freedom fail, Tom Christie confesses to Malva's murder. In November 1776, Allan comes to Malva's grave and confesses to Claire about raping his sister, that he was the father of Malva's child, and that he killed her because she was going to tell the truth.
Some think Jamie's spirit (but not his body) traveled to through time to guide Claire to him; others suggest Jamie had a near-death experience after the Battle of Culloden, and that's why his ghost is 25 when he appears to Frank.
Jamie does not sleep with Malva in Outlander
The story comes out over the course of A Breath of Snow and Ashes. Malva makes her story about Jamie being the father of her unborn baby convincing. She shares that she knows about the scars on Jamie's back.
Claire is arrested for murder, but Tom learns the truth in the end. It was Allan who did it. It turns out Allan sexually abused and raped Malva, and he is the father of the child.
Why was Malva watching Claire and Jamie? She wanted to make sure Claire knew the truth, but Claire didn't let her into the house. Instead, her attacker—likely the real father of her baby—turned up and killed her before she could say anything to Claire.
The hubbub surrounding the impending arrival of Malva Christie on Fraser's Ridge has been rather ominous, but I'm here to tell you, despite everything that might go down in Season 6, Malva Christie is not a villain.
However, while Malva is killed in May 1775 in the book's timeline, it isn't until November 1776 before her killer is revealed. Eventually, Claire finds Allan Christie by Malva's grave and he admits to having sexually abused his sister since she was a child and the unborn child was actually his.
Yet, even with so many people suspicious of her, there are plenty of characters who know that Claire is a time traveler. As the number of time travelers on Outlander increases, the secret understandably has become harder to keep. But the more people who know, the more Claire and her family could be in danger.
For now, though, it appears both Fergus and Marsali aren't time travellers with actors Lyle and Domboy addressing this in an Instagram live Q&A from earlier this year.
Jamie's Secret is a story about a nine-year-old who loves soccer, playing with her best friend Sadie, and collecting crystals. She loves hugging and climbing trees, watching butterflies, and soaring on her swing. Jamie loves life and everything that points to it.
Claire initially questions Jamie's loyalty in Outlander Season 6. In the end, she realizes that Malva is lying, but how does she come to that conclusion? When Malva comes to the Frasers to share that her baby is Jamie's, Claire walks out.
In the Outlander books, Claire did not kill Malva Christie. Instead, the real killer is Allan Chrisite, Malva's own brother. Malva's killer has not been revealed in the series just yet but the identity of the assailant is confirmed in the sixth book of the Outlander franchise, A Breath of Snow and Ashes.
Just as she begins to worry that Jamie might be capable of lying to her, Jamie quells her fear by revealing to her his indiscretion with Mary MacNab, a woman who worked at Lallybroch, while Claire was back in 1968 with Frank and Brianna. This confession soothes Claire, and the two find themselves realigned once again.
Jamie marries Claire to keep her from falling into the hands of the evil Captain "Black Jack" Randall. They have one child, Faith, who doesn't survive birth; an adopted son named Fergus; and a daughter, Brianna.
Geneva had blackmailed Jamie, who was serving his parole as a groom for the Dunsanys at the time, into sharing her bed and taking her virginity before she was to wed to Ellesmere. Their one-night stand resulted in her pregnancy with William.