60 minSeason 8 • Episode 4
LatestThe Frasers and the MacKenzies prepare for battle. The Murrays are met with an impossible choice for their young family.
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Production
Scotland shot so beautifully you'll want to emigrate immediately
Acting
Balfe and Heughan's chemistry could power the Highlands
Costume
Claire's constantly ruined 1940s wardrobe deserves hazard pay
Creator
Ronald D. Moore
Caitríona Balfe
Claire Randall Fraser
Sam Heughan
Jamie Fraser
Sophie Skelton
Brianna MacKenzie
Richard Rankin
Roger MacKenzie
John Bell
Ian Fraser Murray
David Berry
Lord John Grey
César Domboy
Fergus Claudel Fraser
Lauren Lyle
Marsali MacKimmie Fraser
Charles Vandervaart
William Ransom
Izzy Meikle-Small
Rachel Murray
Caitlin O'Ryan
Lizzie Wemyss
Kieran Bew
Captain Charles Cunningham
Frances Tomelty
Elspeth Cunningham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sam Heughan originally auditioned for a different role; producers created screen tests until they found Jamie.
The series revived Scottish tourism so dramatically that 'Outlander effect' became an economic term. Gabaldon fans now outnumber actual Jacobites.
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