It’s been nearly two years since Starz unrolled a new episode of “Outlander,” but fans can finally catch up with their favorite literary characters come-to-life when the sixth season debuts on March 6.
Based on the “Outlander” series of books by Diana Gabaldon, this show has seen a lot of change since it first debuted in 2014. Over the course of five seasons Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) have grown together and apart with centuries between them as they figured out their love, had their daughter Bree (Sophie Skelton), survived wars and bid farewell to loved ones.
Warning: Major spoilers for “Outlander” Season 5 follow below.
“Outlander” Season 5, which finished airing in May 2020, transitioned from a series about two separated lovers into a family drama that intertwined Bree and Roger (Richard Rankin) into the main story arcs. Set in North Carolina from 1770-72, the season loosely followed the events from Gabaldon’s fifth book,...
Based on the “Outlander” series of books by Diana Gabaldon, this show has seen a lot of change since it first debuted in 2014. Over the course of five seasons Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) have grown together and apart with centuries between them as they figured out their love, had their daughter Bree (Sophie Skelton), survived wars and bid farewell to loved ones.
Warning: Major spoilers for “Outlander” Season 5 follow below.
“Outlander” Season 5, which finished airing in May 2020, transitioned from a series about two separated lovers into a family drama that intertwined Bree and Roger (Richard Rankin) into the main story arcs. Set in North Carolina from 1770-72, the season loosely followed the events from Gabaldon’s fifth book,...
- 3/5/2022
- by Amber Dowling
- The Wrap
Warning: This article contains Major spoilers for the Outlander Season 5 finale but does not contain any book spoilers beyond Season 5.
Outlander fans are likely still trying to cope with all of the harrowing content in the Season 5 finale. Claire has successfully escaped her abductors and rapists while Bree, Roger, and Jemmy have returned to the 18th century? Here are the answers to everything the season finale did not address.
Why did Bree, Roger, and Jemmy fail to return to the 1970s?
Successful time travel in the world of Outlander depends on several factors so far revealed on the show: gemstones, genetic ability, the time of year, and focusing the mind on a fixed point in time. Bree, Jemmy, and Roger have gemstones and genetic ability. They left Fraser’s Ridge in the autumn, so it can be assumed they timed their departure around the pagan festival Samhain (Halloween today). Bree...
Outlander fans are likely still trying to cope with all of the harrowing content in the Season 5 finale. Claire has successfully escaped her abductors and rapists while Bree, Roger, and Jemmy have returned to the 18th century? Here are the answers to everything the season finale did not address.
Why did Bree, Roger, and Jemmy fail to return to the 1970s?
Successful time travel in the world of Outlander depends on several factors so far revealed on the show: gemstones, genetic ability, the time of year, and focusing the mind on a fixed point in time. Bree, Jemmy, and Roger have gemstones and genetic ability. They left Fraser’s Ridge in the autumn, so it can be assumed they timed their departure around the pagan festival Samhain (Halloween today). Bree...
- 5/11/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Warning: This post contains major spoilers from Sunday’s Outlander.
Good riddance, you slimy, raping, bad boomerang of a pirate.
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Yep, this is the week that Outlander offs Stephen Bonnet, the smuggler who has tormented Jamie Fraser and his family since Season 4, finally meets his end.
In a moment, we’ll hear from Ed Speleers, who played the dastardly character. But first, a brief recap of the hour:
* Bonnet and Niall Forbes meet in Wilmington and...
Good riddance, you slimy, raping, bad boomerang of a pirate.
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Yep, this is the week that Outlander offs Stephen Bonnet, the smuggler who has tormented Jamie Fraser and his family since Season 4, finally meets his end.
In a moment, we’ll hear from Ed Speleers, who played the dastardly character. But first, a brief recap of the hour:
* Bonnet and Niall Forbes meet in Wilmington and...
- 4/27/2020
- TVLine.com
This Outlander review contains spoilers.
Outlander Season 5, Episode 10
“Mercy Shall Follow Me” features the Frasier-Mackenzie confrontation with the dreadful Stephen Bonnet. Fans have been waiting for this inevitable clash. However, the presentation of the confrontation in the script raises questions of historical veracity as well as Outlander’s continued reliance on exploiting rape trauma for shock value.
The episode begins in Wilmington, with Jocasta’s lawyer Forbes and Bonnet chatting openly in a tavern about murdering Jocasta and Duncan Innes and defrauding River Run. Forbes has sent a backhander to the magistrate and secured witnesses to attest to Bonnet being Jemmy’s father. Forbes also advises Bonnet that he is hearing rumors about involvement in sex trafficking and that it may undermine their plans. It’s clear Jamie’s trap for Bonnet did not take into account the extent of his dealings. This conversation also sets the stage for the...
Outlander Season 5, Episode 10
“Mercy Shall Follow Me” features the Frasier-Mackenzie confrontation with the dreadful Stephen Bonnet. Fans have been waiting for this inevitable clash. However, the presentation of the confrontation in the script raises questions of historical veracity as well as Outlander’s continued reliance on exploiting rape trauma for shock value.
The episode begins in Wilmington, with Jocasta’s lawyer Forbes and Bonnet chatting openly in a tavern about murdering Jocasta and Duncan Innes and defrauding River Run. Forbes has sent a backhander to the magistrate and secured witnesses to attest to Bonnet being Jemmy’s father. Forbes also advises Bonnet that he is hearing rumors about involvement in sex trafficking and that it may undermine their plans. It’s clear Jamie’s trap for Bonnet did not take into account the extent of his dealings. This conversation also sets the stage for the...
- 4/27/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
This Outlander article contains spoilers through Season 5, Episode 8.
Outlander fans know Jocasta as Jamie Fraser’s incredibly rich aunt who built an entire estate off of stolen Jacobite gold. Underneath the estate’s pretty exteriors, however, is a truth the series so far has done the utmost to avoid having any serious discussion about: African slaves built the house, planted the crops, and served all of the guests at Jocasta’s Season 5 wedding to Duncan Innes.
This isn’t the first time Outlander has side-stepped the issue of slavery, nor will it probably be the last. Since the show made its way to the Americas in Season 3, the writers’ consistent failure to address slavery has been a disservice to fans of all ethnicities. It also creates a disconnect between the show and its source material. There are easy solutions to this problem, but it would take the current writing staff...
Outlander fans know Jocasta as Jamie Fraser’s incredibly rich aunt who built an entire estate off of stolen Jacobite gold. Underneath the estate’s pretty exteriors, however, is a truth the series so far has done the utmost to avoid having any serious discussion about: African slaves built the house, planted the crops, and served all of the guests at Jocasta’s Season 5 wedding to Duncan Innes.
This isn’t the first time Outlander has side-stepped the issue of slavery, nor will it probably be the last. Since the show made its way to the Americas in Season 3, the writers’ consistent failure to address slavery has been a disservice to fans of all ethnicities. It also creates a disconnect between the show and its source material. There are easy solutions to this problem, but it would take the current writing staff...
- 4/16/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
‘Outlander’ Review: Wedding Preparations and an Old Foe Lay the Groundwork for a Major Confrontation
Who knew that the fifth season of “Outlander” would feature so many weddings? While Jocasta (Maria Doyle Kennedy) and Duncan Innes (Alastair Findlay) didn’t actually tie the knot in “Better to Marry Than to Burn,” their wedding preparations anchored an action-packed episode full of reunions, plans, and well-earned second chances.
The installment kicked off with a flashback to Jocasta tragically losing her daughter, a scene that gave viewers new insight into her current disposition and further explains her choice to settle for Duncan despite her feelings for Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix). When the Regulator leader showed up at the end of the episode to declare his love and ask her to wait, it was a tense scene packed with emotional showcases for two characters that didn’t necessarily get to dig into those moments in the Diana Gabaldon novels. In the end Jocasta’s decision to go ahead and marry...
The installment kicked off with a flashback to Jocasta tragically losing her daughter, a scene that gave viewers new insight into her current disposition and further explains her choice to settle for Duncan despite her feelings for Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix). When the Regulator leader showed up at the end of the episode to declare his love and ask her to wait, it was a tense scene packed with emotional showcases for two characters that didn’t necessarily get to dig into those moments in the Diana Gabaldon novels. In the end Jocasta’s decision to go ahead and marry...
- 3/23/2020
- by Amber Dowling
- Indiewire
Things I loved about this week’s Outlander: Murtagh’s reappearance, complete with a declaration of love for Jocasta on the night before she’s supposed to marry another man.
Things I didn’t love about this week’s Outlander: pretty much everything else.
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It hurts to admit it, given how much I cherish Diana Gabaldon’s books and, for the most part, Starz’s adaptation of them.
Things I didn’t love about this week’s Outlander: pretty much everything else.
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It hurts to admit it, given how much I cherish Diana Gabaldon’s books and, for the most part, Starz’s adaptation of them.
- 3/23/2020
- TVLine.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the sixth episode of “Outlander” Season 5, entitled “Better to Marry Than Burn.”
It’s no secret that Maria Doyle Kennedy is a talented actress — but if anyone didn’t know before, they do now after watching “Outlander’s” latest episode, “Better to Marry Than Burn.” The thrust of the action this week was Jocasta’s (Kennedy) wedding to Duncan Innes (Alastair Findlay) at River Run, which meant it was time to talk about “the Frenchman’s gold,” a key plot point from the novel “The Fiery Cross.”
In a flashback, we saw how Jocasta and her husband, Hector Cameron (Christopher Bowen), were on the run after the Jacobite rebellion was ended at the Battle of Culloden. They had in their possession a box of gold sent by King Louis Xv of France to aid in Charles Stuart’s rebellion against the British crown.
It’s no secret that Maria Doyle Kennedy is a talented actress — but if anyone didn’t know before, they do now after watching “Outlander’s” latest episode, “Better to Marry Than Burn.” The thrust of the action this week was Jocasta’s (Kennedy) wedding to Duncan Innes (Alastair Findlay) at River Run, which meant it was time to talk about “the Frenchman’s gold,” a key plot point from the novel “The Fiery Cross.”
In a flashback, we saw how Jocasta and her husband, Hector Cameron (Christopher Bowen), were on the run after the Jacobite rebellion was ended at the Battle of Culloden. They had in their possession a box of gold sent by King Louis Xv of France to aid in Charles Stuart’s rebellion against the British crown.
- 3/23/2020
- by Andrea Reiher
- Variety Film + TV
This Outlander review contains spoilers.
Outlander Season 5, Episode 6
“Better to Marry Than To Burn” marks the halfway point of Outlander Season 5 with an extended episode. Claire and Jamie attend the festivities before Jocasta’s wedding to Duncan Innes at River Run, but their problems with Governor Tryon and Stephen Bonnet follow them. Meanwhile, Roger and Bree have to fight off a plague of cicadas threatening the crops on Frasier’s Ridge.
While this episode scores well with tying together the biggest plot lines this season, it fails miserably when it comes to addressing previous critiques of the use of sexual assault and rape tropes on Outlander.
The episode begins with a dramatic flashback to Jocasta and her first husband Hector Cameron fleeing the Highlands after Culloden. Non-readers likely had questions about her past, so this was a good place for the script to answer questions. Dragoons found the secret stash...
Outlander Season 5, Episode 6
“Better to Marry Than To Burn” marks the halfway point of Outlander Season 5 with an extended episode. Claire and Jamie attend the festivities before Jocasta’s wedding to Duncan Innes at River Run, but their problems with Governor Tryon and Stephen Bonnet follow them. Meanwhile, Roger and Bree have to fight off a plague of cicadas threatening the crops on Frasier’s Ridge.
While this episode scores well with tying together the biggest plot lines this season, it fails miserably when it comes to addressing previous critiques of the use of sexual assault and rape tropes on Outlander.
The episode begins with a dramatic flashback to Jocasta and her first husband Hector Cameron fleeing the Highlands after Culloden. Non-readers likely had questions about her past, so this was a good place for the script to answer questions. Dragoons found the secret stash...
- 3/23/2020
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Fiery Cross,” the Season 5 premiere of “Outlander,” streaming now on the Starz app.
In the Season 5 premiere, the “Outlander” writers had the monumental task of condensing the 200-page Scottish gathering from Diana Gabaldon’s novel “The Fiery Cross” into one episode of TV — and the episode still clocked in at more than 60 minutes. But the wedding of Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin) provided an enjoyable way to get all of the characters together for a celebration before the impending Revolutionary War tears them apart.
Before the nuptials, the episode opened with Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) telling a young Jamie that his mother, Ellen, was dead but that he would always be with Jamie — which was particularly poignant because viewers know that Murtagh and Jamie (Sam Heughan) are now on opposite sides of the Revolutionary War since Jamie...
In the Season 5 premiere, the “Outlander” writers had the monumental task of condensing the 200-page Scottish gathering from Diana Gabaldon’s novel “The Fiery Cross” into one episode of TV — and the episode still clocked in at more than 60 minutes. But the wedding of Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin) provided an enjoyable way to get all of the characters together for a celebration before the impending Revolutionary War tears them apart.
Before the nuptials, the episode opened with Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) telling a young Jamie that his mother, Ellen, was dead but that he would always be with Jamie — which was particularly poignant because viewers know that Murtagh and Jamie (Sam Heughan) are now on opposite sides of the Revolutionary War since Jamie...
- 2/15/2020
- by Andrea Reiher
- Variety Film + TV
Kayti Burt Oct 7, 2019
The Outlander cast & creators were at Nycc to tease Season 5. What did they tell us about post-book character Murtagh?
Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, Jamie's godfather and all around good guy, has been an Outlander fan favorite character since Season 1—he's so popular, in fact, that the character was saved from being killed off. In the books, Murtagh dies at the Battle of Culloden, depicted in the TV show in the Season 3 premiere. In the TV show, he surprised book fans when he popped back up at Ardsmiur Prison, and later in the New World in Season 4.
The Outlander cast and creators were at New York Comic Con this past weekend to tease Season 5. One of the hottest topics of discussion was the fate of Murtagh, given that his character has gone off book... literally.
"The writers have done such a great job—I can't reveal too much about...
The Outlander cast & creators were at Nycc to tease Season 5. What did they tell us about post-book character Murtagh?
Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, Jamie's godfather and all around good guy, has been an Outlander fan favorite character since Season 1—he's so popular, in fact, that the character was saved from being killed off. In the books, Murtagh dies at the Battle of Culloden, depicted in the TV show in the Season 3 premiere. In the TV show, he surprised book fans when he popped back up at Ardsmiur Prison, and later in the New World in Season 4.
The Outlander cast and creators were at New York Comic Con this past weekend to tease Season 5. One of the hottest topics of discussion was the fate of Murtagh, given that his character has gone off book... literally.
"The writers have done such a great job—I can't reveal too much about...
- 10/7/2019
- Den of Geek
Bad news, Outlander fans - season five won't be premiering until Feb. 16, 2020. But the good news is that the book on which the season is based gives us all we need to know about what the season will entail. Read on to find out what you can look forward to, but be warned of spoilers.
Related: Outlander: Nervous About Roger and Brianna's Fate? Here's What Happens to Them in the Books
When we last left our intrepid heroes in season four, Jamie (Sam Heughan), Claire (Caitriona Balfe), Brianna (Sophie Skelton), and Roger (Richard Rankin) were at Aunt Jocasta's (Maria Doyle Kennedy) plantation. Bree had just given birth to her son and Jamie had just been ordered by the governor to find and kill the leader of the Regulators - and wouldn't you know it, the leader of the Regulators is none other than Jamie's godfather, Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix).
Just like...
Related: Outlander: Nervous About Roger and Brianna's Fate? Here's What Happens to Them in the Books
When we last left our intrepid heroes in season four, Jamie (Sam Heughan), Claire (Caitriona Balfe), Brianna (Sophie Skelton), and Roger (Richard Rankin) were at Aunt Jocasta's (Maria Doyle Kennedy) plantation. Bree had just given birth to her son and Jamie had just been ordered by the governor to find and kill the leader of the Regulators - and wouldn't you know it, the leader of the Regulators is none other than Jamie's godfather, Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix).
Just like...
- 9/20/2019
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
The Outlander writers threw quite a curveball at viewers in the season four finale, titled "Man of Worth," when a rather surprising hookup took place - one that had book readers gasping in delight. Read on to find out what's next for this new couple, but be warned of spoilers if you haven't yet watched the episode.
Related: Outlander: Nervous About Roger and Brianna's Fate? Here's What Happens to Them in the Books
In the finale, while Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) are busy rescuing Roger (Richard Rankin), and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) is occupied with, you know, having a baby and all, Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) and Jocasta (Maria Doyle Kennedy) find themselves arguing about the state of the American colonies as controlled by the British . . . and suddenly they're sleeping together!
Ever since it was revealed that Murtagh was alive and well, fans have speculated about the part...
Related: Outlander: Nervous About Roger and Brianna's Fate? Here's What Happens to Them in the Books
In the finale, while Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) are busy rescuing Roger (Richard Rankin), and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) is occupied with, you know, having a baby and all, Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) and Jocasta (Maria Doyle Kennedy) find themselves arguing about the state of the American colonies as controlled by the British . . . and suddenly they're sleeping together!
Ever since it was revealed that Murtagh was alive and well, fans have speculated about the part...
- 1/31/2019
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Outlander‘s Season 4 finale.
Outlander‘s Season 4 finale ended on quite the cliffhanger… though it wasna always so.
In the version that played out Sunday on Starz, a bunch of Redcoats arrive at Jocasta’s River Run plantation with a proclamation for Jamie: Gather and lead a militia to do Governor Tryon’s bidding. First order of business? Deal with a Regulator rabble rouser.
“You’ve got to find Murtagh, hunt him down and kill him,” executive producer Toni Graphia says, noting that in Diana Gabaldon’s Drums of Autumn, Murtagh is long gone...
Outlander‘s Season 4 finale ended on quite the cliffhanger… though it wasna always so.
In the version that played out Sunday on Starz, a bunch of Redcoats arrive at Jocasta’s River Run plantation with a proclamation for Jamie: Gather and lead a militia to do Governor Tryon’s bidding. First order of business? Deal with a Regulator rabble rouser.
“You’ve got to find Murtagh, hunt him down and kill him,” executive producer Toni Graphia says, noting that in Diana Gabaldon’s Drums of Autumn, Murtagh is long gone...
- 1/28/2019
- TVLine.com
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Savages,” the fifth episode of “Outlander” Season 4.
Ever since viewers saw Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) being led away with the other Ardsmuir prisoners to be shipped off to the American colonies in the third season of Starz’ time-traveling drama “Outlander,” there has been speculation about whether Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) would manage to find him when they finally settled in America. On Sunday (Dec. 2), viewers got their answer.
Murtagh was revealed to be alive and well in the fifth episode of the fourth season, entitled “Savages.” He was found working as a blacksmith in a town near where Jamie and Claire have settled — but figuring out when and where to bring him back into the story was no easy feat for the writers’ room.
“Bringing characters back is a delicate issue...
Ever since viewers saw Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) being led away with the other Ardsmuir prisoners to be shipped off to the American colonies in the third season of Starz’ time-traveling drama “Outlander,” there has been speculation about whether Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) would manage to find him when they finally settled in America. On Sunday (Dec. 2), viewers got their answer.
Murtagh was revealed to be alive and well in the fifth episode of the fourth season, entitled “Savages.” He was found working as a blacksmith in a town near where Jamie and Claire have settled — but figuring out when and where to bring him back into the story was no easy feat for the writers’ room.
“Bringing characters back is a delicate issue...
- 12/3/2018
- by Andrea Reiher
- Variety Film + TV
In the second episode of season four, Outlander introduces a new character who becomes an important figure in Jamie and Claire's new life in America. Her name is Jocasta Cameron (Maria Doyle Kennedy), though her maiden name was Mackenzie. She is Jamie's mother's youngest sibling, the sixth child and fourth daughter in the family.
The capable, formidable woman is thrice married and widowed and has also buried three daughters, but she doesn't let any of that slow her down. Kennedy told E! Online in an interview that Jocasta "does not suffer fools at all - and she sees fools everywhere."
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Non-book readers may be wondering how and why Jocasta is blind. On the show, the affliction is never addressed. In the book, it comes up for Claire a few times. First off, it takes everyone a while to realize that Jocasta can't see.
The capable, formidable woman is thrice married and widowed and has also buried three daughters, but she doesn't let any of that slow her down. Kennedy told E! Online in an interview that Jocasta "does not suffer fools at all - and she sees fools everywhere."
Related: All the Reasons You Recognize This New Outlander Actress
Non-book readers may be wondering how and why Jocasta is blind. On the show, the affliction is never addressed. In the book, it comes up for Claire a few times. First off, it takes everyone a while to realize that Jocasta can't see.
- 11/13/2018
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
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