Network: Starz
Episodes: TBD (hour)
Seasons: Eight
TV show dates: August 9, 2014 — TBD
Series status: Ending
Performers include: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, Graham McTavish, Gary Lewis, Annette Badland, Stephen Walters, Laura Donnelly, Lotte Verbeek, James Fleet, Duncan Lacroix, Roderick Gilkison, Simon Callow, Grant O’Rourke, Bill Paterson, and Simon Meacock.
TV show description:
This fantasy-dramatic TV show is based on the series of Outlander novels by Diana Gabaldon and takes place in both the 1940s and the 1740s.
Quick-witted and beautiful Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) is a married combat nurse from 1945 who finds herself mysteriously thrown back in time to 1743 Scotland. Claire and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, are forced to marry to save her life. A passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Jamie is intelligent, principled, and (by 18th century standards) educated, and worldly. He has a tenderness and compassion that stands out in contrast to his contemporaries. A natural leader of men, he has no political ambitions or desire for battlefield glories. Instead, he wishes to remove the price on his head and return to his family’s ancestral farm.
Claire’s husband in her home time period is Frank Randall (Tobias Menzies), an intellectual and an academic. He served in British Intelligence section MI6 during the war as a spymaster, and was responsible for sending men on dangerous missions — some of whom never returned. With the war now over, he’s looking forward to a new career as a historian at Oxford when his wife mysteriously disappears in the Highlands.
Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies) is a Captain in the English Army back in 1743 who has been posted in Scotland during a time when rebellion is in the air. As an officer in an occupying army, he’s seen and done terrible and horrific things in the undeclared war in the Highlands. He’s also a sadist who finds joy in the torment of others — a secret side to himself that he loathes and also has an unhealthy obsession with both Claire and Jamie.
A skilled and experienced warrior, Dougal MacKenzie (Graham McTavish) is the War Chieftain of Clan MacKenzie. His older brother Colum is the ruling Laird, but Dougal is his loyal right hand and the true muscle. He is courageous on the battlefield and is feared by many.
The Laird of the MacKenzie clan is Colum MacKenzie (Gary Lewis), Jamie’s maternal uncle and brother to Dougal. Colum suffers from Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome, a degenerative disease that renders his legs immobile at times, and fills his days with a great amount of pain. Unable to rule by brawn, he must rely on his cunning and intellect to lead his clan.
Mysterious and dark, Murtagh Fitzgibbons (Duncan Lacroix) dutifully watches over his godson Jamie. Although a reserved man, he’s a very loyal godfather, and lives his life by a strict a code. And he’s more than happy to let his reputation and fists do the talking.
The wife of the procurator fiscal and a good friend to Claire, Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) has such advanced knowledge of herbs and plants that many believe she is a witch. Geillis is a master manipulator.
Episode #TBD
This TV series has not ended yet.
First aired: TBD
What do you think? Do you like the Outlander TV show? Do you think it should be ending or renewed for a ninth season?
I will agree with all the comments I have read !!. I also have read the books only because of this program . It ,s great love this story .I hope you will continue the series. PLEASE!!! Thank you!
This is an excellent series and I do wish that it continues on for many more years. Thanks, Judy Hope
My wife & I have read all the have read all the books. We love them consider the audiobook series to be one of the greats; Davina Porter is awesome.
So with that background, we thoroughly enjoyed the first episode. The series is well cast, artistic, & seems to hold true to the heart of the books. Looking forward to seeing the future episodes. Bill & Angie Gurnea
This is really the only decent and exiting series or any program that is on and has been on TV for years….Why are you cancelling? Please give it time….I so appreciate your showing the programs more than one each week…I see new things each time I watch. It is so interesting, very full of history and such beautiful country and county side. I really hope you will be able to extend The Outlander.. and yes, I am reading the series, so I know you have lots and lots of story to tell.
I started watching Starz with this series and would cancel if this series ends! They have done an exceptional job with the story. Love it!!!!!
Yes I too specifically signed up for Starz just to watch Outlander. I read all of the books and have been waiting a long time for these books to come to life on screen in some way. I am glad to see that Starz knew they had to do an exceptional job with this exceptional series of books. Thank you!
I’ve read all the books at least once, listened to them again on audio books, and now get to see the series come alive in living color. The casting is fantastic, the scenery so lush, the Gaelic adds authenticity, and the story has been depicted so well. My husband, who is not a man who watches this sort of thing, loves this series. Neither of us can wait until the next Saturday’s episode airs. Starz, you have a winner!
I absolutely love the series and hope this gets renewed for another season. I feel it is very well done and well researched…..very intelligent. It has the right balance of history/mystery/and romance. The characters are true and very likable. My husband even likes it in which he rarely likes the shows I do!
Love it! Can’t wait from Saturday to Saturday. Loved the books. Have read all twice. Will buy when comes out on DVD. Great job all for keeping us captivated! Lol
I love the series and would hope that it would continue through all of Ms. Gabaldon’s books. I reinstated my STARZ subscription upon learning that the series would be coming. I would truly hate to see it leave.
I love this series more than I have any other so far. Please see them through to the end of the book series. I can’t wait for each new episode to aire on Saturdays. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE Starz don’t us hanging again.
Wonderfully exciting. Can hardly wait for each Saturday’s episode. Hoping Starz makes all the Outlander books into series.
Please continue this wonderful series. I have read the book and love watching it come to life on the t.v. I hope it will be available for purchase soon. Your production makes history come alive with great feeling.
This is the best story ever!!! I love it!!! Please don’t cancel it! My daughter has Outlander watching parties!!!
I love this series. Please keep it going.
being scottich im loveing this series please do not cancel .
Both my husband and I love it, not only is it well written it is so beautiful to watch.We can not wait for the next episode. What’s with only two episodes left? Please do not cancel this!