Warning: spoilers are forward for Outlander Season 7 by way of Episode 14, known as “Ye Dinna Get Used To It.”
Outlander’s seventh season is approaching its finale within the 2025 TV schedule. Whereas that feels painfully quickly after the prolonged break between the primary and second halves, I can’t deny that the newest installments have been thrilling. Every episode introduces new characters with acquainted names to any buffs of U.S. historical past (and/or followers of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton musical). Nonetheless, after “Ye Dinna Get Used To It,” I shocked even myself by being extra invested in William’s story than the one involving Claire and Jamie interacting with the likes of George Washington and Lafayette.
William’s story acquired a lift with the fallout of what Sam Heughan agreed was a “chaotic” plot twist. Throw in Jane (Silvia Presente) and younger Fanny (Florrie Could Wilkinson) displaying up in his tent and a shock plot to have him killed by Hessians in Episode 14, and his story has me on the sting of my seat forward of the upcoming penultimate episode… and reflecting on what Charles Vandervaart advised CinemaBlend about having an intimacy coordinator on set.
Let’s begin with the newest for William within the remaining episode of 2024!
How Episode 14 Set Ups William Attainable Seize
With William semi-recovering from doing – to cite Vanderaart – “horrible, horrible issues” only a couple episodes prior, a grim destiny awaits him until Lord John can get to him shortly. William was given a message by Captain Richardson to take to a bunch of German mercenaries preventing for the British, not understanding that the message included directions for William to be taken captive.
The motive, in accordance with Wainwright – a.okay.a. Lord John’s stepbrother/seemingly former lover – was to get John and his brother to start out cooperating with the warfare effort on the worth of William’s life. Claire may affirm that Richardson is a British spy for the People, however Jamie couldn’t simply abandon his function as a common, so he agreed to parole Lord John and ship him with Younger Ian to try to save William’s life.
Sadly, William had already arrived on the Hessian camp. Fully outnumbered and suspecting nothing, he appears to be on his personal till John and Ian (hopefully) arrive. It is all very intense and worrisome when the finale is simply weeks away, however dang it, I’m simply hoping that the story is resolved in time for him to get again to Jane and increase on that plot earlier than the ultimate credit roll on Season 7.
William’s Storyline With Jane And Fanny
William was processing the truth that Jamie is his organic father lots higher in “Ye Dinna Get Used To It” than he was a pair episodes earlier, returning to responsibility of carrying letters. His dalliance with Jane appeared to be removed from his thoughts… till she confirmed up in his tent together with her sister, having fled the brothel after Captain Harkness returned.
She ultimately confessed that Harkness had paid a big sum to assault Fanny as a result of little woman’s virginity. Jane killed the British officer earlier than he may do something to her sister, and the 2 escaped by way of a window and got here to William. He requested her to not flee from the camp, and that he gained’t flip her in. That storyline paused so William may ship the fateful letter for Richardson, believing that he’d be again quickly and undoubtedly not strolling proper right into a lure.
The plot with Jane and Fanny is actually extra compelling after the newest developments, however however seeing Charles Vandervaart reverse Silvia Presente once more jogged my memory of their scenes in Episode 12, Vandervaart’s feedback about an intimacy coordinator, and why Outlander could be all the higher if it continues their storyline.
Charles Vandervaart On Outlander’s Intimacy Coordinator
Followers doubtless do not forget that William was spiraling all through Episode 12, with Charles Vandervaart suggesting to CinemaBlend that his character wants “remedy” on the very least. It culminated in Jane – who was going by the title of Arabella for her work within the brothel – seducing him, which he totally participated in because it was taking place however he believed value him his honor. Outlander has delivered loads of intercourse scenes over time, however this was additionally an enormous character second for William.
I’d spoken with Vandervaart about arguably the largest episode for William’s character of the whole sequence up to now, and the intercourse scene teased within the surprisingly spicy trailer months in the past. Noting that Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe had each spoken extremely of getting an intimacy coordinator on set beginning in Season 6, I requested Vandervaart if that was additionally a part of his expertise in filming William’s scene with Jane, and he responded:
Completely. We had an intimacy coordinator that we labored with very intently for that one particular scene, and a few scenes with Jane in that episode, simply to ensure that each of us had been very comfy. Sylvia and I had been very comfy with what was going to occur, and we established boundaries to say, ‘That is okay, however this isn’t okay.’ And it made me really feel very comfy. I can not communicate for her, however I bear in mind we each had been fairly proud of how that scene turned out and comfy with the actions that we needed to do.
The actor went on to notice that “clearly it’s a scene that’s very nerve-wracking particularly for a younger actor,” alluding to each himself and Silvia Presente. It additionally was in contrast to intercourse scenes that he’d filmed earlier in his profession, as he defined:
I’ve achieved intercourse scenes previously, however nothing to this diploma, nothing the place you’ll be able to see as a lot as you see on this episode. I needed to ensure that I felt comfy, and I undoubtedly did, and I believe it turned out effectively. It is good to have somebody in your crew that if you wish to cease otherwise you wish to name a reduce, you’ll be able to simply try this, as a result of you will have somebody preventing for you. So I believe intimacy coordinators are crucial, and I am very grateful that we had ours there.
As longtime Outlander followers are effectively conscious by this level, Starz can present a good quantity of pores and skin with regards to love scenes. I prompt that William and Jane’s scene was tastefully achieved whereas additionally displaying lots, and he agreed:
I do not suppose it was gratuitous. I believe you are proper. It was tastefully achieved, and I am very blissful about that, as a result of in the end, I do not wish to be displaying pores and skin on digicam only for the sake of displaying pores and skin. I would like it to be for a function, and I would like it to push the narrative in a roundabout way. And I believe that does within the scene.
William and Jane didn’t go farther than kissing in “Ye Dinna Get Used To It,” since he didn’t wish to do something until it was as a result of she needed it. All in all, I believe that the actors have a pleasant chemistry with one another that offered their scenes in Episode 12 and established that bond for Episode 14 to justify why William would take such an enormous danger. The quantity of care that went into their first scenes makes me optimistic for what I hope is of their future.
What’s Subsequent For William?
All of this stated, I believe it’s a protected wager that if we get an replace on William and the way he’s dealing with Jane and Fanny’s scenario, I doubt will probably be earlier than the top of the penultimate episode. Being captured by Hessians is a much more urgent drawback, and it stays to be seen if Younger Ian and Lord John can attain him in time to forestall the worst. Take a look at the promo for a style of what’s to return:
Watch On
Tune in to Starz on Friday, January 3 for the penultimate episode of Outlander Season 7, known as “Written in My Personal Coronary heart’s Blood.” Provided that that’s additionally the title of the eighth of Diana Gabaldon’s 9 Outlander books at the moment accessible, I believe followers can rely on some very large occasions forward of the Season 7 finale the next week.