Woe is us, oh ye Sassenachs of the world! We’re deep in yet one more Droughtlander, and have been because the early days of the 2025 TV schedule, when Outlander Season 7 left us with the drama’s commonplace cliffhangers and sudden reveals. Now we’re all making ready ourselves for the potential traumas of Outlander Season 8 and the final of Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe as Jamie and Claire Fraser. The ultimate season of the time-traveling hit isn’t upon us simply but, however we’re near the spinoff, Outlander: Blood of My Blood. And, with that present’s producers promising “superb rollicking journey” and extra, I can’t wait to get this sequence into my eyeballs!
What Can Followers Anticipate From Outlander: Blood Of My Blood?
It was really in early 2023 (with the announcement that Outlander Season 8 would deliver followers the ultimate episodes of Fraser adventures) that the primary official spinoff was additionally given the greenlight. There’s been loads of anticipation for the upcoming Outlander: Blood of My Blood sequence, which is able to observe Claire and Jamie’s mother and father in two very completely different eras (World Warfare I and the 1700s) as they type the romantic bonds that finally deliver us our favourite heroine and hero.
Whereas we’ve got fairly just a few particulars concerning the prequel, govt producer Maril Davis spoke to Leisure Weekly just lately to actually get followers hype, and I’d say it’s working. As she mentioned:
We’re going to [show] not just one nice love affair, however two nice amorous affairs and the way these parallel love tales intertwine and present us how we acquired to Jamie and Claire. And alongside the way in which we’ll see the household dynamics of three completely different clans and see a tremendous rollicking journey.
what I may use a very good dose of proper now? Rollicking journey. Truthfully, the truth that a few of it will likely be centered on “two nice amorous affairs,” and have new stars in kilts besides, is greater than sufficient motive for everybody to get excited for the present’s August 8 premiere, I’d say!
Ronald D. Moore, govt producer of the flagship sequence, famous beforehand that many fan feedback lean towards wanting extra backstory and extra of Scotland. Nicely, BOMB goes to offer us simply that, with us heading again to Fort Leoch (the fictional seat of Clan MacKenzie) and with the ability to watch youthful variations of some early-season Outlander characters (Like younger Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser!) and delve into clan drama. As BOMB creator Matthew B. Roberts famous, all won’t essentially be quiet on the MacKenzie dwelling entrance, both:
One of many issues we needed to discover on Blood of My Blood isn’t solely the household dynamics, however the clan dynamics. How the intrigue and the political backstabbing created the surroundings that creates Jamie Fraser and what he was born to.
Not solely can we count on “political backstabbing,” however there may also be nods to Claire and Jamie, by way of the traits of their mother and father (Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser for Jamie; Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp for Claire), who will seem simply as “destined to be collectively” as their youngsters finally did. Roberts continued:
You see, ‘Oh, Jamie acquired that from Ellen, and oh, Jamie acquired that from Brian. And Claire acquired that from Julia and Claire acquired that from Henry.’ We tried to drop these issues in all through the season. The little nuggets the place the followers of Outlander will go, ‘Oh, I do not forget that. That is the place Jamie heard that, or that is the place Claire heard that.’
I actually can’t maintain in my pleasure proper now. Kilts, clan craziness, battle and two sweeping love tales? Signal. Me. UP!