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Outlander
What if your future was the past?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Outlander actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Outlander reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 101 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201486 episodes

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201416 episodes
8.0IMDbSeason One sees Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945, mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. Upon her arrival, she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. But when she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited. Now, Claire's heart is torn between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Best episode · S01E06 The Garrison Commander

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201613 episodes
7.8IMDbSeason Two begins as Claire and Jamie arrive in France, hell-bent on infiltrating the Jacobite rebellion led by Prince Charles Stuart, and stopping the battle of Culloden. With the help of his cousin Jared, a local wine merchant, Jamie and Claire are thrown into the lavish world of French society, where intrigue and parties are abundant, but political gain proves far less fruitful. Altering the course of history presents challenges that begin to weigh on the very fabric of their relationship. However, armed with the knowledge of what lies ahead, Claire and Jamie must race to prevent a doomed Highland uprising, and the extinction of Scottish life as they know it.
Best episode · S02E10 Prestonpans

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201713 episodes
7.6IMDbSeason Three picks up right after Claire travels through the stones to return to her life in 1948. Now pregnant with Jamie’s child, she struggles with the fallout of her sudden reappearance and its effect on her marriage to her first husband, Frank. Meanwhile, in the 18th century, Jamie suffers from the aftermath of his doomed last stand at the historic battle of Culloden, as well as the loss of Claire. Separated by continents and centuries, Claire and Jamie must find their way back to each other. As always, adversity, mystery, and adventure await them on the path to reunion. And the question remains: When they find each other, will they be the same people who parted at the standing stones, all those years ago?
Best episode · S03E05 Freedom & Whisky

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201813 episodes
7.8IMDbSeason Four finds the Frasers in North Carolina, in a place called Fraser’s Ridge at the cusp of the American Revolution. As Claire and Jamie build their life together in the rough and dangerous backcountry of North Carolina, they must negotiate a tenuous loyalty to the current British ruling class, despite Claire’s knowledge of the bloody rebellion to come. Along the way, the Frasers cross paths with notorious pirate and smuggler Stephen Bonnet in a fateful meeting that will come back to haunt the Fraser family. Meanwhile, in the 20th century, things heat up between Claire and Jamie’s daughter, Brianna Randall and Roger Wakefield, the historian who helped search for Jamie in the past. But as they grow closer, the young couple realize they have very different ideas about the future of their relationship. However, when Roger and Brianna search for proof that Brianna’s parents reunited in the 18th century, a shocking discovery makes them both consider following in Claire’s footsteps.
Best episode · S04E09 The Birds & the Bees

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
202012 episodes
7.7IMDbSeason Five finds the Frasers fighting for their family and the home they have forged on Fraser’s Ridge. Jamie must find a way to defend all that he has created in America, while hiding his personal relationship with Murtagh Fitzgibbons, the man whom Governor William Tryon has ordered him to hunt down and kill. With her family together at last, Claire Fraser must use her modern medical knowledge and foresight to prevent them from being ripped apart once again.
Best episode · S05E12 Never My Love

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
20228 episodes
7.5IMDbIn season 6, Claire and Jamie continue their fight to protect those they love, as they navigate the trials and tribulations of life in colonial America.
Best episode · S06E08 I Am Not Alone

Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
202316 episodes
7.4IMDbIn the seventh season, Jamie, Claire, and their family are caught in the violent birth pains of an emerging nation as armies march to war and British institutions crumble in the face of armed rebellion. In order to protect what they've built, the Frasers will have to navigate the perils of the Revolutionary War and learn that sometimes to defend what you love, you have to leave it behind. As the conflict draws them out of North Carolina and into the heart of this fight for independence, Jamie, Claire, Brianna, and Roger are faced with impossible decisions that have the potential to tear their family apart.
Best episode · S07E08 Turning Points

Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
202610 episodes
7.9IMDbIn Season Eight, Jamie and Claire soon find the war has followed them home to Fraser's Ridge, now a thriving settlement that has grown and flourished in their absence. With new arrivals and changes made during their years away, the Frasers are confronted with the question of what they are willing to sacrifice for the place they call home and, more importantly, what they would sacrifice to stay together. While the Frasers keep a united front against outside intruders, family secrets finally coming to light threaten to tear them apart from the inside. Although they've left the war for America's freedom behind, their fight for Fraser's Ridge has only just begun.
Best episode · S08E04 Muskets, Liberty, and Sauerkraut
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E06
The Garrison Commander
Claire's unexpected meeting with a British general turns tense when Captain Jack Randall arrives. Claire finds herself alone with Randall - a dangerous man determined to uncover her secrets.
- Directed by Brian Kelly
- Written by Ira Steven Behr

S01E15
Wentworth Prison
Jamie awaits his death sentence at Wentworth Prison, while Claire and the Highlanders search for a rescue plan. When Jamie is visited by Black Jack, he realizes there is a fate worse than death.
- Directed by Anna Foerster
- Written by Ira Steven Behr

S04E09
The Birds & the Bees
As Brianna struggles to compartmentalize the trauma she's suffered in the wake of the tragedy that befell her in Wilmington, she refocuses on finding her parents.
- Directed by David Moore
- Written by Matthew B. Roberts, Toni Graphia

S05E12
Never My Love
Claire struggles to survive brutal treatment from her captors, as Jamie gathers a group of loyal men to help him rescue his wife. Meanwhile, Roger and Brianna's journey takes a surprising turn.
- Directed by Jamie Payne
- Written by Matthew B. Roberts, Toni Graphia

S07E08
Turning Points
Jamie fights in the pivotal Second Battle of Saratoga. Roger and Brianna search for Jemmy.
- Directed by Joss Agnew
- Written by Luke Schelhaas

S08E04
Muskets, Liberty, and Sauerkraut
The Frasers and the MacKenzies prepare for battle. The Murrays are met with an impossible choice for their young family.
- Directed by Metin Hüseyin
- Written by Evan McGahey
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S00E80
The Reckoning (S1) Deleted Scene - "Happiness is Fleeting"

S00E78
The Reckoning (S1) Deleted Scene - "A Name is What You Receive"

S00E79
The Reckoning (S1) Deleted Scene - "It's Good to be Home"

S00E77
Authentic in Design: The Dresses & Kilts of Outlander

S00E76
Outlander an Epic Adaptation

S00E81
The Reckoning (S1) Deleted Scene - "Life Here Can Be Perilous"
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.

Ronald D. Moore
Showrunner

Ira Steven Behr
Executive producer

Matthew B. Roberts
Executive producer

Sam Heughan
Executive producer
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Anne Kenney
Executive producer
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Maril Davis
Executive producer
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Luke Schelhaas
Executive producer

Andy Harries
Executive producer

Toni Graphia
Executive producer

Caitríona Balfe
Executive producer
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Marigo Kehoe
Executive producer
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Jim Kohlberg
Executive producer
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Alyson Evans
Writer
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Megan Ferrell Burke
Writer
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Taylor Mallory
Writer
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Karen Campbell
Writer

Richard Kahan
Writer
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Shannon Goss
Writer
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Tyler English-Beckwith
Writer
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Madeline Brestal
Writer
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Danielle Berrow
Writer
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Joy Blake
Writer
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Sarah H. Haught
Writer
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Jennifer Yale
Writer
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Bronwyn Garrity
Writer
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Evan McGahey
Writer
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Barbara Stepansky
Writer
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Stephanie Shannon
Writer
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Diana Gabaldon
Writer
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Shaina Fewell
Writer
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Steve Kornacki
Writer
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Marque Franklin-Williams
Writer
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Margot Ye
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ira Steven BehrExecutive Producer
- Ronald D. MooreExecutive Producer
- Michael WilsonProducer
- Matthew B. RobertsExecutive Producer
- Matthew B. RobertsProducer
- Sam HeughanExecutive Producer
Writing
- Alyson EvansWriter
- Ira Steven BehrWriter
- Ronald D. MooreWriter
- Megan Ferrell BurkeWriter
- Taylor MalloryWriter
- Karen CampbellWriter
Direction
- Ben BoltDirector
- Alasdair WalkerDirector
- Mairzee AlmasDirector
- Julian HolmesDirector
- Niall MacCormickDirector
- Norma BaileyDirector
Cinematography
- Alasdair WalkerDirector of Photography
- David HiggsDirector of Photography
- Neville KiddDirector of Photography
- Owen McPolinDirector of Photography
- Caroline BridgesDirector of Photography
- Stijn Van der VekenDirector of Photography
Music
- Bear McCrearyOriginal Music Composer
Recognition
Awards
13 wins
Critics' Choice Awards
2 wins · latest 2016
- WinnerCritics' Choice Television Award2016
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- WinnerCritics' Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series2014
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Saturn Awards
6 wins · latest 2019
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actor on Television2019
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- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series2018
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- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series2017
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- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actress on Television2016
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- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Fantasy Television Series2016
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- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Actress on Television2015
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People's Choice Awards
3 wins · latest 2017
- WinnerPeople's Choice Awards2017
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- WinnerPeople's Choice Awards2016
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- WinnerPeople's Choice Awards2015
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Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series
1 win · latest 2017
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series2017
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Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Genre
1 win · latest 2017
- WinnerSatellite Award for Best Television Series – Genre2017
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