List of Outlander episodes
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Outlander is a British-American television drama series based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Developed by Ronald D. Moore and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Left Bank Pictures for Starz, the show premiered on August 9, 2014. It stars Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall, a married World War II nurse in 1945 who finds herself transported back to Scotland in 1743, where she encounters the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite risings.[1][2] As of May 28, 2016,[update] 24 episodes of Outlander have aired.
Contents
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 16 | August 9, 2014 | May 30, 2015 | |
| 2 | 13[3] | April 9, 2016 | July 2, 2016[4] | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2014–15)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Sassenach" | John Dahl | Ronald D. Moore | August 9, 2014 | 0.72[5] |
| In 1945, Claire Randall is a former WWII combat nurse visiting Inverness, Scotland, with her husband, Frank Randall, reacquainting themselves with each other after being separated for five years during the war. Frank is researching his family history, in particular his ancestor Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall. The morning after observing a modern Druid ritual among a set of standing stones on the hill of Craigh na Dun, Claire hears a strange noise coming from one of the stones. She places her hands on it and ... wakes up lying on the ground. Soon she finds herself in the middle of what appears to be a skirmish between Redcoats and rebel Highlanders, and then comes face to face with Frank's sinister double, Black Jack Randall, Captain of His Majesty's Dragoons. A Scotsman rescues Claire from Randall's attack and takes her to his fellows; there she meets Jamie Fraser, first setting his dislocated arm and then treating his bullet wound as the group of Highlanders flee the Redcoats. Realizing that she seems to have travelled backward in time, Claire is brought to their home of Castle Leoch. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Castle Leoch" | John Dahl | Ronald D. Moore | August 16, 2014 | 0.90[6] |
| Presented to Colum MacKenzie, laird of the castle, Claire soon realizes she is under suspicion of being an English spy. She meets the mysterious Geillis Duncan, and witnesses Jamie doing a kindness for Laoghaire, the pretty young granddaughter of Mrs. Fitzgibbons. As Claire prepares to return to Inverness and the standing stones, Colum decides it is best to keep her at Leoch — against her will — as their healer. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Way Out" | Brian Kelly | Anne Kenney | August 23, 2014 | 1.00[7] |
| Claire hopes her medical skills will earn her the trust of the MacKenzies, and her eventual freedom, but she manages to only make herself more valuable to them. By saving Mrs. Fitzgibbons' nephew from a poisoning which the fanatical Friar Bain had declared demonic possession, Claire makes a new enemy of him. Later, after she and Jamie collude to help a youth punished for stealing, Claire is given hope of going home when she hears an old folk tale about a time traveller at the standing stones. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Gathering" | Brian Kelly | Matthew B. Roberts | August 30, 2014 | 0.84[8] |
| Claire plots her escape during a large clan gathering at Leoch, but Jamie convinces her that her plan will fail. Escorting her back, he finds himself in the dangerous political position with Colum that he had been trying to avoid, but manages to maneuver himself out of trouble. Claire earns Dougal's respect while tending a dying man on a boar hunt, and he decides to take her with him on his rent collecting tour of Colum's domain. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Rent" | Brian Kelly | Toni Graphia | September 6, 2014 | 0.95[9] |
| Claire clashes with Dougal and his men on the rent-collecting journey, especially when Dougal uses Jamie's scars to get more money from the villagers. Later, she realizes that they are collecting funds for the Jacobite army. Knowing from history that their cause is destined to fail and many Highlanders will die, she tries to warn them off. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Garrison Commander" | Brian Kelly | Ira Steven Behr | September 13, 2014 | 1.10[10] |
| Among the Redcoats, Claire thinks she has found her way back to Inverness — until she is reunited with Black Jack Randall, who will stop at nothing to learn what she is hiding. Claire discovers that Jamie's scars are the result of a vicious public whipping at Randall's hands. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Wedding" | Anna Foerster | Anne Kenney | September 20, 2014 | 1.23[11] |
| Claire and Jamie get married to protect her from Randall, and try to get to know each other better afterwards to make the consummation less awkward. They realize they have feelings for each other, but Claire is still torn thinking about Frank, the husband she left behind in the future. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Both Sides Now" | Anna Foerster | Ronald D. Moore | September 27, 2014 | 1.42[12] |
| In 1945, Frank is losing hope that he will find Claire, just as she is delighting in her new marriage to Jamie in the past. Frank is finally ready to accept that Claire is lost to him, but finds himself at the standing stones one last time. Claire remembers her mission to return to the stones moments before she sees Craigh na Dun in the distance, and runs for them. She hears Frank calling for her, and for a moment he hears her as well. But Claire is captured by Black Jack Randall's men before she can touch any of the stones, and a despondent Frank leaves, as Claire is taken back to Fort William. Claire nearly talks her way out of being interrogated by Randall, but he turns the tables on her. Just as he is about to rape her at knifepoint, Jamie appears in the window. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Reckoning" | Richard Clark | Matthew B. Roberts | April 4, 2015 | 1.22[13] |
| Jamie saves Claire from Black Jack Randall, but the dynamic of their marriage is tested. Jamie tries to ease the conflict between Colum and Dougal which was sparked by Claire's rescue. Jamie rebuffs a seduction by Laoghaire, who then leaves a bad luck charm under Claire and Jamie's bed. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "By the Pricking of My Thumbs" | Richard Clark | Ira Steven Behr | April 11, 2015 | 0.86[14] |
| Claire confronts a spiteful Laoghaire with an ultimatum and a slap across the face, but is surprised to learn that the charm came from Geillis. Jamie petitions the Duke of Sandringham for aid in ridding himself of Black Jack Randall and the price on his head, while Claire secretly uses her historical knowledge of the Duke to leverage his help in Jamie's favor. Dougal is inconsolable after his wife's death from an illness, but Geillis — pregnant with his child — is ecstatic. When Geillis's husband dies at a banquet for the Duke, Claire realizes that Geillis poisoned him. Colum forbids Dougal from pursuing a relationship with Geillis, and exiles Dougal to his faraway estate, with Jamie in tow. Claire and Geillis are arrested for witchcraft. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "The Devil's Mark" | Mike Barker | Toni Graphia | April 18, 2015 | 1.09[15] |
| Claire and Geillis face charges of witchcraft. Ned Gowan comes to their defense as a string of witnesses — including Laoghaire and even Father Bain — testify against them. Claire and Geillis are found guilty. Before Jamie can fight his way out of the courtroom with his wife, Geillis confesses in dramatic fashion to exonerate Claire. Connecting Geillis's previous cryptic comments with what she recognizes as a smallpox vaccine scar on Geillis's shoulder, Claire realizes that her friend is actually a traveller from the future like herself. Geillis is dragged off to be burned at the stake. When Jamie asks an emotional Claire about her own scar, she tells him her entire fantastic story of time travel. He believes her and takes her to Craigh na Dun, where he wishes her well in her attempt to return to her own time, and leaves. Later, Jamie is awakened by a returned Claire. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Lallybroch" | Mike Barker | Anne Kenney | April 25, 2015 | 1.11[16] |
| Jamie takes Claire to his family home of Lallybroch, where he clashes with his strong willed sister Jenny. Assuming his role as laird with gusto, he disrupts the household until Claire sets him straight. After Jamie narrowly avoids a run-in with passing Redcoats, he and Jenny make amends. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Watch" | Metin Hüseyin | Toni Graphia | May 2, 2015 | 1.05[17] |
| The men of the Watch descend upon Lallybroch, and Jamie pretends to be a Fraser cousin. Claire realizes that Jenny's impending childbirth will be a dangerous, breech birth, but Jenny swears her to secrecy. The Redcoat defector Horrocks appears, and threatens to reveal that Jamie has a price on his head unless Jamie pays him. Ian ultimately kills Horrocks. Coming clean to the Watch leader MacQuarrie, Jamie agrees to join their raid. Jenny gives birth to a daughter with Claire's help as the raiding party is ambushed, and Jamie is captured by the Redcoats. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "The Search" | Metin Hüseyin | Matthew B. Roberts | May 9, 2015 | 1.08[18] |
| Claire and Jenny set out to find Jamie. They learn he has escaped his captors, and a newly arrived Murtagh takes Claire on a journey to find him. Their plan is to have Jamie find them by touring the countryside with Claire as a songstress called "The Sassenach". They attract attention of Dougal, who informs them that Jamie has been recaptured and tried, and now awaits his execution at Wentworth Prison. Claire makes a deal with Dougal, and convinces his men to help her rescue Jamie. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Wentworth Prison" | Anna Foerster | Ira Steven Behr | May 16, 2015 | 1.01[19] |
| Randall appears at Wentworth Prison to stay Jamie's execution, but tortures Jamie, seeking his submission. Meanwhile, Claire infiltrates the prison to save her husband. When Randall catches her in the attempt, Jamie agrees to submit to rape by Randall in exchange for her freedom. Before she leaves the prison, Claire "curses" Randall with the date of his death. When all seems lost, Murtagh comes up with a plan to rescue Jamie. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "To Ransom a Man's Soul" | Anna Foerster | Ira Steven Behr & Ronald D. Moore | May 30, 2015 | 0.98[20] |
| Murtagh's rescue is successful, but Jamie remains tortured by his ordeal. As Claire tends to his injuries, Jamie remembers his rape and psychological torture at Randall's hands. Claire finally breaks through to a suicidal Jamie. Murtagh accompanies them as they set sail for safety in France, where Claire hopes to connect with Charles Stuart and somehow prevent the catastrophic Battle of Culloden. Before they depart, Claire reveals to Jamie that she is pregnant. | ||||||
Season 2 (2016)
| No. overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | "Through a Glass, Darkly" | Metin Hüseyin | Ronald D. Moore | April 9, 2016 | 1.46[21] |
| Claire awakens by the standing stones in 1948, devastated to discover the Scots were defeated in the Battle of Culloden. Grieving over Jamie, she is reunited with Frank, who is mystified by the manner of her reappearance but desperate to reconcile. Claire explains where she has been, including her relationship with Jamie and the fact that she is carrying his child. They come to understand they will raise the child together and resume their married life, putting Claire's experiences behind them. She recalls, however, her arrival with Jamie to France, where they make contact with Jamie's Jacobite cousin Jared Fraser, and make an enemy of the Comte St. Germain. | ||||||
| 18 | 2 | "Not in Scotland Anymore" | Metin Hüseyin | Ira Steven Behr | April 16, 2016 | 1.24[22] |
| In 1744, Claire and Jamie have settled into Paris, ostensibly working for Jared but actually pursuing their goal to foil the doomed Jacobite rebellion. Jared arranges for Jamie to meet with Prince Charles Edward Stuart himself, but Jamie is unable to deter the pretender from his plans to seize the English throne. Claire secures an invitation to the Palace of Versailles where she hopes to connect with King Louis XV of France and his finance minister, and thwart their potential funding of the Stuart cause. The Frasers make an impression, and are reunited with the Duke of Sandringham. Claire is shocked to learn that Black Jack Randall is still alive, and is not sure if she should tell Jamie. | ||||||
| 19 | 3 | "Useful Occupations and Deceptions" | Metin Hüseyin | Anne Kenney | April 23, 2016 | 1.21[23] |
| While Jamie continues his attempts to sour the financing of Prince Charles' rebellion, Claire makes herself useful at L'Hôpital des Anges, a charity hospital run by the imperious Mother Hildegarde. Claire and Jamie discover that Sandringham is helping Charles secure funds from English nobles, which Jamie hopes to thwart. Though spending time with Sandringham will surely reveal to Jamie that Randall is alive, Claire cannot bear to tell Jamie herself. | ||||||
| 20 | 4 | "La Dame Blanche" | Douglas Mackinnon | Toni Graphia | April 30, 2016 | 1.17[24] |
| Claire tells Jamie about Jack Randall, and the potential for vengeance reinvigorates Jamie. Claire suspects the Comte St. Germain when an attempt is made on her life, and she and Jamie plan a dinner party to paint Charles in a bad light in front of Sandringham. | ||||||
| 21 | 5 | "Untimely Resurrection" | Douglas Mackinnon | Richard Kahan | May 7, 2016 | 1.13[25] |
| The disastrous dinner party has discouraged Charles' investors, but the prince finds a new one in Jamie's enemy, St. Germain. Charles puts Jamie and St. Germain into business together, to their chagrin. Trying to preserve Frank's lineage, Claire sabotages the relationship between Mary Hawkins and Alex Randall. Black Jack Randall appears at Versailles, and Jamie soon challenges him to a duel. Jamie is furious when Claire coerces him into swearing that he will not harm Randall until he conceives a child with Mary. | ||||||
| 22 | 6 | "Best Laid Schemes..." | Metin Hüseyin | Matthew B. Roberts | May 14, 2016 | 1.03[26] |
| Jamie tells Murtagh the truth about Claire's past. Claire uses her medical knowledge to give St. Germain's men symptoms resembling those of smallpox. Jamie and Murtagh then steal the Comte's wine shipment out from under him, seemingly dashing Charles' hopes. Fate puts Jamie and Randall face to face, and Claire arrives just in time to see the men dueling to the death. As Jamie stabs Randall and gendarmes arrive to arrest them, a pregnant Claire collapses, bleeding. | ||||||
| 23 | 7 | "Faith" | Metin Hüseyin | Toni Graphia | May 21, 2016 | 1.10[27] |
| Claire and Jamie's daughter is stillborn, and a devastated Claire nearly dies herself from fever. With Jamie in the Bastille, Claire discovers that he dueled with Randall because he had discovered the English captain raping Fergus. Claire seeks mercy for Jamie from the king, who forces her to decide the fates of suspected "sorcerers" Master Raymond and St. Germain. She contrives to save them, but Raymond poisons St. Germain. Claire submits to the king in bed in exchange for Jamie's freedom. They reconcile in their grief, visiting their daughter Faith's grave before leaving Paris for Scotland. | ||||||
| 24 | 8 | "The Fox's Lair" | Mike Barker | Anne Kenney | May 28, 2016 | TBD |
| Returned to Scotland, Jamie finds himself forced to support the Jacobite rebellion. He and Claire seek the military assistance of his grandfather, Lord Lovat, and are reunited with Colum and Laoghaire. Laoghaire begs Claire's forgiveness, and later agrees to help Claire and Jamie manipulate Lovat by emboldening his son. | ||||||
| 25 | 9 | "Je Suis Prest"[28] | Philip John | Matthew B. Roberts | June 4, 2016 | TBD |
| 26 | 10 | "Prestonpans"[28] | Philip John | Ira Steven Behr | June 11, 2016 | TBD |
| 27 | 11 | "Vengeance Is Mine"[28] | Mike Barker | Diana Gabaldon | June 18, 2016 | TBD |
| 28 | 12 | "The Hail Mary"[28] | Philip John | Anne Kenney and Ira Steven Behr | June 25, 2016 | TBD |
| 29 | 13 | "Dragonfly in Amber"[28] | Philip John | Toni Graphia and Matthew B. Roberts | July 2, 2016 | TBD |
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