Outlander (2014)
Outlander is a 2014 drama series created by Ronald D. Moore. It stars Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan and Sophie Skelton.
In 1945, combat nurse Claire Randall touches a ring of standing stones in the Scottish Highlands and wakes in 1743. Stranded two centuries from her husband, she survives on her wits and her medicine, then is forced into marriage with Jamie Fraser, a young warrior of Clan Fraser. Adapted by Ronald D. Moore from Diana Gabaldon's novels, the series braids time travel, historical epic, and frank romance against the gathering Jacobite rising. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan carry a love story pitched between two eras and two men. Lush, bloody, and unashamedly passionate.
Quick answers
What is Outlander about?
In 1945, combat nurse Claire Randall touches a ring of standing stones in the Scottish Highlands and wakes in 1743. Stranded two centuries from her husband, she survives on her wits and her medicine, then is forced into marriage with Jamie Fraser, a young warrior of Clan Fraser. Adapted by Ronald D. Moore from Diana Gabaldon's novels, the series braids time travel, historical epic, and frank romance against the gathering Jacobite rising. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan carry a love story pitched between two eras and two men. Lush, bloody, and unashamedly passionate.
When was Outlander released?
Outlander was released on 9 August 2014.
How many episodes does Outlander have?
Outlander has 101 episodes across 8 seasons.
Who made Outlander?
Outlander was created by Ronald D. Moore.
Where can I watch Outlander?
Outlander is available on DirecTV On Demand, Netflix, Philo, Prime Video, STARZ and STARZ (Via Amazon Prime).
Where to watch Outlander
Stream: DirecTV On Demand, Netflix, Philo, Prime Video, STARZ, STARZ (Via Amazon Prime), STARZ (Via Hulu), Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV
Watch free: The Roku Channel
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Caitríona Balfe as Claire Randall Fraser
- Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser
- Sophie Skelton as Brianna MacKenzie
- Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie
- John Bell as Ian Fraser Murray
- Duncan Lacroix as Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser
- César Domboy as Fergus Claudel Fraser
- Lauren Lyle as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser
- Tobias Menzies as Frank Randall / Jonathan 'Black Jack' Randall
- Caitlin O'Ryan as Lizzie Wemyss
- David Berry as Lord John Grey
- Charles Vandervaart as William Ransom
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A few thoughts on Outlander
Start with Diana Gabaldon's original Outlander novels, which run deeper and longer than any season can hold. Braveheart shares the Highland setting and Jacobite-era blood, if not the tenderness. For another time-crossed romance, The Time Traveler's Wife aches over lovers pulled apart by forces they cannot control.
Time travel love stories where history is the biggest obstacle
Claire Randall falls through standing stones and rebuilds a life two centuries from the husband she left behind. The Time Traveler's Wife strands its couple across a timeline neither controls, Travelers sends operatives into strangers' bodies with a mission attached, Kindred drops a modern woman into the antebellum South, Inuyasha pulls a schoolgirl into feudal Japan, and Assassin's Creed II lets a player relive a Renaissance ancestor's life firsthand.
British Isles war epics where clan and crown decide who lives
Outlander sets its romance against the gathering Jacobite rising and the clan loyalties that come with it. Braveheart follows the same fight for Scotland from the other side of the battlefield, The Last Kingdom traces a Saxon raised by Vikings through England's founding wars, Reign follows Mary, Queen of Scots navigating a French court built on the same royal stakes, and Robin Hood turns English rebellion into its outlaw legend.
Epic fantasy courts where magic decides who keeps the crown
Outlander's Highlands carry real magic in its standing stones, and these push that same idea into full epic fantasy. Game of Thrones and The Wheel of Time build entire worlds around clashing kingdoms and prophecy, Legend of the Seeker and Shadow and Bone follow chosen fighters caught in the same kind of destiny, and Camelot and Cursed both reimagine Arthurian legend as a fight between magic and the throne.