Caitriona Balfe Teases an Epic War in Season 7 of 'Outlander'
10.05.2023 - 15:17
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Caitriona Balfe says season 7 of Outlander will take an in-depth look at war.
Season 7 will have sixteen episodes, divided into two parts and premiere on June 16.
At the end of season 6, her character Claire was on her way to prison for the murder of Malva Christie, played by Jessica Reynolds.
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“We’ve left her in this prison,” Caitriona told EW. “Her future is very precarious. We don’t really know what’s going to happen. All we know is that the normal systems of law have broken down.”
Season 6 was particularly impactful for Caitriona‘s character.
“Last season was a real tough one for Claire. We saw the breakdown of her psyche,” Caitriona said. “Even though there’s a lot of danger, it’s healing. She has figured out how to come through the worst thing that she’s lived through, and it’s made her a stronger and more resilient person. She’s in a much better place than last season, even though many bad things still happen to her. Her self-destruction was almost necessary because her old mechanisms for coping no longer served her.
War features very prominently in the upcoming season, affecting all of the characters in different ways.
“Because it has been such a constant in her life, she knows how to function in that reality,” Caitriona said. “It’s a skill and it’s a strength, but it’s also a wound. We’ve seen Claire in this position before. In the time of war, life becomes very immediate. She can see that a lot of these things are weighing very heavily on Jamie. As a wife, she’s trying to be there for him and be a support while also being scared for his life. But Claire is not just that. As a doctor, she’s right there, if not on the front lines, then very close to it.”
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