‘Outlander’ EP Breaks Down Season 6 Premiere and Conflicts to Come: ‘There’s Not a Lot of Chances to Breathe This Season’
07.03.2022 - 06:55
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Sharareh Drury administratorSPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for the Season 6 premiere of “Outlander,” which aired on March 6. Nearly two years have passed since the fifth season of Outlander wrapped, ending on an incredibly solemn and foreboding note. Claire’s brutal assault by Lionel Brown (Ned Dennehy) and his gang of men was eventually avenged by Jamie (Sam Heughan) and the men of Fraser’s Ridge.
Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) realize home is exactly where they’ve been this whole time, not in the future, confirmed by an unsuccessful time-traveling jaunt. In the finale’s last moments, a thunderstorm comes rolling over Fraser’s Ridge — the low rumbling signaling not just rainfall to come, but a revolution.
This Sunday, the extensive droughtlander came to an end with the sixth season premiere. Despite this season being cut down to eight episodes, executive producer Maril Davis says fans can expect a “jam-packed” run of episodes that will end on a cliffhanger.
“It’s like a roller coaster ride. There’s not a lot of chances to breathe this season.”The season opener balances between addressing tension lingering from Season 5 and introducing a mix of new characters and conflict for Jamie, Claire and their American-based clan to deal with.
First, to shake things up: Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones), who arrives at Fraser’s Ridge asking if the offer Jamie put out for former Ardsmuir men to settle in the backcountry still stands. Through flashbacks, the premiere details how Tom first met Jamie after being imprisoned at Ardsmuir.“One of the reasons we wanted to start off with that Ardsmuir flashback is because we didn’t get to meet Tom in a past season, where it kind of naturally happens in the
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