Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan give us a wee taste of what to expect when “Outlander” returns.
Scotland is Jamies ancestral home.
We’ll see a lot of characters that are very dear to Jamie and to the viewers.
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe on ‘Outlander’.Robert Wilson/Starz
But it wont be a purely happy homecoming.
It is bittersweet, Heughan hints.
Young Ian is, well, not young anymore, Heughan quips.
Caitriona Balfe on ‘Outlander’.Robert Wilson/Starz
He’s grown up.
He’s become quite the man, quite a warrior.
He really has grown up under Jamie’s guidance, and now Jamie must answer to Jenny.
Richard Rankin and Diarmaid Murtagh on ‘Outlander’.Robert Wilson/Starz
That extends to Claire as well, who has never had the easiest relationship with her sister-in-law.
Both her and Claire have a tendency, especially when they’re in pain, to lash out.
And this is what we see.
There’s a lot of anger there that is maybe misplaced.
There is some heartbreak, she says of their time at Lallybroch.
When they get there, life has moved on and there may be some exits.
But then Claire quite quickly has to leave again.
She is needed back in the colonies.
She gets a request to come and help somebody as only she can the wonderful surgeon she is.
And thats never ideal for either of them.
When the Frasers are not together, things don’t always go very well, Balfe says.
“This is not good.
Claire believes an event happens, which is devastating.”
This is a very tricky time politically, and Claire has her loyalties and her allegiances, Balfe says.
History pulls them back, Heughan says of their (separate) returns to America.
They don’t get to rest and have a peaceful time together for very long.
It’s a really hard thing for Claire, Balfe adds.
It was so hard to say goodbye, and it really is like a death.
They feel like they’ve said goodbye for the last time.
But it’s these kinds of sacrifices that people make for the greater good.
The only thing one can ever be certain of onOutlanderis uncertainty.
The war has arrived and everybody is in danger, including Claire, Balfe teases.
Outlanderreturns Friday, Nov. 22, on Starz.
