It’s back, Outlander, and it’s as beautiful as ever. The beloved Starz historical drama series has returned with the second batch of episodes for its seventh season. Central to the show’s return was the emotional Lallybroch reunion with the family in Scotland for Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), Claire (Caitríona Balfe) and Young Ian (John Bell). It also became abundantly clear that Roger (Richard Rankin) and Buck’s (Diarmaid Murtagh) rescue mission back in time had somehow malfunctioned spectacularly. Outlander returns to Starz this Friday with Season 7, Episode 10, titled “Brotherly Love.” Ahead of the new episode, the network has released a flurry of new images.
The episode will see the action shift away from Scotland and back to the American Colonies, with the Pennsylvanian city of Philadelphia the main staging ground. Claire, after receiving Lord John’s Grey’s (David Berry) urgent call for aid, has arrived in the city to help mend the wounds of the British Army officer’s nephew, Henry Grey (Harry Jarvis). The first-look photos of Friday’s episode show Claire doing exactly that, while also meeting with Lord John himself. Claire will also form a bond with Mercy Woodcock (Gloria Obianyo), a lady present at Grey’s abode.
Other images show Young Ian sporting a sling. Exactly how he sustained that injury remains to be seen. Joy might be on the horizon for the young man as another image shows Claire meeting with fellow physician Denzell Hunter (Joey Phillips) in the streets of Philadelphia. Perhaps, his sister and Young Ian’s love interest, Rachel (Izzy Meikle-Small), isn’t far off. The rest of the images take us back to Scotland where Jamie spends time with his sister, Jenny (Kristin Atherton), even as her husband, Old Ian Murray’s (Steven Cree) health continues to fail. Roger and Buck also get a look in, as their search for Roger’s son, Jemmy (Blake Johnston-Miller), continues further back in the past.
Being a Fraser is Never Easy
Finding Jemmy, who has been kidnapped by Rob Cameron (Chris Fulton) will be a major cog in the wheel of the show’s second season. Buck and Roger’s accidental meeting with Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) in last Friday’s episode might well still prove to be valuable to the search. One person who won’t have much say in how it all pans out is Roger’s wife, Brianna “Bree” MacKenzie (Sophie Skelton), who has remained in 1980 to care for thier daughter, Mandy. Speaking recently about how Bree is handling everything, Skelton explained:
“The main thing that she’s struggling with now is that she feels so helpless and she really has to sit back and do nothing. And you can’t really imagine anything worse than your child being potentially in pain and in danger and lost, so I think that she’s really just trying to battle those demons internally. She trusts Roger, she trusts that her husband is going to go and get Jemmy back. Fingers crossed he’ll be safe and sound, and so that brings some peace to her. But I think having Mandy there is something that is allowing Brianna to not let those inner demons and emotions surface. Her brain has to be pretty focused to ensure that she tries to keep some sense of normality for Mandy at home.”
New episodes of Outlander Season 7 premiere on Fridays on the Starz app and at 8 PM ET on Starz.