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Outlander: Blood of My Blood(2025)

Archived · STARZ

8.116+10 eps
S02
DramaAdventureRomance
ON AIR: SEP 18Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

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Outlander: Blood of My Blood pairs sweeping courtship with the dangers of clan feuds and approaching war. Scottish mountains, castles, and clan households give the romance a grand backdrop, but ambushes and journeys across rough country bring a harder edge. Longing shares space with divided loyalties, as love requires choices that can put family allegiances under strain.

Brian and Ellen’s relationship unfolds within a web of parents, siblings, and friends, while Henry and Julia’s courtship carries the shadow of war in the early 1900s. Moving between the two eras gives the story room to follow both private attachments and the pressures around them. A time-travel thread adds mystery to a long-form romance shaped by sacrifice and obligations to others.

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sweeping historical romance, forbidden love and Drama

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Drama and Adventure

Commitment

Season 2 · 10 episodes

Where

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Official Premise

This prequel to the Outlander series focuses on the lives and courtship of the parents of Jamie Fraser: Brian Fraser and Ellen Mackenzie as well as Claire Beauchamp's parents, Henry Beauchamp and Julia Moriston.

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