Maril Davis on Outlander Mid-Season 7 Finale, Caitríona Balfe Directing & Sam Heughan's Best Scenes

'Outlander' executive producer Maril Davis sat down with Reshma Gopaldas to chat all about the season 7 mid-season finale, reveal her favorite Sam Heughan & Caitríona Balfe scenes, plus tease the next half of season 7, which will air in 2024. She also discussed what they've done to prepare for Season 8, which will be their final season and also when Caitríona Balfe has her directorial debut. Read more at: www.sheknows.com/entertainmen...
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'Outlander' Executive Producer Maril Davis Breaks Down Season 7 Mid-Season Finale & Teases a Big Controversial Moment Next Year
Seven years in, audiences can’t get enough of the love, pain, war, heartbreak, drama, trauma, time-travel that Outlander delivers. The mid-season finale of 'Outlander' surprisingly left Jamie and Claire smiling and arriving in Scotland! Jamie and Claire, happy? What? Is this 'Outlander?' Yes, it is. And in its seventh season, it’s stronger than ever. Executive Producer Maril Davis exclusively sat down with SheKnows to break down that exciting mid-season finale, talk about the second half of season 7 which will air sometime in 2024, and even gave a few hints about season 8, the final season of this epic show, which went from the thousands of pages of Diana Gabaldon’s book series to television screens across the world. Davis also reveals her favorite moments in season 7 for both Sam Heughan and Caitríona Balfe. She discusses her favorite Jamie and Claire scenes, explains why one of their signature love scenes from the book couldn’t make it in this season, but teases that there’s plenty of intimacy next year, but also “tragedy.” In Austin at the ATX Festival in June, Davis and Balfe revealed Balfe would be directing a full episode for the first time in season 8. And when will that be exactly? Davis lets us in on that tidbit, along with a few other bits about Jamie and Claire’s love scenes, and why she’s excited for next year. And finally, she hints that there is a controversial scene that fans will see in the second half of season 7, involving Claire and not Jamie. Uh oh. Brace yourselves. Watch the video for the full chat.
Davis sat down with us on the 9-year anniversary of when 'Outlander' first aired on Starz. “It is kind of hard to believe it’s been 9 years, it feels like yesterday we just (kind of started),” she admits. There was no better day to break down the mid-season finale and talk about the future of 'Outlander,' but also the end, than the anniversary of the long-running hit show.
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Watch Sam Heughan & Caitríona Balfe talk all about season 7, their friendship and what they enjoy most about working together: ruclips.net/video/AGKrz5_RN_E/видео.html

[@andrealadino9668]

This definitely has been a great season! I can't wait for the second half! ❤

[@Blue-rl5dp]

"If you die now I'll kill you!" is in perfect keeping with the wedding night line of "If I need guidance, I'll ask." (Of course we all know he needed guidance almost immediately.) But he's happy to hear her be all angry and rude-mouthed at him. It assures him that she thinks he'll live. If she was soft as milk he'd worry that meant he was going to die.
I imagine it's worthy of driving these producers insane to do their best to include everyone's favorite line or scene. There are so many things I'd hate to loose.

[@laurab4932]

Love this🫶 great discussion 👏

[@annettepeetz-schou4373]

It's a beautiful season, ,

[@marie-soldelvoye5653]

Great interview! Thank you for sharing! A spectacular and exciting season 7 of Outlander! Congratulations to all for your work! 👏👏👏🙌❤️❤️❤️

[@megm38]

I admit I have done more research about the Revolutionary War and the part the American Indians played in the entirety of the war in the last year than I ever did in school. Being born and raised in Scotland County, NC, with ancestors easily traced to their journeys from the Highlands to the colonies and their migration to the land eventually settled upon by many in their party, makes this book series and by extention this show especially close to my heart. I know they don't actually film the NC scenes in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but I can easily see it in areas they use in Scotland. It's so close it could be "home." I guess in a way, it IS home. 💜

[@marianconner4648]

Seeing Sam and Caitriona on the battle field and Cait defending his body with a sword let everyone know how terriorized she was!!!