Overview

• Episode 5 premiered Friday, August 29 at 8 p.m. ET on Starz, continuing the prequel’s weekly rollout.
• Coverage spotlights Beltane rituals as the dramatic engine of the episode, with shifting allegiances and an engagement raising fresh political risk.
• Entertainment Weekly interviews detail a character’s profound sense of betrayal and the lasting strain on key friendships.
• Reports emphasize that a pregnancy storyline takes center stage, intensifying isolation and pressure within competing clan interests.
• Cast say intimate scenes were filmed on a closed set with an intimacy coordinator, and tease Episode 6 as especially challenging, with Julia expected to have one of her biggest episodes.