Overview

• Outlander: Blood of My Blood premiered on Aug. 8 with the first two of its ten episodes available on the Starz app and subsequent installments releasing weekly
• The series follows parallel love stories in 1714 Scotland between Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie and in World War I England between Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp
• Reviewers have praised its lush production design, immersive period detail and uncynical belief in true love
• Showrunner Matthew B. Roberts adapts Diana Gabaldon’s novels to expand the franchise mythology through interwoven time-travel connections
• Starz has already renewed the series for a second season ahead of its scheduled weekly episode rollout through October