Published May 8, 2026, 8:00 p.m. ET

The final episode of Outlander will premiere next Friday, May 15 on Starz , bringing the epic love story of James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser ( Sam Heughan ) and Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser ( Caitriona Balfe ) to an end.

For almost twelve years, we’ve watched Jamie and Claire overcome all sorts of impossible odds to find themselves, once more, in each other’s arms. Their unlikely romance — he an 18th century Scottish warrior, she a 20th century feminist — was only made all the more rapturous by all of the drama they survived. Of course, part of what also made Jamie and Claire’s story so intoxicating was the intense passion they feel for each other.

Jamie and Claire’s love is spiritual, emotional, and, yes, very, very physical.…