who practises his Catholic faith in a very different way

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Epic romance series Outlander has a new season coming out this month and fans couldn’t be more excited to watch what’s next for Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe), along with the rest of the lead characters. The main couple warmed hearts for years since the show premiered in 2014, instantly becoming a hit amongst historical fiction audiences. Based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon, Outlander is centered on British World War II nurse Claire Beauchamp, who is accidentally transported to Scotland in 1743 amidst the Jacobite revolution. As she tries to fit into that period, she falls for warrior Jamie Fraser (despite being married to Frank Randall before the time travel) and uses her knowledge of history to help him lead the Jacobites to victory despite the tragic outcome that awaits them.

Although much has happened since this initial plotline, Season 6 promises even more twist and turns as Claire recovers from the traumatic experience that she faced in Season 5’s finale. To get you prepped for the series’ upcoming chapter, here is a breakdown of which streaming services you can use to watch Outlander.

We know that Jamie and Claire will do all it takes to defend their family and each other. In addition, we will do everything possible to recommend the finest streaming option for catching up on the show.

For a quick overview, Outlander revolves around Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse during WWII, inexplicably travels back in time to 1743 Scotland.

She meets a courageous Highland warrior there and is lured into an epic uprising. The epic love story, with the epic journey.

The show is available in the US through Netflix and Starz. If you have a Hulu subscription, you can add Starz to the monthly plan by paying an extra $5.99 fee. You can also watch Outlander on Amazon Prime if you're in the UK or add Starz to your subscription for $8.99.

Due to exclusivity rights, only the first four seasons are available to stream on Netflix in the US. However, that doesn’t mean that Seasons 1-5 aren’t available in other parts of the globe. France, Italy, and Canada are some of the countries that already have Season 5 on their catalog through Netflix. Since Starz is the streaming service with the rights to the show, you can watch Season 5 in the US through this platform.

How Many Episodes Are in Each Season of Outlander?
If you haven’t watched Outlander yet, or haven’t finished watching the show, every season usually has 13 episodes except for Season 1 and Season 5. Season 1 has a total of 16 episodes and Season 5 has a total of 12 episodes. The general episode length is of about 57 minutes to 1 hour.

s mentioned before, Outlander Season 6 is coming out soon. The first episode of the new season will arrive at the Starz platform in the US at 9:00 pm on March 6th, 2022. For UK audiences, the show will likely land on Prime Video at about 2 am on the following day. From then on, episodes will be out and about on Sundays or Mondays on a weekly basis.

Since there are some countries in which Outlander is considered a Netflix Original, the Season 6 episodes will be rolling out on a weekly basis 24-hours after the US release.

Outlander will return for a sixth season on Starz anytime soon and will be available on Netflix in particular areas weekly beginning in March 2022, with other countries having to wait longer.

Some countries will be able to see the sixth season of Outlander in a matter of days, while others will likely have to wait until 2024. Yes, literally 2024.

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The season begins with a flashback to Jamie's time at Ardsmuir Prison, which we last saw in season 3. It's a clever way of introducing a major new character, Jamie's fellow inmate and staunch Protestant Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones) who, in the present time, brings his family to live on Fraser's Ridge in North Carolina.

Those Ardsmuir scenes, shot in Glen Coe in Scotland, are "really epic", says Heughan. "You can see the Buachaille Etive Mòr, the big mountain, in the background."

She's full of praise for "incredible" newcomer Reynolds. "Claire sees a lot of herself in Malva and they form a really strong bond," explains Balfe. "But things aren’t always what they seem, and it gets very complicated."

Likewise, Jamie – who practises his Catholic faith in a very different way – is grappling with the intractable Tom. "Jamie has to use his whole toolbox of manipulation and putting him down or threatening him," says Heughan. "He can see that Tom is a danger: he uses fear to control men, and that’s not what Jamie believes in. It begins to unravel the Frasers' popularity on the Ridge.”

But "there's more layers to Tom Christie," teases Balfe, adding: "On the surface [Tom] seems to be this tiresome, Bible-bashing, fire-and-brimstone man. But as the season progresses we learn a lot more about him."

However, there has been criticism that Diana Gabaldon’s books, and now the series, feature too much sexual assault. Balfe acknowledges that "things have changed" since the novels were first published. "Of course we have to re-evaluate, and especially when you're showing something [on TV] as opposed to reading it, there's a different digestion of it.

"It's very important to handle these things sensitively. If we can, we try to make it part of a conversation that will hopefully help people. That's why we show different aspects of recovery. What Brianna went through is different to what Claire went through, which is different to what Jamie went through."

In season 6, Jamie gives Claire space to deal with her trauma, explains Heughan. "But he's keeping an eye on her. He knows that she'll come to him should she need it." He went on to say that it's "unprecedented [territory] for both of them. It really does come to a head, because she keeps this secret [her self-medicating] from him. Normally, they deal with everything together."

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It's a good season for the wider Fraser clan as well, says Heughan, with strong storylines for Young Ian (John Bell), recently returned from Mohawk – "We get to find out what happened to him" – as well as Fergus (César Domboy) and Marsali (Lauren Lyle), and Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin). "It feels like Fraser's Ridge is really flourishing, but this is just the time where it starts to decay."