OUTLANDER
DRAMA / FANTASY / ROMANTIC DRAMA
USA
2014-2025
OUTLANDER is a historical drama series based on Diana Gabaldon's novel series of the same name. Developed by Ronald D. Moore, the show premiered on August 9, 2014 on Starz. OUTLANDER consists of 101 episodes of 1 hour.
STORY: Starring Caitríona Balfe as Claire Randall, a married former WWII military nurse in Scotland, who is transported back in time to 1743 in 1945. There she meets and falls in love with dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), a member of Gabaldon's fictional version of Clan Fraser of Lovat, and becomes embroiled in the Jacobite Rebellion.
GAY COUPLE STORY: John William Gray (David Berry) is a fictional character created by Diana Gabaldon. He is the protagonist of the Lord John series of historical mystery novels and novellas. Secretly gay "at a time when that particular predilection could get someone hanged". Gray and Jamie (Sam Heughan) start eating weekly, playing chess and exchanging information about the prisoners. Gray falls in love with Jamie, who rejects his advances. Still, Gray can't ignore his feelings. In 1756, after successfully rebuilding the prison into a fortress, Gray arranges for Jamie to be paroled in Helwater.
John Grey (David Berry) & Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan)
DAVID BERRY (2017-2020) January 18, 1984, Toronto, Canada
SAM HEUGHAN (2014-2020) April 30, 1980, Balmaclellan, UK
SPECIAL: Comfortable with his sexuality, but necessarily "discreet," Gray navigates mystery and intrigue "with distinctive elan, intelligence, and fortitude, assisted by bejewelled goblets of wine and meaningful glances from retrieving men." Robert Silverberg wrote of the character: "A gay man at a time when that particular predilection could have someone hanged, Lord John is a man accustomed to keeping secrets. He is also a man of honour and deep affection - whether he has returned or not."
AWARDS: ‘OUTLANDER won 4 Primetime Emmys. 36 wins 86 nominations
8.4 IMDB .
