‘Outlander’ Series Finale: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan and EP on Celebrating the Final Sex Scene, That Callback to the Pilot and What the Ending Means: ‘That Door Was Never Going to Be Closed’

May 15, 2026 12:00pm PT ‘Outlander’ Series Finale: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan and EP on Celebrating the Final Sex Scene, That Callback to the Pilot and What the Ending Means: ‘That Door Was Never Going to Be Closed’

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for “And the World Was All Around Us,” the series finale of “Outlander,” now streaming on Starz.

Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan don’t know what to make of that final shot of the “Outlander.” But they know what they were feeling in the moment as they filmed it nearly two years ago.

“We were both like, ‘Can we just stay dead?’” Heughan tells Variety. “Can we just take our nice break?”

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