Outlander: Blood of My Blood has taken a lot of pages out of the original series’ playbook, which has helped fans fall in love with the prequel series. Unfortunately, though, the show is also taking inspiration from one of Outlander's most frustrating scheduling habits and continuing a trend that fans hoped it would avoid.
As anyone who watched Outlander live during its run knows, the show had a tendency to take an unexpected break at the end of the season for what fans would come to dub its “skip week.” Essentially, Outlander would take a one-week break sometime late in the season before the finale in an effort to give fans who might have fallen behind to catch up and to also build anticipation for the final episodes of the season.
Sometimes this skip week would come directly before the season finale, but other times it would come a few episodes before the finale. There wasn’t an exact pattern, but fans grew accustomed to having to endure a week without a new episode during the home stretch of the season… and now Outlander: Blood of My Blood is keeping that tradition alive.
There will be no new episode of Outlander: Blood of My Blood airing on Friday, November 13, with the show taking a break in the schedule. That’s right, after eight weeks of new episodes, Starz is pulling Outlander: Blood of My Blood from the schedule this Friday as we’ve officially reached the season’s “skip week.”
When is the next episode of Outlander: Blood of My Blood?
While there is no new episode of Outlander: Blood of My Blood airing this week or even a rerun to enjoy on Starz, the good news is that the skip week strategy entails a one-week break. This means that Outlander: Blood of My Blood season 2, episode 9, will release in two weeks, on Friday, November 20.
Interestingly, Starz is keeping fans a bit in the dark heading into the penultimate episode of season 2, as there has been no official synopsis released for Outlander: Blood of My Blood season 2, episode 9. We do, however, have a promo for the episode, which provides us with a little taste of what’s to come in the penultimate episode of the season.
“The clan sees weakness. How long will you stand in another man’s shadow?” Maura asks Dougal in an exchange that comes on the heels of his demotion. If the trailer is any indication, Dougal won’t be the only one going through it in the episode, as the closing moments of the promo tease some emotionally charged moments for several characters as season 2 races toward the finish line.
“Do you ever feel as if it’s too much good at once? Sometimes joy feels like standing on thin ice,” Ellen remarks to Brian. Considering that the Twelfth Night Festivities are coming and Starz has already teased the festivities will end with murderous results, Ellen’s comments certainly could be foreshadowing the events ahead in the final episodes!
Don't miss the penultimate. episode of Outlander: Blood of My Blood on Friday, November 20, on Starz, followed by the season 2 finale the following week on November 27.
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