{"id":128921,"date":"2023-06-14T06:38:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T05:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=128921"},"modified":"2023-06-20T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T16:03:50","slug":"it-gets-blown-up-a-wee-bit-we-meet-the-mackenzies-for-outlander-s7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/exclusive\/it-gets-blown-up-a-wee-bit-we-meet-the-mackenzies-for-outlander-s7\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt gets blown up a wee bit!\u201d We meet the MacKenzies for Outlander S7"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cIt is like a family reunion!\u201d Outlander<\/strong><\/em> star Sophie Skelton says when we ask her what it’s like to reunite with her co-stars for the seventh season of the show.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe didn’t really get to hang out much this season outside of work. We haven’t seen each other since we wrapped and so the festivals are really fun and one of our first press tours all started together. So it’s just felt like good family time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Skelton plays Brianna in the show and we’re speaking to her and her co-star Richard Rankin who plays Brianna\u2019s husband Roger. It\u2019s ironic that the pair are speaking of their co-stars in terms of family, because that really is a major theme for the series. Especially in the later series as Brianna and Roger time-travel from their 20th Century home to join Brianna\u2019s parents, Jamie and Claire Fraser, at Fraser\u2019s Ridge, their 18th century homestead.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, it\u2019s probably safe to say that Roger and Brianna have been through a lot. There aren\u2019t too many marriages that have to deal with the trial and tribulations of time travel (okay, one other couple springs to mind *ahem* Jamie and Claire).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, after finally coming to terms that Fraser\u2019s Ridge is more of a home to them than the 20th century they were born in, the pair are really starting to settle into family life, with Roger even finding a potential vocation as a minister and the couple expecting their second child.<\/span><\/p>\n It seems that family unit is only going to become more stable in Season Seven: \u201cRoger and Bree start off in a very unique place,\u201d Skelton tells us. \u201cThey’ve built such a good team together now. They’re just a really, great solid couple now and it’s lovely to see that because they’ve been through so much as individuals and together. The MacKenzie clan is growing in strength and in numbers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The same probably can\u2019t be said for the Fraser clan. How many times have Jamie and Claire Fraser been up for a-hanging? Answers on a postcard please. The pair have avoided the hangman\u2019s noose plenty of times but for Claire at the end of Outlander<\/strong><\/em> Season Six, it seemed like this time may be the last.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n After being accused of murdering Malva Christie and her unborn child, Claire (accompanied by Jamie) is marched off by Richard Brown and his men, alongside Malva\u2019s father, Thomas in search of a judge to give Claire a fair trial. However, with the American Revolution bubbling away under the surface, the journey turned out to be a long one and the ending of Season Six finished with Claire and Jamie being separated and Claire on a surefire path to execution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Not that Brianna and Roger know anything about this. The pair are on a journey of their own, travelling to Edenton for Roger to become ordained, which means doing a month-long training.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n