Outlander was part of the Starz presentation at the winter 2016 Television Critics Association tour in Los Angeles, California. Diana Gabaldon, Ronald D. Moore, Caitriona Balfe, and Sam Heughan were all part of the panel. The critics were treated to a peak at the key art (not released), a new trailer (different from the featurette released), and were able to ask questions. Below are the tweets from a myriad of critics/journalists at the panel. We will update this post with any further details including photos, so keep checking back!
#Outlander time! We're picking up right after the end of last season's end. Claire is back to 1948! #TCA16
— Gwen Reyes Fisher 📺 (@reelvixen.bsky.social) (@ReelVixen) January 8, 2016
OUTLANDER promo shows Claire in 1948. #TCA16
— Fred Topel #MaskUp #Fight4Freelancers (@FredTopel) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685530465600552960
Claire and Jaime will spend some time in Paris together, but Claire is also passing back through time #TCA16 #outlander
— Gwen Reyes Fisher 📺 (@reelvixen.bsky.social) (@ReelVixen) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/Terri_Schwartz/status/685530428401303553
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685530922943291392
#Outlander #TCA16 @caitrionambalfe: "I don't know if we call the Scottish clothes necessarily fashionable."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
.@RonDMoore is NOT wearing a kilt for the #Outlander panel this time! Come on, Ron! #TCA16
— Eric Goldman (@TheEricGoldman) January 8, 2016
SO MANY SPOILERS in the new #Outlander trailer we just saw at #TCA16. Also, a lot of sex and battles (not at the same time .. I don't think)
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) January 8, 2016
"There is a great revelation the cures him and brings back the old Jamie," says @SamHeughan #Outlander #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685531620305014784
@SamHeughan says his character is very much about the mission they're on. And less about the past. #TCA16
— Candace Havens, M.H. (@CandaceHavens) January 8, 2016
Caitriona Balfe on the fame @Outlander_Starz has thrust upon them: Sam & I have a voice & can do positive things w/that. #TCA16
— Diane Gordon (@thesurfreport) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @caitrionambalfe: "We have a voice. We have charities we support. There's not been a negative side to it" about popularity
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @SamHeughan: We do get to support charities. "That's definitely the positive side to this industry."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685532261563772928
#Outlander #TCA16 @caitrionambalfe: "As much as Claire encounters Black Jack, when she goes back she can't help but see Frank in BJ."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @RonDMoore: "From beginning I went to @Writer_DG + spent week w her. Always very generous w material and trusting."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685533182842650624
Balfe says there's more complications to Claire and Frank's relationship in S2 of @Outlander_Starz #TCA16
— Diane Gordon (@thesurfreport) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @RonDMoore: "I send @Writer_DG dailies and she'll comment and ask questions like 'What's the butterfly effect?' "
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
.@Writer_DG on writing an #Outlander S2 ep: "It's way different than writing a novel for sure. It was deeply enlightening and entertaining."
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheFienPrint/status/685533558627143680
Ron Moore; it's a massive mythology she's created. Have to make sure we respect that if/when we make changes. #Outlander #TCA16
— Diane Gordon (@thesurfreport) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @Writer_DG: "It's a very collaborative process w @RonDMoore and the actors and all of the crew."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685533738793447426
"Clarie's pregnancy is a thread that's there in the first episode," says #Outlander EP @RonDMoore #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @RonDMoore: "Frank's a great character + fundamental genesis of the story. Claire's drive to return to him."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685534356023021571
"We speak varying degrees of French, but we have some fantastic new characters coming in" says @SamHeughan #Outlander #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @SamHeughan: "We speak varying degrees of French. We have fantastic new characters. French actors brought new world."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
Ron Moore; the pregnancy plays into the S2 story. It affects their relationship & Claire's role in affecting the Jacobite rebellion. #TCA16
— Diane Gordon (@thesurfreport) January 8, 2016
"The new characters bring in a dynamic new world. There are new enemies and new allies" says @SamHeughan #Outlander #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @SamHeughan: "It's nice to see Jamie and Claire play a" mother/father "and bring a whole new dynamic to relationship."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
"Unlike George [R.R. Martin], I write no matter where I am or what else I'm doing," says #Outlander's @Writer_DG #TCA6
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @Writer_DG: "About 6 weeks after I finish writing it." about when her next book is coming to us.
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @Writer_DG: "Eventually, we get down to the deadline — my deadline — that my book is talking to me so much."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @Writer_DG: "Luckily, this only last 2-3 months; otherwise, I would die."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
#Outlander #TCA16 @Writer_DG: "We have the inside scenes" I write on laptop when there's downtime. "Outside you're ankle deep in mud" + cant
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685535547717124097
#Outlander #TCA16 @SamHeughan: "I've been very surprised by S2. Its been about discovering part of a character that wasn't there. Deceitful"
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
Since S2 is set in France, do the stars speak French? "We speak varying degrees of French," Heughan says with a chuckle. #Outlander #TCA16
— Dave Nemetz (@Dave_Nemetz) January 8, 2016
What does @SamHeughan admire about Jamie? "His humor and his absolute dedication to Claire is admirable." #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685536205887246336
#Outlander #TCA16 @caitrionambalfe: "I'm really looking forward to playing the next phases…and how that is to be a mother."
— TV Tango (@TVTango) January 8, 2016
"We have such a long journey left to go with these characters, I'm really looking forward to playing the next phases" – @caitrionambalfe
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685536376234741762
https://twitter.com/JimHalterman/status/685536487941652480
"The danger in Paris is less physical and more politics and backstabbing and poison" says @SamHeughan #Outlander #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
"We certainly do go back to Scotland where we go back to the mud and blood and gore," says @SamHeughan #Outlander #TCA16
— TV Insider (@TVInsider) January 8, 2016
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