Candy wrappers in your pocket can sure ruin an emotional moment.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromOutlanderseason 7, episode 2, “The Happiest Place on Earth.”
The house explodes as Jamie and Claire attempt to leap to safety.
Claire (Caitriona Balfe) in ‘Outlander’ season 7.Robert Wilson/Starz
Balfe tells EW that she and her costar performed the stunt themselves.
“There’s a great shot that we got to do.
It’s where we run and go flying in the air from the explosion.
Roger (Richard Rankin) and Bree (Sophie Skelton).Robert Wilson/Starz
“I squealed like a small child that was flying through the air.”
“But it’s such a catalyst for the rest of the season.
We loved filming in that location.
Lord John Grey (David Berry) and adopted son William (Charles Vandervaart).Robert Wilson/Starz
It was one of the most beautiful we’ve been.
We had a three-dimensional facade on location that was completely burnt down.”
It was sad to say goodbye.”
Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe on ‘Outlander’.Robert Wilson/Starz
That wasn’t the only tearful goodbye this episode.
First, they must seek out a gemstone, which involves traveling to town.
“It holds extreme sentimental value to Lord John.
It’s something that binds John and Jamie in a ceremonial way.
When that stone was first found, Jamie was a prisoner.
The handing over of that back to Jamie is symbolic of a change in their relationship.”
“They feel like this is the last time,” Balfe says.
“The finality of that for them, it’s like a death in a weird way.
But Rankin (accidentally) cut the tension while filming.
“There was one take where the camera turned around to Sam and Caitriona,” he recounts.
I couldn’t meet Caitriona’s eyes.”
“We’re all shaking, and it’s not from the cold.
It felt so real,” Skelton adds.
Rankin says that eagle-eyed viewers can see their shoulders shaking from laughter in the shot.
Still, the final moment is very emotional.
“That, to me, says everything you better know about their relationship,” Davis tells EW.
“He’s just sent his daughter and grandchildren through the stones; he’ll never see them again.
It’s like, ‘If not for this person, I would not be able to survive.’
They complete each other.
“She’s made this time her own now,” she reflects.
“She feels at home there.
This time suits her in a strange way.
She feels alive and vital there.
Her home is with Jamie; their lives are together.
Even if he weren’t there, maybe she would still stay.”
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