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Outlander Season 5 is coming very soon to Starz after more than a year away, with the Frasers and the rest of the cast returning to screens this February. Starz has filled the time before the release date with many plot teases and teaser trailers from the new season, based loosely on the fifth book from the Diana Gabaldon series The Fiery Cross.
When does Outlander Season 5 come out?
Outlander Season 5 will be taking Power's slot in the listings, with Episode 1 of the season airing on Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET, with all 12 episodes airing weekly on Sundays after that date. After airing, episodes are made available on the Starz app, where Seasons 1 to 4 are now streaming.
Internationally, Outlander Season 5 streams on Amazon Prime Video, where episodes are available the day after they air in the U.S.
Who is in the cast of Outlander Season 5?
Among those confirmed to be returning to the Starz drama are:
- Jamie Fraser - Sam Heughan
- Claire Randall - Caitriona Balfe
- Brianna Randall Fraser - Sophie Skelton
- Roger Wakefield - Richard Rankin
- Fergus - César Domboy
- Marsali - Lauren Lyle)
- Murtagh Fraser - Duncan Lacroix
- Jocasta Cameron - Maria Doyle Kennedy
- Lizzie Wemyss - Caitlin O'Ryan
- Lord John Grey - David Berry
- Ulysses - Colin McFarlane
- John Quincy Myers - Kyle Rees
- William Tryon - Tim Downie
- Young Ian - John Bell
- Gerald Forbes - Billy Boyd
- Gayle - Simona Brown
- Phaedre - Natalie Simpson
Per Outlander's Instagram, Season 5 will introduce a number of new characters. These include trading post owners the Beardsley family, comprising Fanny (Bronwyn James of The ABC Murders) and twins Josiah and Kezzie (newcomer Paul Gorman) and militia member Isaiah Morton (Jon Tarcy, Stan Lee's Lucky Man) as well as Lionel (Ned Dennehy of Peaky Blinders), Alicia (Anna Burnett, Ripper Street) and Richard Brown (Chris Larkin, Black Sails), who in the book have a feud with Morton.
The series is also introducing Adso, the cat that Jamie gives Claire in the novel The Fiery Cross to keep mice out of the surgery and has a frosty relationship with the beloved Outlander dog Rollo. The adorable grey kitten Bear, who is playing Adso, has appeared in several Outlander Instagram posts.
What will happen in Outlander Season 5?
The official Starz synopsis reads: "Season Five of Outlander finds the Frasers fighting for their family and the home they have forged on Fraser's Ridge. Jamie must find a way to defend all that he has created in America, and to protect those who look to him for leadership and protection—while hiding his personal relationship with Murtagh Fitzgibbons, the man whom Governor William Tryon has ordered him to hunt down and kill.
"With her family together at last, Claire Fraser must use her modern medical knowledge and foresight to prevent them from being ripped apart once again. However, while focusing on protecting others, she risks losing sight of what it means to protect herself. Meanwhile, Brianna Fraser and Roger MacKenzie have been reunited, but the specter of Stephen Bonnet still haunts them. Roger strives to find his place—as well as Jamie's respect – in this new and dangerous time. The Frasers must come together, navigating the many perils that they foresee—and those they can't."
Speaking to TVInsider, Heughan teased of the upcoming plot, "Jamie's trying to sculpt Roger into a man of his time, a man that he thinks is deserving of his daughter," later adding that "the finale is enormous.
Balfe added that the season would "revisit Claire in the 1960s dealing with the death of [first husband] Frank; there are beautiful scenes in the hospital where Claire works, and with Brianna. There's a little horror film we stick in [Episode 3, as] Claire and Jamie visit the Beardsleys, an interesting family."
Outlander Season 5 starts on Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET on Starz.
