While Outlander fans still have a tortuous whole week to wait until the Season 7 finale comes to Starz, they can take comfort in the knowledge that no couple in television history has loved as hard or as passionately as Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe). For over ten years, we’ve watched the gallant highlander and spunky 20th century woman defy the odds with their star-crossed romance. Time travel, witch trials, dastardly Redcoats and disgusting villains…none of these can stand up to the powerful bond these two soulmates share. Nowhere is that more evident than in Jamie and Claire’s many, many, many iconic Outlander kisses. But which kiss â over all seven seasons of Outlander and even Season 8 â do series stars Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan hold in the highest esteem?
Decider was fortunate enough to visit the set of Outlander Season 8 last summer in Scotland. There, we got a sneak peek at some secret surprises still in store for fans of the Starz show and the chance to chat with Outlander‘s stars. When given the briefest of windows to ask Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe one question, we had simply had to know: what was their favorite Jamie/Claire kiss from their whole run on the show?
“Oh, I got one,” Balfe said, crossing her arms.
“Ooo, do you?” Heughan asked, still thinking.
“Yeah.”
“I feel there’s a bite in there somewhere,” Heughan said, thinking through all seven seasons (and counting) of kisses.
“I’m going to go with the dance when he was saying goodbye to her,” Balfe said. “The dance back to the stones and there was a kiss there. That was probably the most romantic thing.”
Balfe, of course, is referring to Jamie and Claire’s heartbreaking farewell at the end of Outlander Season 2 Episode 13 “Dragonfly in Amber.” A pregnant Claire decides that she must go back to her own time to offer unborn daughter Brianna the best chance of survival. Because Claire is under the impression that Jamie is doomed to die during the impending Battle of Culloden, their goodbye is extra fraught.
After passionate embraces and emotional declarations, Jamie kisses Claire and then dances her to the stones. “The most romantic thing,” indeed.
While Heughan still struggled to nail his down, he wondered aloud, “Do you remember the first kiss?”
“No,” Balfe said.
“I don’t either,” Heughan wondered. “What was the first kiss?”
If Balfe and Heughan couldn’t remember Claire and Jamie’s first kiss off the top of their heads, hopefully hardcore fans will cut them a little slack. Their first onscreen kiss happens early in Outlander Season 1 Episode 7 “The Wedding,” during their wedding night. However, we see later in that same episode, via flashbacks, they already kissed during the marriage ceremony.
What’s your favorite Outlander kiss? Was it one of Balfe or Heughan’s picks? Or are you fixated on yet another intensely romantic Jamie and Claire moment?
The Outlander Season 7 finale will be streaming on Starz on Friday, January 17.
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