First season of the Outlander series in New York at Comic-Con

Outlander Fans who attended the New York Comic Con Saturday were treated to a surprise screening of the first episode of Season 4.

This is the second time that Starz shares a first at the convention. the last time it was in San Diego in 2017. As always, security guards roamed the paths of potential hackers, but most fans were too busy cheering when Sam Heughan (Jamie) and Caitriona Balfe (Claire ) appeared on the screen (and took off). the clothes of the other). Fans also chuckled at several jokes, something that author Diana Gabaldon – who appeared on the panel – was happy to congratulate her. Rollo the dog has also earned a good deal of hours and hours, just like his new owner Ian (played by the charming John Bell).

Subsequently, Balfe and Heughan were on stage with Gabaldon, as well as Richard Rankin (Roger), Sophie Skelton (Brianna) and executive producers Ronald D. Moore and Maril Davis. Moderated by the anchor PeopleTV and couchSurfing facilitator Lola Ogunnaike, the panel explained how the new season is coming to America.

"They finally decide to have a house, a place for them," teases Moore. "It's a classic story of immigrants arriving in the new world. There was a wave of people in the 18th century [who came to America]. Jamie and Claire and two others only. This is an excellent account of the American founding myth. "

As usual, Gabaldon delighted the crowd with his encyclopedic knowledge of history by explaining why the Scottish people had headed for the New World. "Everyone loves Scotland, but Scotland is gone," she says. "He disappeared after Culloden. It was not there anymore. Many of them went to the New World. Many went up the Cape Fear River [in North Carolina] and in the mountains because it looked like home. You could see the rising tide of philosophy, enlightenment and violence that [began] with the Jacobite rising … and [continued] in the American revolution. At the time, one in three settlers was from Scotland.

There was not much time for spoilers; the panel lasted only half an hour. Skelton, in particular, would not have revealed whether Brianna was traveling back in time, but she – like the rest of the cast and producers – was happy to admit that she was sewing in her clothes, if she ever had the chance to return time. Balfe said money, Heughan said his hip flask, Skelton said a toothbrush, Moore and Davis said antibiotics, Gabaldon said a microscope and Rankin said drugs for infections because he "hates it." idea of ​​dying from a paper cut. "

During the question-and-answer session with the audience, one of the fans tried to convince the actors to hit the headlines. After a brief reorientation by Ogunnaike (which was a shame because it seemed that Balfe had something to say), Moore admitted that it was hard to fundamentally ignore what is happening in America today.

"In the end, this series talks about these characters. We did not choose to seek a platform for political ideas, "said Moore to some scattered applause. "At the same time, we all live in this world, this society. We can not help but have what is going on in the world informs what we are doing, to be aware of what is going on in the world. We try to talk about this through the show but not to preach to the public. This can not help but influence our work. I take comfort in a quote from Barack Obama. "The arc of history is leaning towards progress." I tend to take this view. "

Outlander returns on November 4 on Starz.

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