‘Outlander’ season 7’s return date has finally been announced. Here’s everything we know about the new episodes.

A synopsis of the new episodes shared by Starz alongside the teaser trailer released on June 1 indicates that Jamie and Claire are not necessarily on safe ground just because they’re back in Scotland.

“The perils of the Revolutionary War force them to choose between standing by those they love and fighting for the land they have made their new home,” it reads.

The synopsis continues: “Meanwhile, Roger and Brianna face new enemies across time and must battle the forces that threaten to pull their family apart. As loyalties change and painful secrets come to light, Jamie and Claire’s marriage is tested like never before.”

“With their love binding them over oceans and centuries, can the MacKenzies and Frasers find their way back to each other?”

Since it began airing in 2014, the romance drama has roughly adapted one book a season. 

However, since season six was truncated, the first part of season seven actually covered some later events from Diana Gabaldon’s sixth “Outlander” installment, “A Breath of Snow and Ashes,” before delving into the events of the seventh book, “An Echo in the Bone.”

Executive producer Maril Davis has told Business Insider that the second part of the season will continue to wrap up the events of “An Echo in the Bone” before launching into the action of the eighth book, “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood.”

That will allow the writers to fully dedicate the show’s eighth and final season to the ninth book in the series, “Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone.” While there is another book in the works,  it’s unlikely that it will be published before the show ends.

It was announced in late 2022 that several characters not seen since the show’s early days will rejoin the action in the show’s seventh season.

These include Dougal MacKenzie (Graham McTavish), Laoghaire Fraser (Nell Hudson), Brian Fraser (Andrew Whipp), Joan MacKimmie (Layla Burns), Ian Murray (Steven Cree), and Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek).

Deadline reported that Jenny Murray, Jamie’s sister will also make an appearance, but she will be played by Kristin Atherton, instead of Laura Donnelly, who originated the role.

Given that some of the returning characters are dead, audiences may be wondering how exactly they will be written back into the story. While flashbacks are possible, showrunner Matthew B. Roberts hinted at another option.

“One of the many joys of our epic story is the element of time travel which allows us to revisit some of our favorite characters in different times and places,” he said in a statement to BI.

In January 2023, Starz confirmed the show would return for one final run after season seven.

“For nearly a decade, ‘Outlander’ has won the hearts of audiences worldwide, and we’re pleased to bring Claire and Jamie’s epic love story to a proper conclusion,” said Kathryn Busby, Starz’s original programming president, in a statement.

Like “Game of Thrones,” another much-loved TV drama adapted from a long-running series of books, “Outlander” will likely end its run on television before the final novel is released.

However, fans won’t have to say goodbye to “Outlander” for good, as a prequel series has been greenlighted. “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” will tell two parallel origin stories: how Jamie’s parents came to meet and Claire’s parents’ war-time romance.

Find out everything we know so far about the prequel series, including who has been cast in the main roles as Jamie and Claire’s parents, here.