My 'Outlander' Pet Peeve Is Characters Getting Separated ALL THE TIME. The Spinoff Showrunner Told Me Why

Why do we keep separating the couples? Why is it important for them to be apart again? Well, I think in the tradition of Outlander, Um... that's, you know, Jamie and Claire spend a lot of time apart, believe it or not. Um, and And, you know, we want to, you know, when you're showing love stories, you want to show... how much that love means to them and a lot of times that's getting back to be with that person and fighting you know sometimes they fight together and sometimes they have to fight separately. You know, I don't think I don't think, you know, you have to wait too long before you see some reunions. And we tried to put some stakes in there as well. And then, you know, what's going to happen? You know, that's what you want. You want the anticipation. You don't want to just, you know, people getting right together. I mean, think about a rom-com. The whole movie is them about getting together. As soon as they get together, the movie's over. You see the credits roll. So.