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Note: This story contains spoilers from \u201cOutlander: Blood of My Blood\u201d Episode 10.<\/p>\n

After Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) shut down the idea of a life with Brian (Jamie Roy)\u00a0for his safety at the threat of Colum (S\u00e9amus McLean Ross), the \u201cOutlander: Blood of My Blood\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Season 1 finale picks up on Ellen\u2019s wedding day to Malcolm Grant (Jhon Lumsden), with the reality of her upcoming nuptials slowly sinking in.<\/p>\n

\u201cEllen always hoped that she would find a way out of that betrothal, so she played the part of the dutiful betrothed to the Grants with the hope and the knowledge that she would find a way out,\u201d Slater told TheWrap, noting that Colum\u2019s Episode 9 threat made Ellen realize \u201cshe\u2019s screwed\u201d and lead her to break Brian\u2019s heart, which, in turn, breaks hers as well.<\/p>\n

Luckily, in true \u201cOutlander\u201d fashion, Brian came to Ellen\u2019s rescue, revealing that Colum had sent someone to execute him despite Ellen breaking things off with him, therefore freeing Ellen of her end of the bargain so she and Brian could plan their escape with the help of Jocasta (Sadhbh Malin) and Mrs. Fitzgibbons (Sally Messham).<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is prepared, in that moment, to leave everything and everyone behind in order to be with the man that she loves,\u201d Slater said.<\/p>\n

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As the dust of Ellen\u2019s disappearance settled, Colum whipped up a plan for Dougal (Sam Retford) to marry Maura Grant \u2014 whom Slater calls \u201cwell-matched\u201d despite being opposites \u2014 and the couple\u2019s escape plan is underway until they are intercepted by Malcom Grant, who wouldn\u2019t let Brian leave his sight unscathed, taking his uncle\u2019s advice to take what Ellen loves away from her. Malcom\u2019s determination to fight doesn\u2019t intimidate Brian though, according to Roy, who noted that Brian knew he could take Malcolm, but instead offered him the option to quit while he was ahead. When Malcolm refused to back down, Brian took him on in a fight, which Brian ultimately ended by killing Malcolm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the last thing on Brian\u2019s mind,\u201d Roy said. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to do this. He absolutely wants to just get out of the castle \u2026 but Malcolm has other ideas and unfortunately, it didn\u2019t end too well for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is kill or be killed in that moment,\u201d Slater added, noting that Brian struggled with the weight on his decision. \u201cIt\u2019s a really lovely moment when Ellen sees that and reassures him [by saying] \u2018You had to do it, because he would have hunted us forever. He wouldn\u2019t have relented.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, killing Malcolm will inevitably complicate Brian and Ellen\u2019s happy ending, with Roy explaining, \u201ckilling a laird to the clan isn\u2019t something that\u2019s taken lightly during that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brian and Ellen escape to the bothy, joining Murtagh (Rory Alexander), who shared a sweet moment with Ellen, solidifying their friendship. Slater and Roy revealed that moment made them cry when watching the finale as a cast. \u201cIt\u2019s such a gentle kind of love, which is something that Ellen just isn\u2019t used to,\u201d Slater said. \u201cI really love their friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s fantasy of a happy ending is then disrupted by a political call, when Ellen and Brian see fiery crosses across the Highlands, indicating the start of the Jacobite rebellion, which Brian can\u2019t ignore.<\/p>\n

\u201cBack in those days, he has two options: He either answers the call, goes back to his laird and goes to war, or risks exile from Scotland,\u201d Roy said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t answer that call, you basically have [to leave] the country, because if you don\u2019t, and you\u2019re found out to be abstaining from war for whatever reason, you could be killed, so Brian really doesn\u2019t have much of a choice at the end of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite their potential separation, Slater said the couple is \u201cvery much united,\u201d saying, \u201cthey\u2019re a team. They\u2019ve been through so much together, and they are determined to stay together whatever happens.\u201d Plus, it helps to know that they eventually stay together to have Jamie down the road.<\/p>\n

Brian and Ellen aren\u2019t the only lovers who got a reunion in the Season 1 finale, with Julia (Hermione Corfield) successfully concocting a plan to escape the clutches of Lord Lovat (Tony Curran) to run off with Henry (Jeremy Irvine) and their baby.<\/p>\n

While Julia has always been resolved to escape Lovat, Corfield noted that this time, she paid close attention to protecting Davina (Sara Vickers), who Corfield said could be beaten, or worse, should Julia and the baby disappear under her watch. Davina standing as Julia\u2019s ally and accomplice is a welcome change for Julia, who notes Davina previously saw Julia as a \u201ccompetitor\u201d and a \u201cthreat,\u201d both to her place in the castle, as well as for her son Brian. \u201cOver time, Davina realized that actually, she had no intention of anything like that,\u201d Corfield said. \u201cIt was purely protecting her child, and they bond over the fact they\u2019re both mothers and are actually doing most of what they do to protect their children.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With this in mind, Julia instructed Davina that after she, Henry and the baby were clear of the house, she should alert Balloch and tell him Julia had been kidnapped.<\/p>\n

Their plan goes off mostly without a hitch, but the couple suddenly realizes they can\u2019t be sure if their baby can time travel, meaning that one of them will have to attempt to go through the stones with the baby first and should their son not be able to go through, the other would stay stuck in the past with him. With men coming after Henry, Julia insisted he go through first with the baby, explaining that she has more protection that him. But, at the last minute, Henry put Julia\u2019s hand on the stone with the baby \u2014 leaving their fate in question. <\/p>\n

Irvine revealed that they filmed a \u201cfew, different versions\u201d of that final sequence, explaining \u201cwe had someone literally at the side of the camera writing different versions, just so it gave the writers options for Season 2, because I think we were all pretty hopeful we were coming back, but you never know.\u201d (Starz gave the Season 2 greenlight in June). Ultimately, however, Irvine feels confident they chose the right one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any world in which Henry would have abandoned his wife,\u201d Irvine said. \u201cThe life that Julia has back in the 1700s is so much worse than what Henry has to go through. Anyone who\u2019s a father and a husband will relate \u2014 you\u2019d sacrifice yourself for them in an instant.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s unclear if the time travel worked and whether Julia, Henry and the baby will all make it back home, Irvine teased \u201cbig surprises\u201d ahead in Season 2, which is in the midst of filming, as well as some \u201cawkward conversations\u201d between Julia and Henry regarding what Irvine calls Henry\u2019s \u201ctransgressions,\u201d referencing to his hookup with the sex worker after thinking Julia was dead.<\/p>\n

\u201cHenry and Julie have a lot of things to discuss and unpack between them,\u201d Corfield said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got quite good training in dealing with stuff within their marriage when it\u2019s not ideal, but I think this is a whole new challenge for them [to] learn forgiveness and \u2026 reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn \u2018Outlander\u2019 utter, true, unconditional love exists \u2014 it exists in the real world too, but in this world \u2026 God it\u2019s so deep, and we really put that to the test,\u201d Irvine said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOutlander: Blood of My Blood\u201d Season 1 is now streaming on Starz.<\/p>\n

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