‘Outlander’ Showrunner Matthew B. Roberts Pays Tribute To Scotland

Dinnae fret, Matthew B. Roberts; you’ll be again there quickly.

After wrapping manufacturing on Outlander after eight seasons, the drama’s showrunner is paying tribute to, fairly probably, the perfect location ever to shoot a collection — Scotland.

“I say goodbye to Scotland, hopefully not for the final time, it appears like I’m leaving greater than only a location,” he wrote on Instagram. “What began as a distant place internationally has turn out to be a house within the truest sense. From day one, the folks of Scotland welcomed a small group of Sassenachs from Los Angeles with open arms. They didn’t simply allow us to movie right here—they embraced us, shared their beautiful landscapes and tradition, and made us really feel like we belonged.”

“Engaged on Outlander has been the journey of a lifetime,” he continued. “I arrived as a author/producer not absolutely realizing what this journey would maintain. Now, after eight seasons, I go away because the showrunner of a collection that has modified me each personally and professionally. Scotland grew to become part of my life in methods I by no means anticipated, shaping not simply the tales we advised, however the particular person I’ve turn out to be.”

“Although this chapter is ending, Scotland will at all times stick with me,” Roberts continued. “The friendships, the recollections, the experiences—they’ll final a lifetime. Right here’s to no matter comes subsequent, however irrespective of the place I am going, part of me will at all times be right here. Outlander and Scotland will ceaselessly be in my coronary heart.”

Roberts has been on Outlander because it launched on Starz in 2014. He’s already taken over the prequel Blood of My Blood that may give attention to the love story of Jamie’s mother and father, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser. Filming started in April in Scotland.

Half two of season 7 of Outlander returns on Friday, November 22, at midnight ET, by way of the Starz app. Extra episodes will drop in the identical slot weekly. Through linear, it’ll air on the identical day at 8 p.m. ET/PT.