Outlander has many great episodes, but which ones shine brightest? Is 'Crème de Menthe' your top pick or do you prefer 'If Not For Hope'? Let's settle the debate by ranking every Outlander episode from best to worst. After voting, you can explore other shows like Outlander. Based on Diana Gabaldon's historical time travel book series, the show follows Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), a married World War II nurse who travels back to 1743 Scotland in 1946. There, she meets Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and gets caught up in the Jacobite risings. Since its August 9, 2014 premiere on Starz, Caitriona Balfe has earned Best Actress nominations in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Vote for your favorite Outlander episodes and vote down the ones you didn't enjoy, despite loving the series.
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Season 1, Episode 7.
Claire and Jamie marry. Their emotional and physical relationship develops. Claire faces two men in different times.
52 - 2

Season 3, Episode 6.
Jamie and Claire reunite after decades apart, rekindling their bond. Jamie's new business deals threaten their simple life.
38 - 3

Season 1, Episode 1.
On her honeymoon, WWII nurse Claire Randall travels to 1743 Scotland. Highlanders kidnap her and she meets an injured young man, Jamie.
31 - 4

Season 2, Episode 13.
Claire tells her daughter Brianna the truth. Jamie fights to save his loved ones as the Battle of Culloden starts.
29 - 5

Season 2, Episode 7.
Claire goes to L’Hopital Des Anges. Doctors try to save her and her unborn baby. King Louis asks Claire to judge two men accused of dark arts—one enemy, one friend.
24 - 6

Season 1, Episode 11.
Claire and Geillis face witchcraft trial. Jamie saves Claire but she finds a secret about Geillis's past.
24 - 7

Season 1, Episode 9.
Jamie and the Highlanders rescue Claire from Black Jack Randall. At the castle, politics split Clan MacKenzie. Jamie's scorned lover, Laoghaire, tries to win him back.
21 - 8

Season 4, Episode 9.
Brianna struggles with trauma from Wilmington. She refocuses on finding her parents.
19 - 9

Season 1, Episode 12.
Claire and Jamie go to Lallybroch, Jamie's home. Old wounds reopen between Jamie and his sister, Jenny.
19 - 10

Claire fights brutal treatment from captors. Jamie gathers loyal men to help rescue his wife. Roger and Brianna's journey takes a turn.
19 - 11

Season 1, Episode 8.
Frank searches for his missing wife. Claire tries to accept her new marriage. A life-changing chance presents an emotional problem for Claire.
18 - 12

Season 5, Episode 7.
The Regulator Rebellion escalates. Jamie must face his fear and the result of his divided loyalties.
17 - 13

Season 4, Episode 6.
Jamie and Claire are surprised. Lord John Grey visits Fraser's Ridge with a guest. When Grey gets sick, Claire must balance her feelings with her doctor duties.
12 - 14

Season 1, Episode 4.
Claire plots escape as the Castle prepares for The Gathering. A fight with a drunk Dougal and an unexpected meeting with Jamie ruins her plans.
12 - 15

Season 3, Episode 5.
Brianna faces huge truths. Claire must help Brianna accept she is her father's daughter. Roger brings news forcing Claire and Brianna to choose an impossible path.
12 - 16

Season 2, Episode 10.
Jamie uses Claire's history knowledge to lead the Jacobite army into a battle. Claire sees the true cost of war while tending to the dead and dying.
11 - 17

Season 5, Episode 1.
After Brianna and Roger's wedding celebrations, Governor Tryon reminds Jamie he must hunt down and kill Murtagh Fitzgibbons.
10 - 18

Season 1, Episode 3.
Claire uses her medical skills to escape Castle Leoch. Jamie helps her treat a sick child. A story during entertainment gives Claire hope for freedom.
9 - 19

Season 3, Episode 8.
Claire returns to Lallybroch with Jamie. She gets less welcome than expected. Jamie's past choices haunt them.
9 - 20

Season 1, Episode 16.
A desperate plan frees Jamie, but his wounds go beyond physical. At a monastery, Claire tries to save Jamie's heart and soul as his mind thinks of torture.
9 - 21

Season 4, Episode 13.
Jamie, Claire, and Young Ian try to rescue Roger from his Mohawk captors. A ghost from Claire's past ruins their plan. Brianna fears Claire, Jamie, and Roger will not return.
8 - 22

Season 5, Episode 5.
Jamie and his militia reach Hillsborough. They learn Governor Tryon has a strange plan to handle the Regulators and the rising political crisis.
7 - 23

Season 5, Episode 11.
A revelation about Jemmy makes Roger and Brianna choose between the 18th century and the future. Jamie discovers unrest in the back country created a new power.
7 - 24

Season 5, Episode 9.
When a venomous snake bites Jamie, Claire fears she lacks the means to save him. Jamie asks Roger to do an important job if he dies.
7 - 25

Season 4, Episode 7.
Brianna follows her mother's path, traveling through stones to 18th-century Scotland. She fights to reach the Colonies to find her parents.
7 - 26

Season 3, Episode 4.
Jamie joins Helwater as a groomsman. In 1968, Claire, Brianna, and Roger try to find Jamie. Claire wonders if they will ever locate him.
7 - 27

Season 2, Episode 1.
Claire returns to her time. She must match her future with the life she left. Shifting to the 18th century, Jamie, Claire, and Murtagh arrive in France but face Paris's own problems.
7 - 28

Season 4, Episode 8.
Roger finds Brianna in Wilmington, but their romance stops when she reveals information he hid.
6 - 29

Season 4, Episode 1.
Claire and Jamie meet Stephen Bonnet, a pirate and smuggler who asks for their help. Claire shows Jamie America's history, making him question if they can build a future.
6 - 30

Season 4, Episode 11.
Jamie, Claire, and Young Ian journey far and uncertain to save Roger. Brianna makes friends with one of Jamie's old allies while fending off Aunt Jocasta's attempts to find a husband.
6 - 31

Season 1, Episode 14.
Claire and Jenny plan to save Jamie from his redcoat captors. Murtagh joins them, using strange tactics to send a message to Jamie. The news that arrives is not what they expected.
6 - 32

Season 1, Episode 5.
Claire joins the MacKenzie rent collection. Claire sees Dougal use Jamie's scars to gain sympathy for the Jacobite cause. A major Scottish history event approaches.
6 - 33

Season 1, Episode 15.
Jamie waits for his death sentence at Wentworth Prison. Claire and the Highlanders search for a rescue plan. Black Jack visits Jamie, making him see a fate worse than death.
6 - 34

Season 2, Episode 9.
Claire and Jamie reunite with the Lallybroch and MacKenzie men while training for war. Jamie fights with Dougal, and Claire battles her WWII memories. New, helpful info appears when a young Englishman, William Grey, visits their camp.
6 - 35

Season 2, Episode 2.
Life in Paris has its tests as Jamie fights his past traumas. A good meeting with Jacobite leader Prince Charles offers chances, but the Duke of Sandringham causes problems.
5 - 36

Season 3, Episode 1.
Jamie's past offers his only chance to live after the Battle of Culloden. A pregnant Claire tries to adjust to life in 1940s Boston.
5 - 37

Season 5, Episode 6.
At Jocasta's wedding, Jamie learns Tryon's real reason for stopping the Regulator threat.
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Season 1, Episode 2.
Claire meets the Laird. As suspicions grow about her, Claire befriends the mysterious Geillis Duncan. When the clan sees her medical skills, Claire moves from guest to prisoner.
5 - 39

Season 5, Episode 8.
The Frasers deal with changes after the Battle of Alamance Creek. Brianna tries to help Roger overcome his trauma. An unexpected visitor arrives at the Ridge.
5 - 40

Season 2, Episode 4.
Claire and Jamie host a big dinner party aiming to stop investors from supporting Prince Charles' war. Claire's news that Jack Randall lives surprises Jamie, sparking a new connection as they fight for physical closeness.
5 - 41

Season 4, Episode 3.
Jamie and Claire look for a place to live. At the same time, in the 20th century, Brianna and Roger's romance grows and then ends during a road trip that shows their differences.
5 - 42

Season 3, Episode 11
After a big decision, Claire lands on an island where survival is everything. Treacherous waters hurt the Artemis, so Jamie plans a happy moment for his crew despite the problems.
5 - 43

Season 5, Episode 3
Claire and Jamie's colonial life in America faces danger. Their ties to the Crown clash with growing unrest. Brianna and Roger fight to move past the harm Stephen caused them.
4 - 44

Season 5, Episode 10
Jamie and Roger plan to stop the danger, but things go wrong. Brianna must face her biggest fear and fight for her and her son's lives.
4 - 45

Season 1, Episode 6
Claire meets a British general unexpectedly. This gets tense when Captain Jack Randall arrives. Claire finds herself alone with Randall, a dangerous man seeking her secrets.
3 - 46

Season 5, Episode 4
Roger takes Jamie's militia to the Brownsville trading post and gets into a harsh fight. Jamie and Claire arrive and see that Roger's odd plan might have lost the militia's trust.
3 - 47

Season 5, Episode 2
Jamie hunts Murtagh with Lieutenant Hamilton Knox's help. He must then decide if he is on the right side of history.
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Season 4, Episode 4
Providence leads Jamie, Claire, and Young Ian to Fraser's Ridge. They start building a home in the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the 20th Century, Roger tries to reconnect with Brianna.
3 - 49

Season 4, Episode 5
Claire's medical skill proves useful. She starts fearing for her life when tragedy hits her patients' home. Jamie and Young Ian travel to a nearby town to gather settlers for Fraser's Ridge.
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Season 3, Episode 3
In prison, Jamie finds an old enemy is the warden, giving him power to make his life awful. Claire and Frank both try hard to marry, but an unwelcome guest breaks the illusion.
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