‘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 presumably, one of the best location ever to shoot a collection — Scotland.

“I say goodbye to Scotland, hopefully not for the final time, it looks like I’m leaving greater than only a location,” he wrote on Instagram. “What began as a distant place the world over 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 totally figuring out 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 individual I’ve turn out to be.”

“Although this chapter is ending, Scotland will all the time 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 regardless of the place I am going, part of me will all the time 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 can deal with the love story of Jamie’s dad and mom, 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, through the Starz app. Further episodes will drop in the identical slot weekly. Through linear, it would air on the identical day at 8 p.m. ET/PT.