[This story contains spoilers from “Needfire,” season one, episode five of Outlander : Blood of My Blood .]

From ancient mythology to Romeo & Juliet , stories about star-crossed lovers who fall for each other against their better judgment have become tales as old as time. After telling the hard-fought love story of time-traveling WWII nurse Claire Beauchamp (Caitríona Balfe) and dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) across eight seasons of Outlander , executive producers Matthew B. Roberts and Maril Davis felt it was only fitting that one of the new couples in their prequel — which centers around Claire’s and Jamie’s parents in 18th-century Scotland — would have a forbidden romance.

[This story contains spoilers from “Needfire,” season one, episode five of

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