SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Birthright,” Episode 6 of “ Outlander: Blood of My Blood ,” now streaming on Starz.

“Outlander” has always been a baptism by fire kind of experience for its actors. More than a decade into the franchise, the sweeping romanticism of author Diana Gabaldon’s story is matched only by a constantly evolving definition of trauma, leaving each character –– and the audience –– to brace for the brutality of life and whatever fresh hell awaits them around every corner.

Julia ( Hermione Corfield ) and Henry Beauchamp ( Jeremy Irvine ) rounded that proverbial corner in the sixth episode of Starz’s prequel series “Outlander: Blood of My Blood.” In the span of the hour, Corfield gives birth not once but twice on screen, while Irvine plays out He

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