*Warning - This article contains spoilers for the Outlander TV and book series.* Speculation is rife among Outlander fans, as they've potentially unearthed a plothole in the lead-up to season 7b, which is set to premiere later this week. The latter half of the seventh season, arriving on Starz this Friday, will welcome back the beloved characters Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan).
Devotees of the hit series have highlighted a potential plot inconsistency involving Geillis Duncan (Lotte Verbeek) and Roger Wakefield (Richard Rankin), although some have offered theories on how the show might cleverly sidestep the issue. In anticipation of the fresh instalments, a keen Outlander fan going by @YOYOitsMEDRup voiced their musings on Reddit . They posted: "I'm rewatching key episodes prior to 7B and had to pause during 2x13.
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warning = spoiler for 7B ahead if unfamiliar with books. "In the show, Roger and Geilis have met ---- twice. In the books they hadn't.
So how do you think the writers will have this impact when they see each other again in the 1730s?? "Do you think Geilis will recognize him in the show? How could this potentially alter the way they act toward each other if so?" they pondered. "Or do you think they gloss over it and conveniently forget she should recognize him? In Geilis's life, she's only what, 2 years after actually traveling thru when she'd have met him? "It's been 12+ years at least to Roger that have passed, but really not that .