Outlander LA Emmys Event 3/9/22 with cast panel discussion

At the LA Television Academy Emmys Outlander event on March 9, 2022. This snippet includes a discussion with the stars Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin, and the producers Maril Davis and Matthew Roberts.
The first 6 minutes are Matthew and Caitriona talking about the ether at the end of S6 E1.
The whole panel discussion was maybe 45 minutes, but I was only able to shoot a very small part of it.

[@janewolfe9137]

I appreciated Caitriona’s explanation of Claire using ether to quiet the voices in her head. She really knows her character! Well done, panel. Thank you.

[@grahammctavish338]

@Jane Wolfe; thank you for the unconditional love, care and support you shower on us. it's been a wonderful year having fans solidly behind me. Where you are from??

[@victoriavaughn1442]

Thank you for this. So much criticism by people who have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to PTSD.

[@dryerfire5384]

I do live everyday with PTSD and I know not everyone has a visual to represent it. You do not need a visual or an addiction to turn to to prove you are recovering from trauma. Some people do, not everyone.

[@walawalaWallows]

awesome!! thank you for posting this bit! 😊

[@lynnshrader1218]

Thank you for this! So much criticism over Claire self medicating. Love this explanation. Please let the story play out!

[@lynnwiggers4073]

Then rewrite the whole thing. I'm not in for this storyline.

[@lynnshrader1218]

@@lynnwiggers4073 you has choice? There is an off switch?

[@samheughan2657]

❤️🌹 where are you from

[@elenalatici9568]

I loved the ether. It's not as if she had access to Xanax. Caitriona's remarks are brilliant. I would kill to be able to compartmentalize. Never ever have I had that ability.

[@marymartin5098]

Love this show!

[@thevicarage9841]

I would love to see the whole interview. I can't believe Starz hasn't posted it yet.

[@crisleon5879]

Es del 2022 y no tiene traducción

[@eq58]

...yes, that is what trauma does and what strong, responsible and caring people do-at some point it all just becomes overwhelming

[@jeffsanchez2086]

I loved the self medicating. I never felt it was realistic in the books that Jamie wants to kill himself over and over yet Claire is written to just suck up grief. She’s a 20th century woman, she wouldn’t ignore trauma, she’d manifest it like everyone else. Love this twist, can’t wait to see who figures it out, my money is on Briana.

[@lovemesomeslippers]

Marceli (sp?) is my bet.

[@mamadi8385]

As we know now - nobody figured it out. For two years this woman was developing a full blown schizophrenia right under the nose of her beloved husband who 'lost sight of her'. What a shameful disrespect of the loving relationship based on honesty and trust.

[@jeffsanchez2086]

@Steffi Haas Or…people Will say whatever the hell they want? Again Jamie threatens to take his own life more than once due to grief, why should a woman be any different? Sexism sucks.

[@jeffsanchez2086]

@@mamadi8385 What schizophrenia was that? Claire self medicated for a couple of months and she certainly wasn’t schizophrenic. She was traumatized. Jamie allowed hookers between his legs while Claire sat home pregnant when he was traumatized after rape, Claire simply self medicated which even back then was fairly normal. A 20th century doctor doing it was completely believable imo. She had the knowledge and the skills to know how. Others of that time would have most likely drank themselves to death. Not sure what show you watched to get “schizophrenic” out of that?

[@beverlyblackstone]

This is a great series 👏 👌 everyone does a great job

[@ccpumpkin5426]

I thought Sam and Caitriona were producers Merrill. Only one producer there??

[@thandekilemlangeni8118]

This was the series ever, and being a 20th century women, really will make you not to miss things and ignore them, people let's not be ignorant this wonderful, cant wait to see the season 6 fully, People must not talk about PTSD as if its anoke, well played, and I think this one really came up with Briaña

[@crisleon5879]

Nada que ver con entrevistas de otros años , sin traducción , las imágenes están tomadas con mucha distancia y no se distinguen las caras y por lo que veo los actores ni hablan.

[@barbarawood9464]

I have noticed through the years how 'Articulate, eloquent Caitriona is, and the right person to express what is happening and her CLASS shows through. It's also great that Sam has stopped trying to hog the interview and interrupting questions directed at others (found his confidence in the role)

[@cynthias5014]

Cait always jumped in to answer everything and would go on and on while Jamie would/could never speak a word. I'm glad that he is doing a lot of interviews Now by himself so at least we can get his perspective on many things. I love her in her role in Outlander but I do see Jamie as the leading character.

[@jakek4876]

@@cynthias5014 First, Caitriona is the eloquent one, actually answering the questions clearly and is always on point. Sam rarely does. If not for her, their interviews would be painful to listen to. Second, Jamie isn't the lead character. The show's name is Outlander. Claire is The Outlander, hence in the first 2 seasons she was the clear lead. After that it became Claire and Jamie and now it's an ensemble with them getting less screen time due to secondary characters.

[@tcindy100]

@@cynthias5014 His name is Sam.

[@marcelarabelo4715]

@@jakek4876 Bravo! You said it all.

[@rosalynmartin3171]

I think Sam has a look of class..shes so articulate because of her upbringing...no tv....book worms instead....this does not make her any better than the others I think she sought of changing Diana Gabildon Claire to hers we who love the books

[@autumn8034]

Cannot hear them

[@gtrendley]

Does more video exist from this panel interview?

[@walawalaWallows]

I was wondering that too! I hope so.

[@thekrayonkidsbookadventures]

Thank you so much xo

[@sylviadashnay3905]

"Not necessarily the way it played out in the book" I get for the show I guess. Its just that Claire self-medicating is totally out of character for her to do such a thing. She knows how dangerous ether can be and she has no real way of measuring the dose plus she is aware how flammable it is and in the books she takes great pains in making and storing it correctly. In the book she knows how volatile it is. Not so on TV when she's huffing ether, then passing out ... with flames untended near the source.

[@bobchooper114]

Hey if you just got gang banged, you would be taking anything that helped too.

[@jannagriffith5101]

@@bobchooper114 dude... she didn't get 'gang banged' she was raped. Big difference in tone.

[@angelaloavenbruck6105]

Amazing that you still think your criticism is valid no matter what the actual cast and writers say!

[@sylviadashnay3905]

I wasn't trying to criticize. Just stating my Observation based on what I read in the books. You could be testy all you want it won't change my opinion lol And by the way we are all entitled to them. The only criticism I see here is people upset about my opinion

[@lonegene5206]

Do you know amount of anaesthetics self medicate while knowing their implications

[@naomiepicciotto4781]

Is there anymore

[@walawalaWallows]

yes, there's more to the interview, but they said they couldn't record anymore.

[@naomiepicciotto4781]

@@walawalaWallows Ughh seriously? Anywhere else I can watch it??

[@johnp8131]

Had to double check the date? Though there was time travel involved with that too?

[@ninaport7355]

What are you talking about?

[@zoeyapp6078]

Watched it, waiting for Sam's turn and it didn't happen... very bad cut of the interview.. I wouldn't have watched it if I knew Sam would not speak!!!!!!

[@conniecarter778]

Just ran across this and thank you, if Sam doesn’t participate I won’t watch.

[@heidiravenel5419]

She would have self medicated with whisky because she knew how dangerous ether is.

[@tcindy100]

But then she would get drunk and not sleep well or even sleep but with a hangover, a headache. Her goal is to get to sleep soon and in a heavy sleep so that no nightmares come to her mind and not about getting drunk and having a hangover.

[@radicalreactions1633]

Like Whiskey's any better, great argument /s.

[@walawalaWallows]

Nah, that's not how it works, you use anything that helps you forget. Anything that will dull the trauma that you went thru. Anything that will help you pass out at night to get some semblance of sleep. Speaking from *past* experience.

[@inthemoonlight7668]

This was yet another terrible idea from the writers, like the gang rape. Now we're cramming an addiction story line into an already badly truncated season. And to everyone who basically says addiction is a normal reaction to rape, plenty of people worked through it without resorting to addiction of whatever was handy.

[@walawalaWallows]

@In the Moonlight who? are you a SA survior? you compartmentalize & find coping mechanisms. Some are addictions that aren't healthy & some are socially acceptable. you could become addicted to working out or throw urself so hard into ur job ur exhausted every night. but it's not like scrape on ur knee, it heals & u forget it's there. it becomes in intrusive thought & yes, after therapy it gets waaaaay better, u can learn to love urself again, but it's still an open wound.

[@anneliesteen7433]

🙌🙌🙌💞💞💞💞

[@TandTnature]

And that was the last time you could see them personally during an interview ❤️. So so sad 😞

[@bevinboulder5039]

I can't believe it! Their initial reaction to the ether idea was that Claire would never do that, and they did it anyway. They really test my faith in their ability to do justice to the books sometimes. And in the Flora MacDonald episode they literally had Claire offering her pot to calm her nerves and yet have Claire turn back to huffing in the _same_ scene! Idiotic!

[@bevinboulder5039]

@Steffi Haas And, of course, the actors usually go for it in the end because it offers an interesting acting challenge.

[@sandymiller2434]

I was surprised as producers Sam snd cait didn’t seem to have as much say in their roles in s6?

[@bevinboulder5039]

@@sandymiller2434 Agreed, however, as actors, it's sometimes hard for them to nix a story line that gives them an acting challenge (cough ether cough)

[@celiaguilherme3774]

Por favor traduzam para o português

[@carolenelson6763]

I can't convince myself that Claire would ever self-medicate. It's too far out for me but I'm obsessed with Sam so I really don't care what Claire does.

[@mamadi8385]

Oh, it is almost funny to remember this with all the back peddling they are all doing now, when it has become clear what a disaster the whole ether story has been!! Destroying the beautiful love story for the sake of one actor's desire for Emmy! What a shameful detour this show has taken from what it could have been had they respected the source material.

[@jakek4876]

You Sam onlys simply can't take that Cait is a wonderful actress. The fact that you can say with a straight face that writers have created the either story for an Emmy is laughable. The Emmys don't care about OL. So big fail on your part.

[@irisgomez5089]

Exactly right. We know how ridiculous the ether debacle was. Clearly a season focusing on Claire's dramatics proved to be unpopular and that about sums it up. All Cait fans diss Sam just because we dare criticise their Queen. Idiotic assuming that we all love Sam just because we are not enamoured by Cait. Get a life...

[@jakek4876]

@@irisgomez5089 That's because you're enamored of Sam. If this show was all about him you'd be fine.

[@datevjank9076]

Seriously? One question only to Claire? And she kept taking the spotlight...from Matt. Sam the most experienced actor on the panel , the reason all the fans were there, sitting and waiting ? Horrible interview.

[@thevicarage9841]

This wasn't the entire interview!

[@ninaport7355]

It was only a snippet, the whole panel discussion was at least a half hour. I couldn't shoot the whole thing. I WAS JUST AN AUDIENCE MEMBER, I don't work for the company!

[@ninaport7355]

And everybody had a chance to speak.

[@glennmangum5031]

Show the rest of it. Sam, Richard and Sofie never spoke.

[@jeffsanchez2086]

How about you know what you’re talking about before you make a comment like this. Her name is Cait not Claire and she’s by far the most critically acclaimed one on the panel and this was ONE question. The panel discussion went on much longer and your crush got his fair share of questions. The misogyny of this fandom is so disgusting and the IQ level seems to not be much better 🙄

[@irisgomez5089]

This interview is so one sided. Cait talks too much and what happened to the brilliant ether nonsense she advocated strongly....she is somewhat the reason season 6 is dismal .. they lost their way...it is NOT about Claire and her journey...not what their relationship is about. When you mess with the reltionship, everything else is nonsense.. Cait clearly doesnt understand Claire.. she turns to Jamie NOT ether.. Cait is hogging every interview with her thoughts... tells me why the storyline failed in 'educating us on ptsd'..the true marriage is ruined by writers who think they are smarter with presenteeism and woke... well done on a dismal season 6....

[@jakek4876]

Before rushing to slam Cait for responding to a question about her character, you should know that this is just her clip not the entire panel. Check first before you respond and look like a fool. Her answer was eloquent, in depth and clearly showed how well she knows her character. Cait never disappoints and her ability to express every emotion is outstanding. You're just another Sam idolizer who can never appreciate her talent and dedication to this show.

[@mavennicole5936]

shut up