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Inside Unfinished Business • Part 2

🧵Outlander_ Starz: Kristin Atherton faced not only the challenge of taking over a role previously played by Laura Donnelly, but also took on *two* different time periods! Said Director Stewart Svaasand, "Kristin had no easy scenes. Straight into the meat." Said Caitríona Balfe, "Stepping into a role set by another actor is one of the hardest things to do... but Kristin really knocked it out of the park... She was wonderful."

Learn how Costume Designer Trisha Biggar approached Jenny's looks in 1739 and 1778.

We see Jenny's younger self in 1739, where she's sort of adventurous. We kept her in a very youthful lilac heather tweed, fresh and matching with the countryside. When we saw her again in the 1770s, we put her into more autumnal, natural colors, russets and warm browns and red tones, moving from the youthful, fresh colors into slightly softer, more mature colors.

We used antique pieces in both time periods. In 1739, the fashion for women was stomachers, which fit down the center front of a lady's bodice. Women could have one bodice and several stomachers to make different outfits. The apron was a fashionable thing in the later 1770s that women wore decoratively rather than just practically. — TRISHA BIGGAR, COSTUME DESIGNER

🧵Outlander_ Starz: “Clothes were worn very much forever, as long as they lasted, and often adapted to a future fashion... it wasn't unusual for items of clothing to be handed down," says Costume Designer Trisha Biggar.

This theme comes to life in this episode, first as we glimpse both Brian Fraser in the leather coat we've seen passed down to Jamie before, and as Old lan gifts Young lan his tweed coat upon his departure as a memento.

🧵Outlander_ Starz: I can never get enough of the costume department's fabulous sketches. Take a look at some from this episode below!

🧵Outlander_ Starz: Hair and Makeup Designer Ann McEwan had nothing but compliments for Nell Hudson on her willingness to let the team run with her looks over the years. "She'll age. She'll look ugly. She'll look pretty. Whatever needs to be done!"

As for Laoghaire's current wig... the team keeps it in the family. It once was worn by Annette Badland when playing Mrs. Fitz, Laoghaire's grandmother, in Season 1!

🧵Outlander_ Starz: That's all for this week. Learn even more about the episode, plus answers to fan questions, with The Official Outlander Podcast, hosted by Showrunner Matthew B. Roberts! Listen here: Spotify 🎧 Apple 🎧 Note: unable to link 🎧🎧… 🤷🏻‍♂️… see my S07E09 Official Podcast post

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🧵 Outlander_Starz: Every episode of Outlander is epic, but when one is written by our very own Diana Gabaldon, you know you're in for something extra special!

Go inside Episode 714, penned by the author and creator of the Outlander book series, below.

The episode starts with the costume David Berry calls his favorite of the season: a beautiful green velvet coat, waistcoat, and pants, seen in a flashback between John and his brother Hal.

🧵 Outlander_Starz: Unfortunately for John, his present circumstances are a bit more tenuous: first a home takeover, then Claire LITERALLY reaching into his eye socket.

Joked David Berry, "We got to the point in the scene where Claire's about to go for the eye, and Jan, our director, did not call cut. I had to add some sound effects of panicked screaming as that happened... that is my panic that I was feeling as she went with her claw towards my left eye."

But hey, at least he ends up with a spiffy new eye patch!

🧵 Outlander_Starz: Lord John Grey's injured eye was one of the major prosthetics of the season.

Hair and Makeup Designer Ann McEwan emphasized the effort that goes into bringing injuries to life: "There are many meetings about how long it would take for bruises to go away, what kind of injury a character would get from a musket ball, fire, etc. ... Whatever the event, it's well-researched... We want the injuries to read true. We want the length of time to heal to read true."

Read more about the process:

We researched and talked to eye surgeons about what would happen in reality to Lord John's eye. The surgeons said when Claire twists his eyeball to free the nerve, that would create as much bruising as Jamie had at the beginning, even though the eye had gotten better. But the hemorrhage would never go away until Claire fixed it.

We gave David Berry a hemorrhage lens, which covers the whole eyeball. It's not a comfortable lens to wear or easy to get into the eye. It can only be worn for a maximum of four hours. But David never said, "Take it out, l've had enough." He always managed to go with it. He was very relaxed about it. — ANN MCEWAN, HAIR AND MAKEUP DESIGNER

🧵 Outlander_Starz: One of my favorite parts of this episode was watching the Frasers surrounded by American history legends, then having one of those legends gift them with the iconic original American flag.

For the early American flag, our predominant reference was paintings people have done throughout the ages.

We wanted to recreate the Betsy Ross flag... There are a few different illustrated versions but basically there was a five pointed star made via a clever way of folding the fabric where you only made two cuts, unfolded it, and that made the star... We made sure it was as close to authentic as possible. All the stitching is done by hand. — STUART BRYCE, SET DECORATOR

🧵 Outlander_Starz: At the dinner party, Claire samples Lafayette's delicacies, including jellied eel preserved in jars with his personal crest designed by our Art Department.

Poor Caitríona Balfe had to eat even more jellied eel than Claire did. Said Caitríona, "1 had to personally eat jellied eel for hours! And that's no offense to Philippe, our fantastic chef. I'm sure for a jellied eel, that was probably a beautiful one. But... not a fan."

🧵 Outlander_Starz: Take a look at the Costume Department sketch for the lovely dress Claire is wearing during this iconic dinner.

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