"Outlander" Season 3 will premiere on Starz this on April 2017 but fans are now starting to question if the series is still worth watching. Afte the airing of season 2, may of the show's fans expressed their dissatisfaction about how the story turned out. Many criticized the lack of intimacy in the show unlike in season 1. Will the third part of the series revive the interest of the viewers or not?
Filming
According to News Every Day, filming for "Outlander" Season 3 already started and updates hints that fans will surely love what they will witness in the upcoming episodes. Since viewers are begging for more Claire and Jamie screentime together, the showrunners seem to focus more on the couple's story arc than to divided their every moment individually.
In Caitriona Balfe's interview for "Outlander" Season 3 press tour, she revealed that she will be having more episodes with Sam Heughan's character, Jamie. Some fans think that "more" means the couple will have more steamy scenes in the forthcoming episodes as the viewers and especially the showrunners know that the reason for the decline of viewership is because this is what the fans are looking for.
However, the anticipated scene of Claire and Jamie might happen in the second half of "Outlander" Season 3 as Caitriona Balfe also revealed that "she has not filmed many scenes with Sam Heughan yet." adding on, the actress also revealed that the scenes she shot with the actor are not in order.
In addition to this, Sam Heughan also revealed that in "Outlander" Season 3, many questions about his character will be answered in the upcoming season. It will be the main focus on season 3.
Rape Scene
Season 1 featured a long rape scene while season 2 has two, and spoilers hint that there will be another one in "Outlander" Season 3 and Jamie will be involved. Though fans are already immune to this kind of storyline, it seems like majority did not like one particular scene- Geneva and Jaime's sexual encounter.
Based on IBT, Diana Gabaldon's explanation, Geneva and Jaime's scene is not rape and the book clearly describes why, however, many readers of "Voyager" labeled it the other way around.
The scene described by Gabaldon revealed that Geneva was the one who approached Jaime as she does not want to be a virgin before she gets married to a man old enough to be his grandfather. She threatened him that all the secrets from the latter's family will be exposed and this reason left Jaime with no choice but to agree as he needs to protect his family.
Ending
According to Caitriona Balfe, the ending of "Outlander" Season 3 will more likely to be the same as how "Voyager" ended.