- Network: Starz
- Series Premiere Date: Aug 8, 2025
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It’s clear that “Blood of My Blood” is certainly reveling in its ability to deliver “Outlander” fan service. Whether that will be enough to build a long term fanbase — or even a set of stories that viewers come to care about on their own merit — is still really anyone’s guess.
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But the script. Oh, the script. There is the line, “They say hatred and love are two sides of the same coin.” Someone else says, “Rest assured, this incident will not be forgotten easily, Dougal MacKenzie!” before ducking for cover as another girder of exposition crashes from the rafters. It is both atrocious and very watchable.
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As a prequel to “Outlander,” “Blood of My Blood” has two strong love stories and many footnote-like attractions, but it lacks, through no fault of its cast, the multilevel tensions of its predecessor.
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Whatever the Scottish version of blarney is, Blood of My Blood lays it on with a shinty stick, resulting in a series ripe with blood and thunder (and pasty bums) but which too often plumbs the depths of unintentional hilarity.
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Whether you'll be left thinking about Blood of my Blood loads after watching remains to be seen, because it's not exactly doing anything we're not already familiar with. But with one story filled with stolen glances and illicit moments, and the other much like a cat-and-mouse game of hide and seek, the series has all the makings of keeping us on our toes.
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