No, Claire isn't 20 years older than Jamie; she's only about 5 years older in chronological time, though she travels back over 200 years, making her seem much older when they first meet in 1743 (Claire is 27, Jamie is 22). The "20 years" refers to the separation in the story when she returns to her time and then goes back through the stones, meeting him again after two decades apart in 1766.
Claire was born in Oct. 1918 (1716), Jenny 1719 and Jamie in May. 1721. Jamie is 4 1/2 years younger than Claire.
Yes, Outlander uses body doubles, with Valerija Jemeljanenko serving as Claire Fraser's (Caitríona Balfe's) picture double and stand-in, especially for scenes requiring second-unit filming to speed up production or when Caitríona Balfe isn't available, ensuring continuity for the character.
Claire (Caitríona Balfe) becomes deathly ill and many around her fear that they may lose her. From Season 6, Episode 6 'The World Turned Upside Down' - A dysentery epidemic spreads on the Ridge, and Claire falls deathly ill.
He was called " Red Jamie " during the Rising, so it could be a callback to that - Seamus (Gaelic equivalent of James) Ruaidh (means red when referring to a person's hair in Gaelic and is pronounced almost exactly like "Roy" to an English-speaker). He also went by Jamie Roy when he was smuggling back in book 3.
The father of Lizzie Wemyss's baby on Outlander is either Josiah Beardsley or his twin brother Keziah Beardsley, as she was intimate with both, and they don't know which one is the biological father of their son, Rodney. Lizzie loves both twins, viewing them as a single soul in two bodies, and they all live together at Fraser's Ridge.
Author Diana Gabaldon has stated Jamie Fraser is around 25 years old when his ghost appears, which implies he died around that age (during the Battle of Culloden in 1746), but he lives much longer in the books, well into his 50s and beyond, with his ghost representing a younger, peak version of himself rather than his actual moment of death in the main timeline.
In the sixth season of the television adaptation of Outlander, Claire Fraser temporarily develops an addiction to ether while self-medicating for her PTSD-induced insomnia and nightmares. Her use of ether was driven by auditory and visual hallucinations.
Colum suffers from a condition now known as Toulouse-Lautrec Syndrome, a degenerative disease that renders his legs immobile at times, and fills his days with great physical pain.
The exact reasons for Donnelly's recasting haven't been made public, but the actress has been busy with a number of other projects since wrapping up her first stint on Outlander, so it's entirely possible that scheduling conflicts are to blame.
The saddest Outlander episode is widely considered to be Season 2, Episode 7, "Faith," due to the devastating loss of Claire and Jamie's daughter after birth, a profoundly heartbreaking event that tests their relationship and showcases immense grief. Other contenders for saddest moments include the Season 2 finale's heartbreaking farewell before Culloden and the tragic death of Murtagh in Season 5.
The ghost definitely is Jamie. DG confirmed it. You are correct that there can't be two Claires, but while we don't know what happens to them she definitely would not have known about the time traveling before she actually did it.
We find out further into Season 1 that Jamie has loved Claire from the moment that she wept and let him comfort her when they arrived at Castle Leoch.
Brianna was born in 1948, and has aged with the past, but is now in 1980, so she's around 32.
He was very close to his older brother, William, and was devastated when his brother died of smallpox when Jamie was only six or so. From then on, he was raised to be the future laird of Broch Tuarach, the more official name of the estate.
The father of Lizzie Wemyss's baby on Outlander is either Josiah Beardsley or his twin brother Keziah Beardsley, as she was intimate with both, and they don't know which one is the biological father of their son, Rodney. Lizzie loves both twins, viewing them as a single soul in two bodies, and they all live together at Fraser's Ridge.
Jamie wakes on Culloden Field on April 16, 1746, with a dead Jack Randall lying on top of him. He manages to wriggle out from underneath Randall and then loses consciousness. He is found by four of his men and taken to a farmhouse, but his leg is badly wounded from a bayonet and he knows he will die.
Thomas Christie was her putative father/biological uncle. Despite knowing for certain she was not his daughter Tom still cared for her.
Jamie is angry at John for sleeping with Claire and in a petty way jealous of their brief emotional intimacy, but he's more angry at John for openly saying he slept with Claire because of their mutual attraction to Jamie, which is a topic that has been strictly Off Limits in their friendship.
Claire, Jamie and Young Ian return from America to visit, just in time to be with him as he dies, and Jenny whoops and sheds tears at seeing her son again after so long. Claire tells the entire family her true identity of being a time-traveller from the future, but Jenny still views her as a 'witch' or 'faery-woman'.
Caitriona was pregnant when they filmed season 6. There are times you can see the hidden baby bump when she walks a certain way. They did a good job hiding it in the episode about Flora McDonald. Also, the apron hid it most of the time or the oversized coat when she walks to see Tom after she had been ill.
“Regardless of his age at death, Jamie at his core is a highland warrior, and hence his ghost manifests as such as the 25 year old version of himself - whether he dies at 65 or 85 or 101 [sic].”
There she finds adventure, war and romance with the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser, a grandson of Lord Lovat and senior member of Gabaldon's fictionalized Clan Fraser.