Anna Daniels
Unlike those of many other shows, which make episodes available on Netflix between the most recent seasons, new and old episodes of Outlander were, for a while, only viewable on Starz’s streaming service . That continued until May 2019, when Starz struck a deal for its time-traveling romance allowing fans to stream the complete first and second seasons before the third arrived about seven months later. With the fifth season currently airing on the premium cable network, fans with Starz wanting to rewatch – or, those only following the series through Netflix’s release cycle – may be curious about when to expect all 13 episodes of Claire and Jamie’s trip to American to debut on the streamer.
Netflix has yet to announce when it plans to drop Outlander season 4 and, because past seasons were dumped within a year, there’s no apparent blueprint for when fans can expect the episodes to become available. Based on the release of season 3, however, it might be some time. Outlander season 3 dropped on Netflix December 10, 2019, two months ahead of season 5’s Starz debut in February 2020. Netflix subscribers are already two seasons behind Outlander‘s current run, a delay that may be a contractual or incidental occurrence. That means they will have to wait until the end of 2020 to stream season 4 ahead of the season 6 premiere. There is potential for season 6, which currently doesn’t have a release date, to come later or sooner, especially as season 5 premiered several months after Starz debuted previous seasons of the show. So, if there are no significant production delays, Outlander fans may get an early gift or a long-awaited surprise on Netflix come the end of 2020 or start of 2021.
Written by: Looper
