TV Sam Heughan cuts a cake with a sword to celebrate 100 episodes of Outlander in exclusive photos Heughan celebrated with costars Caitriona Balfe, David Berry, and executive producer Matthew B. Roberts. By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on September 24, 2024 12:00PM EDT Outlander may be about traversing centuries of time, but they've now got a century of episodes to their credit. In September, the Starz series celebrated hitting the milestone of 100 episodes. The cast, including Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and David Berry, as well as executive producer Matthew B. Roberts celebrated in true Outlander fashion — by cutting a cake with a sword. David Berry, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and Matthew B. Roberts. Mark Mainz/Starz Outlander stars promise a jam-packed second half of season 7: 'Everybody is in danger' Of course, they left the honors to Jamie Fraser himself — and fans can get a closer look at Heughan's cake-cutting skills in the exclusive video above. While marking the occasion, Roberts pointed out the sheer scale that 100 episodes represents. "If we shot continuously, it's been four years straight of filming," he noted. "And that's not even counting our second unit." A cake celebrating 10 episodes of 'Outlander'. Mark Mainz/Starz Slàinte! Mix Outlander cocktails and test your knowledge with exclusive look at new recipe book and trivia game Balfe, who has played Claire across all eight seasons of the series, quipped in response, "Except it's felt like 11" (which is the actual number of years they've all been making Outlander). Balfe also added, "This is amazing. This doesn't happen very often — a century of TV." For such a momentous moment, Heughan noted, "We need a bigger cake," before Roberts and the cast all congratulated each other. The cake bears an inscription of "Outlander 100 episodes" and the design looks like stone dotted with blooms of thistle and purple flowers, signature Scottish blooms. The 100th episode is part of season 8, which will mark Outlander's final season. Specifically, it will serve as the penultimate episode of the series. Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan. Mark Mainz/Starz The Shot: Inside Jamie, Claire, and Ian's return to Lallybroch on Outlander Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Of course, when exactly fans will get to see it remains a question. The second half of season 7 still hasn't reached audiences yet, but it's set to premiere on Starz on Friday, Nov. 22. David Berry, Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and Matthew B. Roberts. Mark Mainz/Starz "The war has arrived and everybody is in danger, including Claire,” Balfe teased to EW about the forthcoming episodes. Back in August, the cast celebrated 10 years of making Outlander, but now they get to add another milestone to their list of achievements. Check out exclusive behind-the-scenes photos of the celebration above.