Will Rachel Hunter return in Outlander Season 7B?

With new episodes of Outlander not too far away, eyes are on what we can expect to see. Naturally, we can look at the book storyline, but not everyone wants book spoilers. Instead, we’re going to take a look at where the story has ended so far and what the teaser trailer has to show.

So, no, we’re not going into book spoilers in this post. This is purely speculation based on what happened in the Outlander Season 7A finale.

The last we saw of Rachel Hunter, she agreed to care for Rollo after she and Ian shared a moment. Young Ian is off to Scotland, but he wants to return. Arch Bug came across Rachel and Rollo in the forest, and immediately knew who Rollo was. Not seeing Ian, he realized that Ian cares deeply for Rachel to leave Rollo with her.

Rachel Hunter is in the Outlander Season 7B teaser

It’s clear that Rachel is going to return. It wouldn’t make sense for her not to come back into the story. After all, Arch Bug knows that Ian cares deeply for this woman. Arch vowed revenge against Ian, but it would come in the form of killing the woman he loves. Well, he now has his eyes set on Rachel.

Arch won’t kill Rachel without Ian around. He’ll want Ian to know that he was responsible for it; that the debt has now been paid. It’s a Highlander way of life. So, he’ll wait for Ian to come back to Scotland, and we’ll see Rachel as Arch makes his attempt on her life.

The Outlander Season 7B teaser trailer also made it clear that Rachel would be back. There’s a moment where Young Ian is placing a rock on a memorial tower. Rachel is behind him, so this makes it clear that not only is Rachel back but that Young Ian gets back to America. Now we just have to wait to see what this is all about. Who has died?

Outlander Season 7B premieres on Friday, Nov. 22 on Starz.