Cutest thing you've ever seen, was it not?

The cast and creative geniuses behind Outlander just finished up their epic panel at Paley Fest, and it was a glorious time – and not just because of the whiskey.

First things first, how splendid was our very own Kristin Dos Santos as moderator? She got all of the panelists, including Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Tobias Menzies, executive producer Ron D. Moore, and author Diana Gabaldon, drinking, playing games, and just generally having a good time while also managing to extract a few important secrets and important Outlander insider info.

The premiere of the second half of season 1 is still a little more than three weeks away, but we almost have enough goodies to tide us over until then. So here's what we learned:

— Ron Moore and Diana Gabaldon required very little convincing once they saw the screen tests of Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe. "We saw the tapes and we said, ‘that's Claire and Jamie,'" said Moore. The only real test was making sure they were great together, which was obviously not a problem.

— Author Diana Gabaldon obviously needs to get her vision checked, because she originally thought that Sam Heughan looked "grotesque." She says it took her ten seconds to believe that Heughan was Jamie Fraser, but "the first five seconds was, ‘oh he looks nothing like his photo – he looks much better.'" She tried to clarify that to her, "grotesque" meant "odd-looking," but the hilarious damage had already been done.