Outlander – Never My Love

An Eviscerating Depiction of Misogyny in an Episode That Deals With a Difficult Storyline with Sensitivity and Tact. CONTAINS SPOILERS. Knowing what was going to happen to Claire (Caitriona Balfe) in this week’s episode, needless to say I wasn’t looking forward to watching the season finale. Unsurprisingly, it was an uncomfortable watch, but the difficult […]

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Outlander – Journeycake

Attacks, Secrets Revealed, Parting of the Ways, Precarious Sex & Jamie on the Warpath. CONTAINS SPOILERS. The start to this week’s episode is hardly auspicious even by Outlander’s standards when Claire (Caitriona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan), Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin) come across a burnt out cabin: its inhabitants murdered before the cabin […]

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Outlander – Mercy Shall Follow Me

Bonnet is Back, Weird Story Twists and Characters Being Saved in the Nick of Time. CONTAINS SPOILERS. Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speelers) is back and that can only mean more trouble for the Frazer/MacKenzie clan. We first see him in a brothel (of course we do) where mention is made of his involvement in human trafficking. […]

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Outlander – Monsters and Heroes

The Power of Love, Blossoming Relationships & How Physical Closeness is Much More than Just Sex  This week’s episode is another engaging hour of telly, filled with action and relationships, the cornerstone of all the best Outlander episodes. First and foremost, there is the love between Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe), so strong […]

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Outlander – Famous Last Words

Rankin Gets to Shine, Original Motifs and the Return of an Old Favourite Fortunately for all the Richard Rankin fans out there, Roger survives the hanging. How, you might ask? The TV series seems to suggest it was thanks to Roger getting a hand between his neck and the rope but that’s by the by. […]

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Outlander – The Fiery Cross

Outlander is back! Love is in the air, trouble is brewing and an old friendship looks as if it’s on a collision course. Top and tailing the first episode of season 5 is the longest love story in Outlander– the bromance between Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) and Jamie (Sam Heughan). In what promises to be one […]

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Outlander – Man of Worth

Sterling Acting from Rankin Again, Murtagh Gets a Love Life and Heughan Seems to Have Been Short Changed. Contains SPOILERS. Thanks to the exceptional navigational skills that all Outlander characters seem to be blessed with, Claire (Caitriona Balfe), Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Ian (John Bell) arrive at Shadow Lake attempting to trade for Roger’s (Richard […]

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Outlander – The Deep Heart’s Core

In this week’s episode the story becomes all the more dramatic, secrets are revealed and Brianna proves she’s Jamie’s daughter in more ways than one – primarily by having a great right hook. There are some fantastic scenes in this week’s episode including the opening one when Jamie (Sam Heughan) informs Brianna (Sophie Skelton) that […]

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Outlander – Common Ground

Settling Down, Surprises, Shock Endings – Outlander This Week is Back on Track. CONTAINS SPOILERS This week’s episode opens with Jamie (Sam Heughan) signing a deal with the British government to be the proud owner of 10,000 acres of land. All things considered, it’s a rather generous land grant though it remains to be seen […]

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MY Outlander Review – Eye of the Storm

A Finale of Two Halves, Some Far-Fetched Heroics, Geillis in Nutty Scottish Nationalist Mode and Some Sexy Foreplay. Contains SPOILERS. From my perspective, this season’s finale was a bit of an anti-climax. Perhaps this was because the last two seasons finished with such strong episodes; or maybe because Season 3 was so enthralling at the […]

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