Monthly Archives: December 2018

Outlander – The Birds and The Bees

This week’s episode pulls no punches both literally, after all it is Jamie doing the hitting, and emotionally, when Jamie finally meets his daughter. Contains SPOILERS. At its heart Outlander is all about love. It’s one of the main reasons why the books and TV series are so compelling. There is romantic love as depicted […]

Outlander – Wilmington

Full Marks to the Outlander Production Team in Dealing with a Difficult Scene So Well. If Nothing Else, the Wilmington Episode Makes Clear the Stark Difference between Sex and Rape This week’s episode is a tale of two halves – Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) are in Wilmington, summoned by Governor Tryon (Tim […]

Outlander – Down the Rabbit Hole

No Jamie or Claire this week, instead the focus is on the trials and tribulations of Brianna (Sophie Skelton) and Roger (Richard Rankin), with the added bonus of a surprise return by one of Outlander’s stalwarts in the form of Brianna’s 20th century father, Frank Randall (Tobias Menzies). Thus this week’s show begins with Brianna, […]

Outlander – Blood of My Blood

Surprise Visitors (Again), Secrets and Confessions.Contains SPOILERS For somewhere that is at the back of beyond, Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) don’t half get their fair share of unexpected visitors at Fraser’s Ridge. This time it’s none other than Jamie’s would-be paramour, Lord John Grey (David Berry) who has made a rather considerable […]

Outlander – Savages

The Return of a Much Loved Character, Claire’s in Trouble (Again) and Roger is Wearing Even More Wool than Usual. CONTAINS SPOILERS. Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) are in a good place emotionally, as witnessed in a tenderly written scene at the start of this week’s episode. Here Jamie reveals to Claire that […]