Tag Archives: Lauren Lyle

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 […]

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 […]

Outlander – The Company We Keep

This week Outlander is well and truly back on track: Claire and Jamie are all loved up, more difficulties en route arrive, Jamie is in Highland Fling mode and the spectre of Stephen Bonnet casts a shadow at Fraser Ridge. While standing in for Jamie (Sam Heughan), Roger (Richard Rankin) shows that his previous career […]

Outlander: Between Two Fires

Murtagh proves he’s incapable of keeping a low profile, Jamie is in a bind and Claire, as usual, is throwing caution to the wind. Despite Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) request to Murtagh(Duncan Lacroix) to be hard to find, Murtagh does the exact opposite when he becomes the ringleader of a group of Regulators who storm into […]

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 […]

Outlander – Providence

Things are hotting up (literally), Rankin acts his socks off, Brianna grows up while Lord John and Brianna’s relationship is delightful and surprisingly not in the least bit weird.Contains SPOILERS. Another week, another episode and Roger ‘Lucky’ MacKenzie’s (Richard Rankin) run of bad fortune isn’t showing any signs of improvement. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t manage […]

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 […]

MY Outlander Review – Unchartered

Claire in Survival Mode, Comedy Gold from an Eccentric Priest and the Eye-Opening Side-Effects of Eating Turtle Soup. Contains SPOILERS. This week’s episode showcases what a capable, tough cookie Claire (Caitriona Balfe) is while giving us an insight into Claire’s feelings for Jamie (Sam Heughan). By far the less demonstrative half of the couple, this […]