Tag Archives: Sophie Skelton

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 – 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 […]

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. […]

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 – 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. […]

Outlander – The Ballad of Roger Mac

Romance, action, tragedy: Outlander is back on track. CONTAINS SPOILERS. This week’s episode kicks off with Roger (Richard Rankin) saying his fond farewells to Brianna (Sophie Skelton) as he heads off to the battlefront. Now that Rankin has been freed from the shackles of Season 4 where his alter ego often ended up acting like […]

Outlander – Perpetual Adoration

Claire Gets Pensive, Jamie Kills Again while Brianna and Roger Get Closer. Clare (Caitriona Balfe) is in philosophical mood this week; cue a lot of voice over about the meaning of time. Being a Brit whose national philosophy can be summed up in just two words ‘fuck it’ (it’s the only way I can possibly […]

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 […]

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