Outlander Episode 104: THE GATHERING reduxed last Friday, March 24th. This is still one of my favorite episodes of Season 1 for many reasons – the music, the je suis prest moment-of-moments, the tension, the action, the costumes, the comedy. Oodles and oodles of good stuff. What am I forgetting? ... oh, yes. Diana Gabaldon's small-screen appearance, not to…
And we shorten our wait for the Season 3 premiere by one more week. Outlander Episode 103: THE WAY OUT reduxed on Friday, March 17th. In this episode, Jamie gets himself into a bit of hot water – not with Claire but with the fans. Watching Jamie swap spit with Laoghaire never gets any easier. It'll be interesting to see…
Two episodes down, twenty-seven to go. Outlander Episode 102: CASTLE LEOCH reduxed on Friday, March 10th in the U.S. only. But just because other countries aren't reduxing the show doesn't mean you can't all follow along with Jamie and Claire's helpful tips. Up until the very end, Claire still thinks she's going to make a clean get…
You may or may not have heard, Starz is reduxing the Outlander series from the very beginning – one episode every Friday from March 3rd up to September 15th. Not to spread any unconfirmed rumors (or maybe I am because I'm about to), the hopeful assumption is Season 3 may begin on either Saturday, September 16th, or Sunday, the 17th, right…
How's everyone surviving the long slump between Outlander seasons? I spent the past few months discovering new stories and fascinating characters by authors with beautiful, sometimes spine-tingling, imaginations. Here's a brief sampling of my summer findings. I kicked my reading frenzy off with American Sniper by Chris Kyle and Scott McEwen. It's an eye-opening account of war…
It was two years ago today – July 7, 2013 – Sam Heughan was cast as James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser. How appropriate I should be publishing my final episode-related Top 30. When we left Jamie in Episode 115: WENTWORTH PRISON (a hauntingly spectacular episode and one of my favorites of the season), Claire was forced to surrender her beloved…
It seems fitting to write my final Outlander Season One review for Episode 116: TO RANSOM A MAN'S SOUL on World Outlander Day. It was twenty-four years ago on June 1st, 1991, Diana Gabaldon's groundbreaking novel was first published. And twenty-four years later, we have the complementary groundbreaking television series to further indulge our appetites. I'm foregoing my usual recap for…
As Outlander nears the big finale, I decided to take a look back over the episodes and revisit the posters I created for the second half of the season. The exceptional cinematography and lighting in each episode prompted me to make major updates to all eight posters to include some of my favorite shots. I…
In Episode 115: WENTWORTH PRISON, Jamie is in big, big trouble. It's bad enough he's sentenced to death, but Claire's rescue attempt only seems to make the situation worse. What could be worse than the hangman's noose? Why Jonathan Wolverton Randall, of course. While there are a few heroic and handsome Jamie looks this week, he spends a great deal of…
Outlander Episode 115: WENTWORTH PRISON is about hope. Claire hopes she can rescue Jamie from the gallows. Randall hopes he can break Jamie before the object of his obsession permanently escapes, and Jamie hopes to meet death on his own terms. Ironically, it's Claire's actions which enable Randall's dreams-come-true and launch Jamie into a lifetime of nightmares. I'm not attempting to…
In Outlander Episode 114: THE SEARCH, a brave turn is taken, in that two of the most powerful characters are absent throughout the entire show. Jamie Fraser is missing – obviously – and Captain Randall is lurking just off screen. Taking Jamie's place is his sister, Jenny – a woman we are just getting to know…
Although Episode 114: THE SEARCH brims with Jenny and Murtagh goodness – not to mention Dougal badness – it is, alas, very Jamie-shy. But you knew I wouldn't let you down, right? Even without Sam Heughan gracing us with his performance this week, he still finds a way to brighten our day. PocketJamie to the "Search and Rescue"!…
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