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…
In Episode 212: THE HAIL MARY, Jamie strives and fails to save the Jacobites from their doomed ending on Culloden Moor. Colum drops in to make a deathbed request which finally puts Dougal in his place and raises Jamie up higher than I think he cares to be. While Jamie deals with his uncles and struggles with…
Episode 211: VENGEANCE IS MINE is a riveting and satisfying chapter in the story of Jamie and Claire. There's an edge of peril throughout this episode – from the generals abandoning their Prince, to the shootout with the British and the subsequent standoff, up to Claire's menacing clash with the Duke of Sandringham. I must admit I expected to…
In Episode 210: PRESTONPANS, Jamie leads us into battle and faces the loss of a friend. This is a gritty, bloodthirsty episode with our first up close and personal look at Highlander warfare, tempered with moments of combat companionship. With every episode, Sam Heughan's man-no-longer-a-lad grows more mature, commanding, responsible, charming and especially irresistible. This episode is particularly engaging…
In Episode 209: JE SUIS PREST, Sam Heughan takes command of James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser and progresses his character arc to a whole new peak. The future of Scotland and its people, the fate of the woman he loves, the weight of the whole damn world rests on Jamie's shoulders. Rather than let it crush him, he appears to stand…
In Episode 208: THE FOX'S LAIR, Jamie (Sam Heughan) faces off against his unscrupulous grandfather, Lord Lovat, in an attempt to appease the even more (or slightly less) unscrupulous Prince Charles. There's not a lot of time for Jamie to get back into his old life of farmin' and takin' care of his tenants afore he's forced…
In Episode 207: FAITH, Caitriona Balfe's talent radiates even more than usual as Claire Elizabeth Beauchamp Randall Fraser. Sam Heughan makes a cameo appearance at the end (insert chuckle) so will have to wait his turn to take back over his reign of Top 30. It's either that or a list of Jamie's Top 2 – with and…
In Episode 206: BEST LAID SCHEMES, Sam Heughan's Jamie reaches across the spectrum of emotions – sharing his tender side with Claire (Caitriona Balfe), staring down the Comte (Stanley Weber) and finally letting loose his fury against Randall (Tobias Menzies). Sam and Jamie get quite a workout in this episode in so many ways . . . as does their hair. I'm happy…
In Episode 205: UNTIMELY RESURRECTION, Sam Heughan takes us back to serious Jamie. He has very little time for humor, being forced by the Prince to partner with St. Germain and broadsided by the return of Captain Randall. To top it all off, Claire makes a demand he never thought possible given his very recent experience. But he…
Candida's Musings 