Frank Randall

Outlander Season 4 Life Lessons: Love, Friendship, Parenting, and Letting Go

Outlander Season 4 life lessons run the gamut. Nikki Gastineau shares some of her favorites on love, friendship, parenting and letting go.

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Seeing Outlander: Behind the Scenes in Outlander Episode 407, “Down the Rabbit Hole”

Want to see behind-the-scenes filming for Outlander Episode 407, “Down the Rabbit Hole?” Our blogger was there and has first photos of Frank, Laoghaire and more.

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A Frank Postmortem: It’s Not Him, It’s Me

Love him or hate him, Frank Randall was an integral character in the first three seasons of Outlander. Nikki Gastineau details why hating Frank comes easily for her. 

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Outlander Filming Locations: Touring Hunterston House

In addition to the gorgeous natural landscape, Outlander the TV show uses many historic Scottish homes as Outlander filming locations. We took a private tour of Hunterston House, the setting for Reverend Wakefield’s home and more. 

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The Outlander Cast Playlist Project: Frank and Black Jack Randall’s Playlists

What songs would be on Frank’s and BJR’s playlists (if they had them)? The Outlander Cast staff has curated character-specific playlists. Frank and Black Jack Randall are next in our three-part series.

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I Stand with Claire: Why Outlander Fans Need to Cut Claire a Break

Some Outlander Season 3 fans are giving Claire a ton of grief over her treatment of Frank. Here’s why it’s time to cut Claire a break.

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In Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander, It’s a Matter of Trust

Diana Gabaldon makes reference to “trust” more than 60 times in the first two books of the Outlander series alone. (Trust me, I used Kindle Search to count.) It appears in all manner of references, like this simple-yet-powerful declaration Jamie makes to Claire in Outlander:“I decided to trust you instead.” Considering that trust is defined…

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Black Jack Randall: The Perfect Outlander Antagonist… But Why He Has To Go

In New England, where I live, we have a saying about someone (usually a sports figure) who can do no wrong in your eyes, and who you support no matter what. We call that person a “binky.” For example, Tom Brady is totally my binky. Well, I can honestly tell you that Tobias Menzies is…

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The Need to Belong: More Outsiders in Outlander

Outsiders don’t fit in. That is their key characteristic. They fly solo through life. As humans, we conform to the expectations of the group(s) we belong to as this makes it easier to fit in and be accepted. But not everyone does so successfully. Like a dark thread in the weft of a plaid, outsiders…

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May I Speak Frankly? Our Love-Hate Relationship with Outlander’s Mr. October

Please do NOT leave this page; not just yet. Yes, this piece is about the F word, so sit down and bear with me because I just had to run the gauntlet of the bored expressions of the first class passengers as I headed to my tiny space allotment in coach, measured in mere inches,…

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