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I desperately wanted to LOVE Outlander season two, but …

I was as frantic for the finale of Outlander Season 2 as the next Obsessenach. How would they tie up the multiple loose ends? Would this 90-minute episode give us the conclusion we need to survive the always-interminable #Droughtlander? Most important of all, would the finale make me (and other fans I’ve been chatting with about this)…

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Step Away from the Troll: Outlander’s “Science Fiction” Just Got Real.

Remember the initial shock in the premiere episode of S2, seeing Claire had passed through the stones? “Oh My God. No. No. Please no!” That’s exactly how I felt after the FBI’s presentation on the DARK WEB, a protected private internet area deep below our surface use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.. where for example…

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LIVE FINALE Blog: Episode 2.13 – “Dragonfly in Amber”

Do you find yourself obsessively gabbing on about Outlander to your friends and family? Wishing your Saturday nights included a living room full of people with whom to watch, discuss, comment, cheers, jeers and well, experience alllllll the feels? Dinna fash, Obsessenach – you are not alone. Good news – we can get new family and friends pour ourselves…

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Dying to find out how Outlander ends? Read our staff’s best guesses . . .

Disclaimer: This post contains spoilers related to the Outlander season two finale. If you would prefer to watch the finale without knowing how the book give us clues to the outcome, then please stop reading this post at the point where it heavily warns of spoilers.  Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but… I feel…

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How to Survive the Outlander Season 2 FINALE: 7 Top Tips.

  The time is nigh, Obsessenachs.  It’s what we anticipate eagerly, yet dread at the same time.  It’s the agony and the ecstasy, the torture and the rapture, the alpha and the omega.  The FINALE of Outlander  Season 2 is just days away.  The culmination of one of Diana Gabaldon’s most complicated and twisty novels that…

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What About Murtagh?

Written by: Anne Hawkinson Murtagh is alwaysthere. Dependable, stable, loyal. You never have to wonder, you never have to doubt. He doesn’t push to the front or seek the limelight, like Dougal has on more than one occasion. And his reward is that he gets passed over, or passed by. “Prestonpans” proved it once again….

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Battle of the Brothers: Brotherly love in Outlander episode 212

Leon Tolstoy wrote famously in Anna Karenina “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” We saw this in spades in the Outlander season 2 episode, “The Hail Mary,” where we have the Battle of the Brothers on the eve of the Culloden Moor disaster. In one corner, we have Alex Randall and his…

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[Relatively] LIVE Blog: Episode 2.12 – “The Hail Mary”

Do you find yourself obsessively gabbing on about Outlander to your friends and family? Wishing your Saturday nights included a living room full of people with whom to watch, discuss, comment, cheers, jeers and well, experience alllllll the feels? Dinna fash, Obsessenach – you are not alone. Good news – we can get new family and friends pour ourselves…

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What happened to the sex in Outlander season two?

We all knew when we started Season 2 of Outlander that eventually we would have to face #Droughtlander — that long interminable break while Ron D. Moore et al work their magic to create Season 3. What we did not realize was that we were going to have to live through #SexDroughtlander as well. Yes,…

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Shouldn’t We Tell Stories Realistically?

Written by: Emem Uko Nothing is good about rape. It leaves victims in horrible psychological states. Even when the outward effects, such as bruises are healed, inwardly, only the victim can gauge the level of damage from which he or she suffers continuously . Knowing how deeply traumatizing rape is to people who have experienced…

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