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Blood of My Blood Season 1 Episode 3 (S1E3) “The School of the Moon” Recap & Reaction (Full Spoilers) from Mary & Blake — Castle Leoch turns into a political pressure cooker as Ellen runs clan dynamics like a chessboard, while Julia stares down an impossible choice to protect her unborn child. Plus: scheming, flashbacks, big swings, and the kind of family drama that feels baked into the Outlander universe’s DNA.
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Episode Snapshot
Mary and Blake break down Blood of My Blood 1.03, “The School of the Moon” — an episode that’s all about leverage: who has it, who loses it, and who learns how to manufacture it in real time. We dig into Ellen’s political instincts at Leoch, the sibling history that explains the current fracture lines, and Julia’s gut-punch decision that reframes everything we thought this timeline would “allow.”
Recorded on: August 21, 2025
Also in this episode
- Leoch politics — Ellen maneuvering clan alliances while her brothers posture
- Flashback damage — the past that still dictates the Mackenzie siblings’ present
- Lord Lovat’s scheming — charming on the surface, predatory underneath
- Julia’s impossible choice — the cost of protecting a child in a world with no mercy
- Standout moments — the “did that just happen?” beats we can’t stop debating
- Continuity + motivation questions — what tracks, what doesn’t, and what we want clarified
- GBG — our Good/Bad/Great craft receipts for the episode
- Outlandish theories — what this episode might be quietly setting up
Segments Included
- Kilt Ratings
- BomB Impact
- GBG (Good/Bad/Great)
- Debate Questions
- Outlandish Theory of the Week
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