Transcribed by Denise Stewart February 9, 2015 Outlander Cast Episode 15 photo credit bearmccreary.com Hosts Mary and Blake discuss all things music with the composer of Outlander, Bear McCreary. Bear was extremely kind in carving out 20 minutes of his extraordinarily busy schedule to talk about his role on our favorite show. So, in this very…
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Roll out the red carpets, the Emmys are this Sunday. Ho hum. Two months have passed since the nominations were announced and the pain of hearing Outlander *crickets* still feels fresh. For those who missed my first offering on how to cure that Emmy expectation hangover, read here. Let’s be honest – I talk a…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 16, “To Ransom A Man’s Soul,” understands something brutal: survival is not the same as being saved. Jamie Fraser is out of Wentworth Prison. That should be the victory. Claire got him out. Murtagh got the cattle into the prison. Angus and Rupert helped create the chaos. Black Jack Randall is…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 14, “The Search,” is the episode where Claire’s love for Jamie is absolutely right — but her plan kinda sucks. And honestly? That is what makes this episode worth talking about. “The Search” is not clean. It is not tight. It does not have the same emotional precision as “The Devil’s…
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The Outlander theme song works because it does not simply introduce the show. It teaches us how the past is supposed to feel. Before Claire touches the stones, before Jamie Fraser enters the story, before the Jacobite cause becomes a ticking clock, the music has already told us what kind of world we are entering….
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