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Etching History for Outlander One Glass at a Time

August 27, 2017 Anne Gavin Blogs, Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Glass artist Wilma MacKenzie talks about etching history from her Scotland studio as she helped recreate the Jacobite glasses in Outlander Season 2.

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Outlander The Hail Mary Explained: Claire And Jamie Run Out Of Miracles

June 27, 2016 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 12, “The Hail Mary.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “The Hail Mary” works because Claire and Jamie are still making desperate plays, but the season has reached the point where history is closing every door. Jamie…

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Outlander Prestonpans Explained: Victory Still Looks Like Loss

June 13, 2016 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

  Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 10, “Prestonpans.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Prestonpans” works because it gives Claire, Jamie, and the Jacobites the victory they have been chasing, then refuses to let that victory feel clean. The Battle of Prestonpans…

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Outlander Best Laid Schemes Explained: Claire Can’t Save Both Men

May 17, 2016 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 6, “Best Laid Schemes.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Best Laid Schemes” works because every plan Claire and Jamie make finally turns against them. They tell Murtagh the truth, fake smallpox to sabotage the wine deal,…

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Outlander La Dame Blanche Explained: Jamie Makes Claire A Myth

May 3, 2016 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 4, “La Dame Blanche.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “La Dame Blanche” works because Jamie finally turns Paris’ love of rumor into strategy. He makes Claire into a myth — a feared white lady with supernatural…

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Outlander Useful Occupations And Deceptions Explained: Claire Needs Purpose, Jamie Needs Meaning

April 25, 2016 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 3, “Useful Occupations And Deceptions.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Useful Occupations And Deceptions” works because Claire finally finds purpose again while Jamie is trapped doing work that drains him. Claire gets the hospital, healing, Mother…

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Outlander Not In Scotland Anymore Explained: Claire And Jamie Learn Power Is Red

April 18, 2016 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 2, “Not In Scotland Anymore.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Not In Scotland Anymore” works because Claire and Jamie enter a world where power has a costume. Paris is not Scotland with better furniture. It is…

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Outlander Showrunner Ronald D. Moore Interview: Frank, The Finale And Why The Book Had To Be TV

September 24, 2015 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

Outlander showrunner Ronald D. Moore joins Mary & Blake to explain Frank, the Season 1 finale, and why Diana Gabaldon’s book had to become television instead of a movie. The real value of this interview is not simply that Ronald D. Moore came on the podcast, although Blake absolutely geeks out because this is the…

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Outlander Season 1 Episode 16 “To Ransom A Man’s Soul”: Survival Is Not The Same As Being Saved

June 4, 2015 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

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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What Are Jacobites? The Outlander History Behind Claire’s Warning

December 6, 2014 Blake Outlander Cast 0 Comments

What are Jacobites in Outlander? They are the supporters of the exiled Stuart claim to the British throne — and in Claire Fraser’s story, they are also the people marching toward a tragedy she already knows is coming. That is what makes the Jacobite storyline in Outlander so tense. To Dougal MacKenzie and the men…

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