Claire Fraser

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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Midhope Castle And Lallybroch: Why Outlander Fans Come Home

Midhope Castle is the real-life Lallybroch from Outlander, and that is why fans do not treat it like just another filming location. They treat it like coming home. In the series, Lallybroch is Jamie Fraser’s ancestral home. It is the place that shaped him before Claire ever fell through the stones. It is the place…

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Outlander Season 4 Finale Heart Score

Karen Rutledge gives us her Outlander Season 4 finale “heart score,”  her measure of the episode’s emotional punch. Unlike Episode 10, this time she kept score on purpose.

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How Outlander Made Me Rethink Ancestry & Slavery

Outlander’s “Do No Harm” offered a glimpse into the horrors of slavery. Nikki Gastineau ponders how Outlander made her rethink ancestry and slavery. 

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Why I Applaud Outlander’s Use of “America the Beautiful”

Closing the Outlander Season 4 premiere episode with “America the Beautiful” was bold. Nikki Gastineau shares why she applauds the choice to use the song.

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Who Is Brianna In Outlander? Her Parents, Actor, Time Travel & Why Bree Deserves Another Chance

Brianna Randall Fraser is Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Frank’s raised child, Roger’s great love, and one of Outlander’s most debated characters. Here’s why Bree deserves another chance.

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Outlander Lessons: Why The World Needs More Goat Ladies (and Mamacitas)

Yes, Outlander features strong female friendships. But Claire’s triumphs also rely on women helping women with no strings attached, women like the Goat Lady and Mamacita.

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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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Outlander Sanctuaries: The Sacred Spaces of James Fraser

We all need sanctuaries from time to time. In the adventurous world of Outlander, Jamie Fraser needs them more than most. Here are some of Jamie’s Outlander sanctuaries.

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