Outlander Season 1 Episode 6, “The Garrison Commander,” is the episode where Black Jack Randall turns Frank’s face into Claire’s nightmare. Claire has spent the season trying to get back to Frank. Frank is home. Frank is safety. Frank is the husband she promised to return to. Then Jonathan “Black Jack” Randall walks into the…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 5, “Rent,” is the episode where Claire Randall realizes her future knowledge is not power. It is a curse. Claire has been trying to get home since the moment she fell through the stones. Every choice she makes still points toward Frank, Craigh na Dun, and the life she lost. But…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 4, “The Gathering,” is the episode where Claire Randall finds out she is not the main character of everyone else’s life. Claire wants out. She wants back to Craigh na Dun, back to Frank, back to the life she understands. And honestly, who can blame her? She has been kidnapped by…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 3, “The Way Out,” is the episode where Claire Randall learns that being right can still get you burned. Claire wants out of Castle Leoch. She wants back to the stones. She wants back to Frank. She wants to believe that if she is useful enough, careful enough, and smart enough,…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 2, “Castle Leoch,” is the episode where Claire Randall learns that being smart is not the same thing as being safe. After falling through the stones, surviving Black Jack Randall, and getting dragged into the MacKenzie world, Claire arrives at Castle Leoch thinking she may have found a temporary stop on…
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