Written by: Anne Hawkinson Jamie and Claire have found their way back to each other! Break out the port, whisky, or your beverage of choice for a celebratory drink! But wait. What? Hold the mental images of sex, tenderness, and re-connection. Jack Randall is back! Instead of two people caressing and canoodling, Claire and Jamie…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 8, “The Fox’s Lair.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “The Fox’s Lair” works because Claire and Jamie finally leave France, but Scotland does not give them peace. After losing Faith, they come home needing family, land,…
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Master Raymond is one of Outlander’s strangest mythology characters: healer, apothecary, time traveler, blue-light figure, and possible ancestor to Claire and Geillis.
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 7, “Faith.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander Season 2 Episode 7, “Faith,” works because it refuses to treat Claire’s loss as a plot point. Claire does not simply lose a pregnancy. She holds the daughter she…
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Written by: Anne Hawkinson In “Best Laid Schemes,” Murtagh is finally told the secret Claire and Jamie have been keeping from him. But the timing of the reveal really threw me off. Wait . . . what?? Claire has just given Jamie her smallpox potion, which means any second now he should be vomiting and…
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Written by: Anne Hawkinson Source Alex Randall is a really good guy, despite the fact that his brother is the sick, perverted Black Jack Randall who abused and tortured Jamie at Wentworth Prison. Alex also happens to be in love with Mary Hawkins, which sets all manner of alarm bells ringing for Claire. Alex and…
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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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Written by: Anne Hawkinson Murtagh is a man who makes you feel safe, no matter the circumstance. He stands quietly (for the most part) in the background, surveying the situation, alert to any potential danger. He’s got your back, no matter what. He’s loyal to the end – underneath that scowl and tough exterior is…
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Written by: Anne K. Hawkinson Who is the man with the port wine stain on his hand? He knows something of the way carriages are constructed as he removes the pin from the wheel of Jared’s carriage, ensuring its breakdown later in the day. How does he gain access to the carriage so easily, without…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 5, “Untimely Resurrection.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Untimely Resurrection” works because Black Jack Randall’s return forces Claire and Jamie into the cruelest moral bargain of Season 2. Jamie finally sees the man who destroyed him…
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