Full spoilers for Outlander Season 3 Episode 5, “Freedom & Whisky.” This podcast page is spoiler-free for future book events beyond this episode. In this episode of Outlander Cast, hosts Mary and Blake recap and react to Outlander Season 3 Episode 5, “Freedom & Whisky.” We discuss why Claire finally stops living a half-life, why…
Read MoreSome Outlander Season 3 fans are giving Claire a ton of grief over her treatment of Frank. Here’s why it’s time to cut Claire a break.
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Outlander theme song singer Raya Yarbrough joins Mary & Blake to explain how “The Skye Boat Song” became Claire’s voice, what it is like working with Bear McCreary, and why her vocals feel like another character in the show. If you have ever wondered who sings the Outlander theme song, the answer is Raya Yarbrough….
Read MoreOutlander executive producer Maril Davis joins Mary & Blake to explain how the show found Jamie and Claire, why Diana Gabaldon’s books could not be movies, and what it actually takes to keep a production like Outlander moving. This is the producer interview that explains the machine behind the magic. Ronald D. Moore gives you…
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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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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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Outlander Season 1 Episode 8, “Both Sides Now,” is not painful simply because Claire almost gets home. It is painful because she is wanted in two lives, and neither one feels false. Frank wants his wife back. Jamie wants to keep his wife safe. Claire is caught between two marriages, two centuries, two versions of…
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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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