Outlander Season 1 Episode 11, “The Devil’s Mark,” is the episode where Jamie loves Claire enough to let her go — and Claire finally chooses the life that can hurt her most. That is why this episode works so hard. Yes, “The Devil’s Mark” has the witch trial. Yes, it has Ned Gowan going full…
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Anna Foerster did not just direct two major Outlander episodes. She directed the moment Claire’s life split in two and then showed us what that split looked like from both sides. That is why her work on “The Wedding” and “Both Sides Now” matters so much. One episode forces Claire to marry Jamie while Frank…
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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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Hosts Mary and Blake discuss the premiere episode of Outlander, entitled “Sassenach.” In this episode of Outlander Cast, we break down Outlander Season 1 Episode 1, including Claire and Frank’s second honeymoon, the mystery of Craigh na Dun, the Highlander ghost, Black Jack Randall, Murtagh, Jamie Fraser, and why the pilot works as the beginning…
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