Written by: Anne Hawkinson The Duke of Sandringham started it – and Murtagh finished it. The brutal justice delivered in “Vengeance Is Mine” was a long time coming and the pinnacle of a pressure that had been building ever since the Petition of Complaint (against Jack Randall) was drawn up by Ned Gowan and delivered by…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 11, “Vengeance Is Mine.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Vengeance Is Mine” works because it gives the audience the satisfaction of seeing Sandringham punished, but it never pretends that justice can undo the damage. Murtagh delivers…
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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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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 4, “La Dame Blanche.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “La Dame Blanche” works because Jamie finally turns Paris’ love of rumor into strategy. He makes Claire into a myth — a feared white lady with supernatural…
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Outlander writer and producer Matthew B. Roberts did not just explain “The Reckoning.” He explained why one of the show’s most divisive episodes had to be told through Jamie’s eyes. That is the real value of this interview. “The Reckoning” is not just another Outlander Season 1 episode. It is the hour that changes the…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 10, “By The Pricking Of My Thumbs,” is the episode where Claire trusts the wrong witch — and finally learns that superstition can become a death sentence. That is the trap sitting underneath the whole hour. Claire thinks she understands what is happening around her because she is modern, educated, medically…
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