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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Outlander writer and executive producer Ira Steven Behr joins Mary & Blake to talk Black Jack Randall, Wentworth Prison, “To Ransom A Man’s Soul,” and why the Season 1 finale never flinched. That is the real value of this interview. This is not just a behind-the-scenes victory lap. It is not just a “how did…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 16, “To Ransom A Man’s Soul,” understands something brutal: survival is not the same as being saved. Jamie Fraser is out of Wentworth Prison. That should be the victory. Claire got him out. Murtagh got the cattle into the prison. Angus and Rupert helped create the chaos. Black Jack Randall is…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 15, “Wentworth Prison,” is the episode where Jamie is saved by the worst man alive. That is the horror of it. Jamie Fraser is standing at the gallows. He is seconds away from death. The noose is ready. The redcoats are doing their work. Taran MacQuarrie has just died badly in…
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Outlander Season 1 Episode 9, “The Reckoning,” is the episode where Jamie and Claire’s marriage stops being a fantasy and becomes a fight between two centuries. That is the real shock of the midseason premiere. Yes, Jamie rescues Claire from Fort William. Yes, Black Jack Randall is still terrifying. Yes, Laoghaire is becoming a much…
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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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