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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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 3, “Useful Occupations And Deceptions.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Useful Occupations And Deceptions” works because Claire finally finds purpose again while Jamie is trapped doing work that drains him. Claire gets the hospital, healing, Mother…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 2, “Not In Scotland Anymore.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Not In Scotland Anymore” works because Claire and Jamie enter a world where power has a costume. Paris is not Scotland with better furniture. It is…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 1, “Through A Glass, Darkly.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Through A Glass, Darkly” works because Claire escapes the eighteenth century, but she does not escape grief. The Season 2 premiere sends her back to Frank,…
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