Claire Fraser is the central heroine of Outlander: a World War II combat nurse, later a doctor, time traveler, wife to Jamie Fraser, mother to Brianna, healer, survivor, and the woman whose choices pull the entire story across centuries. Played by Caitríona Balfe in the Starz series, Claire begins the story as Claire Beauchamp Randall,…
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Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 13, “Dragonfly In Amber.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. I’m just going to say it plainly: “Dragonfly In Amber” is simply a breathtaking episode of television. That is the review. That is the thesis. That is the whole thing….
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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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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 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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