Full spoilers for Outlander Season 2, Episode 6, “Best Laid Schemes.” This discussion is spoiler-free for the books, but full spoilers for the television episode. Quick answer: Outlander “Best Laid Schemes” works because every plan Claire and Jamie make finally turns against them. They tell Murtagh the truth, fake smallpox to sabotage the wine deal,…
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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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Do you find yourself obsessively gabbing on about Outlander to your friends and family? Wishing your Saturday nights included a living room full of people with whom to watch, discuss, comment, cheers, jeers and well, experience alllllll the feels? Dinna fash, Obsessenach – you are not alone. Good news – we can get new family and friends pour ourselves…
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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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