Mary & Blake’s Blog

This will be the spot for the latest news that’s happening in our network, our crazy personal lives, our thoughts on shows and movies that were are not podcasting about, sports, music, and pretty much anything that you would like us to discuss!

Where The Ridge Stands This Week: The Women Are Strong, The Men Are Just Sort of There

This week’s fan reaction to Outlander Season 8 Episode 6 is warmer, clearer, and more hopeful: Jamie’s mercy landed, Rachel won the room, and the fandom is very much...

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Drums Of Autumn Chapter 13 Explained: An Examination Of Conscience

Drums of Autumn Chapter 13 forces Jamie and Claire to weigh Jocasta’s inheritance offer against slavery, power, and the dangerous freedom of building something new.

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Outlander Season 8 Episode 6 Review: “Blessed Are The Merciful” Is Jamie’s Best Episode Of Season 8

Outlander Season 8 Episode 6 finally gives Jamie Fraser the kind of choice that matters: two bad options, two defensible outcomes, and no clean way out of either one.

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What Does Roger’s Vision of His Father Mean in Outlander Season 8 Episode 6?

Roger’s vision in Outlander Season 8 Episode 6 is meant to confirm that Jerry MacKenzie saved him as a child — and that history was always meant to happen...

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Drums Of Autumn Chapter 12 Explained: The Return Of John Quincy Myers

Drums of Autumn Chapter 12 turns Jocasta’s party into a pressure cooker of politics, performance, and frontier medicine as John Quincy Myers crashes back into the story.

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Drums of Autumn Chapter 48 Explained: Away in a Manger and Why It Changes Brianna and Jamie

In Drums of Autumn Chapter 48, Brianna asks Jamie whether killing Black Jack Randall helped — and the answer opens one of the most brutal and important father-daughter conversations...

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