Outlander: Know Thy Enemy — a Review of The Garrison Commander, Episode 106
Writing these reviews months after the episodes’ premier dates gives me a certain latitude, but it’s not without its challenges. Sure, I have hundreds of blogs, podcasts, “behind the scenes” clips and...
View ArticleOutlander: Mind, Body, and Soul – A Review of The Wedding, Episode 107
The phrase “Female Director” kind of pisses me off. I know how naïve that makes me. I don’t know how Hollywood works except from what I’ve read, but I do know there’s nothing inherently masculine about...
View ArticleOutlander: Illusions I Recall—A Review of Both Sides Now, Episode 108
I’ve been rather fangirl-swoony in my reviews of Outlander up to this point. Counting the hours until the series return, I really wanted to glow about Both Sides Now, but I just couldn’t. Even this...
View ArticleOutlander: All is Forgiven—A Review of The Reckoning, Episode 109 (Part 1)
I’ve tossed this episode around in my thoughts all week, and I still don’t have my head around it. I wrote and scrapped hundreds of words, hoping that some clear conclusions would surface. In turn,...
View ArticleOutlander: The One With All The Reckonings—A Review of Episode 109 (Part 2)
Ain’ No Party Like a Leoch Party Having all but exhausted my thoughts on this episode’s first half, let’s get our arses back to Leoch, where the most awkward surprise wedding reception ever awaits us!...
View ArticleOutlander: You Had One Job—A Review of “By the Pricking of My Thumbs,”...
In my last post, I called attention to the number of parallels among the many Outlander characters’ plot lines. I get to do something similar this week, except instead of plot lines, By the Pricking of...
View ArticleOutlander: Bismillah—A Study of “The Devil’s Mark” Episode 111
To say that The Devil’s Mark was a show bursting at the seams is a gross understatement. I agreed with what Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore said in his podcast; each of three events within it—the...
View ArticleOutlander: Just Eat Your Cake—A Study of “Lallybroch” Episode 112
There was a flood of new, mainstream reviewers talking about Outlander this week (E! has been on it from the start, but they’re the ones who broke the newest pictures on Thursday, the scintillating one...
View ArticleOutlander: Cosa Nostra—A Study of “The Watch” Episode 113
“Cosa Nostra” is what the the Sicilian mafia calls itself. It means “Our Thing.” Short of a wholesale abandonment of the source material, Outlander is a show about strong women. Those who read the...
View ArticleOutlander: Ishtar 2-Ghàidhealtachd—A Study of “The Search” Episode 114
You couldn’t fire a bit across the World Wide Web this week without hitting a preview for Outlander‘s next installment, Wentworth Prison. Scarce was the review of last week’s episode, however, save...
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