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Post by MS on Jun 3, 2013 19:07:29 GMT -5
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Post by MS on Feb 11, 2014 21:18:58 GMT -5
From TV Tonight:
Outlander has been picked up by SoHo to air later this year.
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Post by MS on Jun 25, 2014 18:58:29 GMT -5
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Post by MS on Jul 4, 2014 0:16:01 GMT -5
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Post by MS on Aug 13, 2014 22:54:08 GMT -5
Sassenach:
Series opener.
Enjoyable beginning to the series.
Catriona Balfe makes for a very good lead as protagonist Claire Randall as she accidentally goes back in time from the 1940s to 1743.
The main male character is Jamie Fraser played by Sam Heughan. In fact his character was the reason why I decided to watch Outlander as Outlander author Diana Gabaldon revealed that the character was inspired by Doctor Who’s Jamie McCrimmon and the name Jamie Fraser is an amalgamation of Jamie and a variation of Frazer, the first name of Jamie McCrimmon actor Frazer Hines. So in a way Outlander has allowed Jamie McCrimmon to return to television.
Well handled on how Claire adjusted to her being in 1743 including modern (from her perspective) concepts to the people of 1743 and will be interesting to see what happens next from here.
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Post by MS on Aug 15, 2014 16:34:34 GMT -5
Outlander has been renewed for a second season.
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Post by MS on Aug 20, 2014 16:20:53 GMT -5
Frazer Hines will appear in the second half of Outlander season 1 (currently scheduled for 2015) playing Sir Gordon Fletcher. Hines’ casting in Outlander presents a full circle as Outlander author Diana Gabaldon had publicly stated that one of the Outlander character Jamie Fraser was named after Hines’ Doctor Who character Jamie McCrimmon. While Jamie Fraser was named after Jamie McCrimmon, Gabaldon says that the Fraser surname is coincidental to the fact of Hines’ first name saying that she didn’t even know Hines’ name until many years after writing the first Outlander book as she explains in the following article: www.doctorwhonews.net/2014/08/frazer-hines-cast-in-outlander-200814000012.html |
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Post by MS on Aug 20, 2014 22:40:29 GMT -5
Castle Leoch:
Season 1, Episode 2.
Annette Badland makes her first appearance in the series as Mrs Fitz and it looks like she is going to be a fun character.
Not bad as a second episode of the series as Claire is adjusting to her new surroundings.
Disturbing story that Jamie told Claire of what happened to his sister.
In retrospect it should not be a surprise that the planned destination didn’t exactly go as planned for Claire at episode’s end.
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Post by MS on Aug 27, 2014 23:05:16 GMT -5
The Way Out:
Season 1, Episode 3.
Directed by Brian Kelly.
Guest stars Tim McInnerny and John Sessions.
The preview for this episode had shown Mrs Fitz declaring Claire a witch after the latter told her she is from the future. Somehow I should not surprise that this turned out to be a dream.
A very good episode of showing Claire’s abilities as a healer when she helped Mrs Fitz’s nephew.
Some hope for Claire upon hearing the intriguing folktale about the stones.
However since Outlander had recently been renewed for a second season, what it says in this episode’s title will be quite a while yet.
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Post by MS on Sept 3, 2014 23:17:25 GMT -5
The Gathering:
Season 1, Episode 4.
Directed by Brian Kelly.
Also the name of a Torchwood episode. Kelly himself was a Torchwood director but not that particular Torchwood episode as he directed the first two episodes of Torchwood instead.
Not bad episode but her plan hit a snag when she tried to carry this plan through.
However her plan ultimately gets stalled due to an act of kindness that she displayed when she helped out a dying man on a boar hunt.
An example of how one person’s good deeds works against this very same person.
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Post by MS on Sept 10, 2014 17:19:01 GMT -5
Rent:
Season 1, Episode 5.
Directed by Brian Kelly.
Given Outlander’s setting this episode and despite its title does not have Claire looking for an apartment to rent (a thought that at least one reviewer had anticipated).
It is instead has Claire travelling with Dougal.
It was sure intense the moment that Claire was taken out of the company of the other women, a reminder of a time that women was still under the control of men.
The Battle of Culloden gets mentioned here and I first knew about this battle when it got depicted in the Doctor Who story The Highlander, the story that introduced Jamie McCrimmon who inspired Outlander’s own Jamie.
What a way to end this episode with that English soldier asked Claire whether Dougal had taken her against her will but the episode ends before she could answer the question.
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Post by MS on Sept 18, 2014 17:44:20 GMT -5
The Garrison Commander:
Season 1, Episode 6.
Claire gets into a debate on who actually has rights in 18th century Scotland. This episode is quite timely as Scotland right now is having its independence referendum.
Harrowing seeing Jamie getting a lashing.
Intense the conversation between Claire and Black Jack and the way it ended.
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Post by MS on Sept 24, 2014 22:04:30 GMT -5
The Wedding:
Episode 7.
Coincidentally I watched this episode at the same time as watching on DVD the Doctor Who season 36 closer The Wedding of River Song. As one can see the Doctor Who episode title was quite specific on who got married unlike the Outlander episode title.
The episode title refers to Claire and Jamie having just got married and there were certainly jitters getting this marriage off the ground.
A definite uncomfortable, but not unenjoyable, episode to watch as the newly married couple still try to get to know each other.
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Post by MS on Oct 1, 2014 17:54:33 GMT -5
Both Sides Now:
Mid-season 1 finale.
This episode finally comes back to Frank in the present (being 1945) as he still trying to locate his missing wife Claire who we now is back in the 18th century.
Painful moment was when Frank and Claire came close to being reunited when the latter got taken by soldiers at Craigh na Dun.
Quite a cliffhanger by what Black Jack was about to do to Claire just as Jamie came in to save her but we have to wait until the next episode which starts the second half of this season to see how this is resolved.
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Post by MS on Nov 15, 2014 1:42:03 GMT -5
The second half of season 1 will make its world debut in the US on April 4 2015.
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