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Post by MS on Apr 21, 2020 7:37:51 GMT -5
Monsters and Heroes:
Season 5, Episode 9.
Quite a harrowing episode as Jamie got bitten by a venomous snake and only Claire could nurse him back to health in an intimate way.
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Post by MS on Apr 27, 2020 9:55:44 GMT -5
Mercy Shall Follow Me:
Antepenultimate episode of season 5.
This episode brings the Stephen Bonnet storyline to an end.
While the threat that is Bonnet was being focused on, Jocasta gets a visit by Gerald Forbes.
Shocking when Forbes attempted to kill her but he got killed by Ulysses and therefore saved Jocasta's life.
Brianna gets taken captive by Bonnet.
Harrowing seeing Bonnet holding Brianna hostage which ends with Brianna being rescued and Bonnet facing justice.
Bonnet is convicted and sentenced to death.
Death is by drowning.
However before water could claim his life, he is shot dead by Brianna.
Roger asked her whether this was out of mercy or to make sure he is dead.
Brianna left that question unanswered leaving the viewer their own interpretation of why she did it as the Bonnet storyline and the episode came to an end.
Brianna is played by redhead Sophie Skelton and given this episode's title fellow redhead Karen Gillan and she had been in episodes with the words mercy and follow in their titles.
With mercy, Karen was in Doctor Who: A Town Called Mercy and with follow Karen was in Selfie: Follow-Through.
Prior to Sophie's casting as Brianna, Karen became a fan favourite online for her to play her as the books described her as a redhead.
As much as I love Karen I am glad that Sophie was cast as Brianna.
No reflection on Sophie but Karen as Brianna would have meant for her to do the Bonnet storyline.
I would not like to have see Karen do that with what Brianna had to go through here.
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Post by MS on May 4, 2020 4:13:51 GMT -5
Journeycake:
Penultimate episode of season 5.
Interesting to learn what Journeycake is.
Curious on hearing Young Ian asked what a ballpoint pen is.
What a shock that it ends with a kidnapping leading to the season finale Never My Love.
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Post by MS on May 12, 2020 2:21:27 GMT -5
Never My Love:
Season 5 finale.
Harrowing way to end the fifth season with what Claire goes experiences with her kidnap.
During this bad experience, Claire has dreams of her family set in her time in the 20th century.
Quite interesting seeing the characters especially Jamie who are normally seen in the 18th century in the 20th century setting.
Thankfully Claire gets rescued by Jamie.
The season ends with Jamie and Claire cuddle together in bed with the latter recovering from that bad experience.
Unsurprisingly comes a certain helpline at the end credits reflecting the themes of this episode.
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Post by MS on Jan 4, 2022 10:40:24 GMT -5
Outlander season 6 makes its world debut on March 6 2022.
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Post by MS on Mar 8, 2022 1:14:31 GMT -5
Echoes:
Season 6 opener.
This came on March 6 2022 and marks Outlander's long awaited return as the previous season had ended almost two years earlier on May 10 2020.
No doubt due to the long break between seasons I was taken aback to find this season opener almost an hour and a half long which certainly knocked off much of the momentum I had thought I was having this day.
Interesting start to this season with Jamie reunited with someone he thought he never again and how he dealt with a proiblem that came not long after that.
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Post by MS on Mar 14, 2022 13:47:48 GMT -5
Allegiance:
Season 6, Episode 2.
Quite a temptation offered to Jamie given that he is married to Claire, one he managed to brush off delicately.
Quite interesting seeing Jamie performing his task as Indian Agent.
Interesting how it addressed what it says in the episode title and who Jamie expressed this to.
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Post by MS on Mar 22, 2022 3:28:40 GMT -5
Temperance:
Season 6, Episode 3.
Quite reckless by kids putting the baby in the river for a test.
Interesting Claire suggesting to Tom Christie that he reads Tom Jones which she lends to him while he is healing from his wounds.
Ominous that this ends with news that the Boston Tea Party is now underway and everyone knows the consequence of this.
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Post by MS on Mar 28, 2022 15:21:05 GMT -5
Hour of the Wolf:
Season 6, Episode 4.
Ian tells his story of being married to an Indian woman and having a child with her but it is a sad story as Ian didn't get to see his child before the child was taken away from him.
Intense with the duel with the one of the participants resorted to cheating but got spared his life by the other as he had shown his cowardice.
Also it was funny that earlier of hearing Jamie saying "Greased Lightning"!
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Post by MS on Apr 4, 2022 11:58:44 GMT -5
Give Me Liberty:
Season 6, Episode 5.
Intriguing Jamie becoming a rebel.
Claire gets back unfortunate memories at a party.
Enthralling that this ends with the introduction of a mysterious figure.
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Post by MS on Apr 11, 2022 23:30:52 GMT -5
The World Turned Upside Down:
Antepenultimate episode of season 6.
The world sure turned upside down when Malva accused Jamie of impregnating her which he denies.
This came just after Claire recovered from a long illness.
This situation became more intense when Malva came to her later on (or it may have been a dream) with Claire ended up threatening her.
Didn't get a good feeling when Claire made that threat and I saw it coming when Claire found Malva dead.
Claire then took out Malva out of her but the baby is dead as well.
Quite a shocking end to a very intense episode.
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Post by MS on Apr 25, 2022 3:02:20 GMT -5
Sticks and Stones:
Penultimate episode of season 6.
The episode title sure brings back me growing up as I easily got affected by what is said about me and how I react to it.
Interesting how a wedding came about and the lead-up to it.
This continues with the mystery of who killed Malva and somehow I should not surprised, but still saddened, that Claire gets arrested for her murder.
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Post by MS on May 2, 2022 10:39:30 GMT -5
I Am Not Alone:
Season 6 finale.
Given the episode title, the similar words of "You Are Not Alone" is a key plot point in Doctor Who: Utopia and John Bell (Young Ian) was a guest star in that episode,
Harrowing with Claire's arrest and she and Jamie are separated forcibly along the way.
While Jamie is saved from his situation this leaves on the cliffhanger of what is going happened to Claire.
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Post by MS on Jun 20, 2023 1:56:04 GMT -5
A Life Well Lost:
Season 7 opener.
It is race against time as Jamie fights to save Claire from the gallows.
Claire continues to protest her innocence including to a woman she has brought in to treat.
This woman said about Claire that she had never met a murderess before in which Claire that she isn't one.
Frankly the wording of this response was wrong as Claire should have said to the woman that she (the woman) still hasn't met a murderess.
Quite surprising how Claire got saved from the gallows in the end including hearing disturbing details about Malva, whom Claire was accused of murdering.
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Post by MS on Jun 26, 2023 11:52:29 GMT -5
The Happiest Place on Earth:
Season 7, Episode 2.
This episode starts with the revelation of who really killed Malva but it is too late for Tom Christie who already made his sacrifice to save Claire.
The episode title refers to Disneyland with a brief shot of it in the title sequence and Bree explaining to Jamie what Disneyland is.
Not bad analogy of Disneyland to what is been going on here amidst the bad news about Bree's newly born child whom Claire discovered has a deadly medical condition unless he is properly treated and that treatment is available in the 20th century.
This ultimately leads to Bree and Roger taking their child back to the 20th century in a very sad goodbye marking an emotional episode.
However on top of that is a hostage situation that ends this episode in a literal explosion.
I would wonder whether Claire and Jamie survived this if not for the trailer for the next episode showing they are alive and well.
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