![]() ![]() A woman hands Claire a bottle of Champagne, declaring the war is finally over. Outside, there is celebration and cheering. Then a doctor (a man, of course) strides in and sends Claire on her way because the doctor is here to save the day that has already been saved. Life without modern medicine is something worse than hell. In a brief flashback, Claire is doing nurse work on the horrifically wounded leg of a solider - bones and blood and tendons, accompanied by some gruesome sound effects. ![]() Meanwhile, the Second World War has ended, a long, bloody affair. Everything about this show is, in fact, gorgeous - the actors and acting, the scenery, the costumes, the score. The opening credits involved gorgeous scenery of the Scottish plains. I expected torrid, bosom-heaving sex during the opening credits and my hopes were instantly dashed. I am down with all of these things so my expectations, coming into the series pilot, may have been unreasonable, particularly with regards to that last point. I haven’t read the books but I know four things: The books are very long there is an intelligent, independent woman at the center of the story there is time travel and there is lots of hot sex. Outlander is also a novel, well, the first of a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. Instead, this is a show deeply concerned with the question of whether or not a modern woman can have it all in two vastly different eras. You might think the new Starz series Outlander is about time travel and historical intrigue but you would be mostly wrong. W e therefore ask that book fans refrain from posting comments that might spoil upcoming plotlines for anyone sampling this show without having checked out Diana Gabaldon’s books yet - and to be civil toward them as well. Like Game of Thrones, this Starz drama is based on a series of best-selling novels that many viewers have yet to read. Welcome to our weekly recap of Outlander. ![]()
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