[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCYyWlsZjbU] Outlander: The Garrison Commander (1×06) Synopsis: Claire and Dougal are taken to The Garrison. Claire meets Brigadier General Lord Thomas. She is also reunited with Black Jack Randall as he questions her intentions. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Oh, sweet, sweet Tobias Menzies. I remember when you were merely Edmure Tully, the foolish flopping trout of Riverrun. […]
Outlander: Rent Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_g4in7BjmE] Outlander: Rent (1×05) Synopsis: Claire goes on the road with Dougal as he collects rents from the tenants. She meets the clans solicitor who is riding with them. She also becomes aware of Dougal’s involvement in trying to raise money for the Jacobite rebellion. Rating: ★★★★★ If I could give this episode […]
Outlander: The Gathering Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE1lBClrHwQ] Outlander: The Gathering (1×04) Synopsis: People come from all over the land to attend the Gathering held at Castle Leoch, as clansmen pledge fealty to Colum MacKenzie while Claire plots her escape from Leoch. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ So The Gathering has come. The time when clansmen from across the land come to […]
Outlander: The Way Out Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvGbLfTOB3I] Outlander: The Way Out (1×03) Synopsis: Claire begins to heal the people of Castle Leoch, but a startling revelation in the village leads her to face off with the superstitions of the Highlands. Rating: ★★★★½☆ I’m enjoying the way this show is picking up pace slowly. While the Castle Leoch episode […]
Outlander: Castle Leoch Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfIriJlpMxc] Outlander: Castle Leoch (1×02) Synopsis: Claire is presented to Colum MacKenzie, laird of the castle, and soon realizes that she is under suspicion of being an English spy. She meets the mysterious Geillis Duncan, and witnesses Jamie doing a kindness for the granddaughter of Mrs Fitzgibbons. Rating: ★★★☆☆ While the pilot gave us […]
Outlander: Sassenach Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAS01FFj1fQ] Outlander: Sassenach (1×01) Synopsis: 1945 England: Claire Randall reunites with her husband after five years of war. A second honeymoon goes awry when she falls back through time to 1740’s Scotland. Rating: ★★★★★ This review, along with the many others that will proceed as the season continues, is written from the perspective […]
Doctor Who: Cold War Recap
“It’s the ’80s, everything’s bigger!” This week the Doctor and Clara found themselves in 1983 on a nuclear submarine with Russian soldiers, a walkman-wearing professor, and a 5,000-year-old Martian soldier. But honestly, could we expect any less? Featuring Liam Cunningham and Tobias Menzies (Davos Seaworth and Edmure Tully in Game […]