A British nurse travels through time into a mysterious world and the only means of survival is to marry a strapping Scots warrior with a complicated past and a disarming sense of humor.
Besides showing off the beauty of Scotland and a look at 18th century life, tonight's Outlander emphasized that even when you're offered basic courtesies, you can still be a prisoner.
Things got really interesting for our feminist time traveler this week and we quickly learned that the feminist struggle has been real for a very long time.
Honestly I can't help but think how distraught I would be in this situation and the show hasn't done anything to disparage Frank's character so...hold on to your butts...I think I'm Team Frank. For now.
This week's episode was unique, not only because of the story it occupied its time telling, but because it made, to my mind, an unprecedented leap in quality from pilot to second episode.
The fact that we're taking this journey through the perspective of a woman makes things infinitely more interesting, especially because Claire so closely resembles the archetypal reluctant male hero we're used to seeing in the fantasy genre.
I always love waiting for who our main character is going to connect with and who she's going to clash with. We get the start of all those relationships in this episode.
