The other day, my eye caught an interview between the Outlander’s major couple, along with the writer of the books series and the show’s executive producer. So, apart from episodes, I’m watching interviews, following on Social Media… the whole package, because I love analyzing behaviors through body language. Yup, I’m acting like a 5 year old that was given a bag of candies. Other people are waiting for the soccer or football or rugby or baseball season to begin whereas I’m anxiously waiting for my TV series season to start. When you've got so many antecedents, you're bound to incorporate their penchants along with their potency.īOTTOM LINE "Outlander" distills a tasty spirit all its own.Yes I am a major TV freak too. But that quality isn't unknown among the many genres from which "Outlander" draws storytelling formulas and cinematic styles. Their continuing narration and other elements (including Bear McCreary's ethnic music) can hit the nail a bit too squarely on the head. But their relaxed depiction of Claire and Frank's adult relationship crucially anchors Claire's "present"-day thought and autonomous attitude, enabling her to match the MacKenzie men in a disarmingly innate fashion.įuture hours move faster, while being more episodic, even chapter-like. This weekend's first episode moves slowly, especially during its initial 1940s segments. (Supporting stereotypes of the jolly-round-housekeeper type are less vanquished.) Neither does the rich tapestry of mostly little-known performers, who assuredly evoke their bygone time without seeming too quaint or contemporary. Picturesque location shooting in Scotland doesn't hurt. (I plead guilty.) But for those open to textured historical sweep and/or time travel what-ifs (guilty on both counts), it's easy to lose yourself in this gritty production's pungent sense of place, character and dilemma. So, yes, "Outlander" can occasionally be a bit much for those not already enamored of its romance-novel leanings. We get to glimpse those as we do Claire's, in flashbacks explained by character narration like "The hairs on the back of my neck bristled at the sight." Starz's first four episodes (of 16 this first season) convey Claire as a "strong-minded" heroine and Jamie as an idealized hero, while dropping obvious clues of things to come, sometimes through Scottish folk tunes. MY SAY Those conversant with Gabaldon's eight "Outlander" novels know Claire's challenge centers on a sensitive horse-training hunk by the name of Jamie (Sam Heughan), packing secrets of his own. How can this wily woman find her way back (to her) home (era)? And survive this archaic life till then? Her quest becomes a deep-seated test of both memory and identity.īy clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. This is no 18th century lass - which makes "outlander" Claire suspect, and intriguing, and helpful. And Claire is not only British but strangely talented in matters medical, made clear as the men remove her to their castle. Men of the Scottish clan MacKenzie happen by, doing battle with the British. The British couple has traveled to trace his ancestry in Inverness when Claire touches a fabled field stone and finds herself time-jumped to that locale in 1743. World War II field nurse Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) is reconnecting with husband Frank (Tobias Menzies) in 1946 after five years apart. Now Moore has developed Diana Gabaldon's genre-bending "Outlander" book franchise into an epic adult saga that attempts similar depth on a narrower focus (with sex and combat). Moore's career, "Battlestar Galactica." That quality drama of the 2000s remains unseen by many who couldn't get past the Syfy thing and who've thus forgone the show's keen study of the human soul (with sex and combat). It's a historical suspense culture-clash war escape sci-fi medical romance adventure.Īdd space travel, and you'd have the defining series of producer-writer Ronald D. WHAT IT'S ABOUT So what kind of show is this? Let's be clear. WHEN | WHERE Premieres Saturday at 9 p.m.
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