The Battle Joined

Phenomenal acting, directing, cinematography, script writing, sound effects, and set design. All around this is an incredible episode that stands up to anything else on tv today. Diana Gabaldon provided the bones for the story, but this show brought to life every little idiosyncratic detail that was both heartbreaking and heartwarming. Well done.

It's been a long wait for season 3. Now, a short time later, I crave for episode 3-02. I did not expect to be so easily pleased by the first episode. I will admit it is difficult to maintain sensibility when I am being torn apart by emotional ammunition. But it looks like season 3 will be as good as or better than season 1.

There was so much attention paid to the beauty of human nature. I was afraid, because of my interpretations of rumors, that Outlander would not connect well to its fans. I was gladly mistaken. I don't recall being so emotional during an episode. The pain, emotion and love lost or gained that the characters endure, the mystically alluring music, the unexpected moments of hope lost, frustration with humanities' faults, Claire, Jamie, Frank...

Such a beautiful episode.

The intensity of the raw emotions being portrayed here, made it, at times, hard to watch. But when it came to the dean of Frank's school? I wanted to bash his head in for the demeaning way he spoke to both of them, but, me being a woman, especially Claire. I dont know that i would call his performance acting, seened more like just a nasty disposition toward all women. Misogynist.