There are moments straight out of the book that this actor just fully nails. I won’t say who, but it’s someone we’re well acquainted with.

While Caitriona + Sam were obviously amazing, I’ll say the surprising standout actor in this episode wasn’t them. There’s one particularly funny scene that takes place on a boat and involves an interrupting officer that I so loved! The entire audience burst out laughing when we saw it. Claire especially, I feel, gets to use her biting wit (or just straight up cursing) to add some humor to the tenseness. There’s a new small side character that both Claire and Jamie get to interact with that provides much needed comedic breaks. One thing that surprised me - and perhaps it shouldn’t simply because Outlander has always been full of this - was that there were so many small moments of humor in this episode, despite the obvious dire situation Claire and Jamie are in (but really, when aren’t they lol). Caitriona’s micro-expressions really made it for me. I feel this bit was extremely effectively done. I can tell you that the audience gasped because of it.

The opening scene was SHOCKING and used something that I thought was really clever and really rude all at the same time lol. No time jump or anything, which I was really glad for. ~~~POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR OUTLANDER 7x01 BELOW~~~ ~~~SERIOUSLY, DON’T ME THAT I DIDN’T WARN YOU~~~Īs Caitriona + Sam have mentioned previously in interviews, 7x01 picks up right where 6x08 left off. I know you said you don’t mind them, but I will try my very best to not include any spoilers in it as I know it really does ruin it for some. Anon #2, yes of course I’ll write up a summary of my thoughts.

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