In the midseason finale of Outlander, entitled “Both Sides Now,” Frank Randall, finds himself on the cusp of the most heartbreaking of decisions, and is far from knowing anything even close to the truth about his wife’s disappearance. Unlike the recent weeks we’ve spent deep in the heart of ancient Scotland, this episode saw us return to her highlands in 1945 and to the heartbreaking situation in which Frank now finds himself: one where the police are all of the belief that s

Survived a war. Tumbled through history by accident and landed smack bang in the middle of another one. Forced to travel around the countryside with a bunch of Scottish rebels: at least half of whom suspect you of being a British spy, and all of whom probably smell like a hungover bush pig with body odour issues. Assaulted and hunted by a sadistic soldier who also happens to be the historical doppelgänger of your actually-quite-nice husband who may or may not exist somewhere

It’s not been the best week for Claire, especially given she’s spent days now on the road with a band of men who both ardently mistrust her and yet are still willing to get in a bar fight over her honour (in other news, bloody hell I love Scotsmen), all the while preparing for a war she secretly knows they won’t win. Not to mention the fact that she’s also in possession of a supernatural secret she must keep at all costs if she has any hope of returning to her home and husban

Her dark curls caught in the blustering chilled wind, Claire Randall stands quietly, pensively and at a loss. The Second World War – the war to end all wars, they’d said – was now behind her, but still brimming with infinite bloody details that no matter how long she lives, she knows she will never forget. But – as we break on to the scene in Episode 1 of Starz epic new drama Outlander, entitled “Sassenach” – it’s not a warzone but, rather, a simple vase seen in a tiny shop w