LOS ANGELES (February 13, 2020) It is the afternoon of the Outlander Season 5 premiere screening, panel and party. The red carpet is virtually empty, still in set-up phase. Today, Los Angeles is suddenly devoid of rush-hour traffic, and I have arrived at the Hollywood Palladium way too early. Most […]
I don’t know how you decide if you’re going to stick with a new television show, but for me, there’s a checklist and all the boxes must be ticked. I read the premise. I admit it, I’m attracted to dark. I scan the show description and I’m either in right […]
A significant and very dedicated cross-section of Outlander fans will be celebrating this Saturday and Sunday night when “The False Bride,” Outlander’s third episode, airs. Roger Wakefield (Richard Rankin) and Brianna Randall (Sophie Skelton) return to pick up their story in 1970 America, while Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam […]
During the much-discussed end of Outlander’s fourth season premiere, the ironic use of Ray Charles’ modern version of “America the Beautiful” played over the scene of the soulless outlaw Stephen Bonnet’s attack on Jamie and Claire Fraser, family and friends. The message, as Jamie noted: the American Dream can, for […]