Outlander (2014)
The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
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But Outlander is no Game of Thrones, with its male gaze and frequently naked women.
Audience reaction to Game of Thrones this year highlights the overwhelming view that programmes need to justify their inclusion of sexual assault.
…the Outlander TV series writers have found themselves in a Game of Thrones situation…
It’s all courtesy of The Watch, a group who might sound like they’re from Game of Thrones, but have their own style of brutal cruelty.
…a setting that gives events a tension that recalls The Crucible, even if it never reaches those heights…
…a gripping battle over the exorcism of a child manages to be part-Quincy, part-The Crucible…
Now, some of these folks have intentionally gone back in time, but others, like Claire, have stumbled into this not quite Whovian endeavor.
“I’m going to miss you most of all,” says Claire’s voice-over as we bid farewell to the exiled Raymond – another nice nod to The Wizard of Oz.
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…and not just in terms of her strong hair game (hello to The Avengers’ Emma Peel).
It turns out that in her own solo series, Claire’s life mainly resembles ER, as she performs surgery and takes the risks that, damn it, a sensible doctor (who isn’t pining after her red-haired lover from another century) just wouldn’t take.
…even after she discovers him making the beast with two backs in Jocasta’s corridor that night with Judge Alderdyce (the other member of Outlander’s take on First Dates).
Outlander’s ability to distinguish between the various facets of love and romance leaves it standing alongside The Affair’s opening seasons and Catastrophe in modern depictions of relationships in all their complexity.
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It’s basically the Purge but for horny people.
The result is an entertaining evening of loaded glances and smirks – the only way to get more side eye on set would be to invite Frank Underwood.