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Thread #157212   Message #3708940
Posted By: michaelr
14-May-15 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: Anyone watching 'Outlander'?
Subject: Anyone watching 'Outlander'?
I've been enjoying this TV series based on the book(s) by Diana Gabaldon (which I haven't read). The heroine is an English nurse at the end of WWII who walks through a circle of standing stones on Halloween and finds herself transported 200 years into the past. It's the Scottish highlands on the eve of the (second? I'm a bit fuzzy here) Jacobite rebellion, and our gal Claire has a series of perilous adventures, marries a young outlaw and has a tough time convincing the Highlanders that she is neither a witch nor a British spy.

The show walks the line between historical fiction and bodice-ripper. It's great fun and beautifully filmed, from the wonderful scenery and great costumes to the fact that the protagonists are quite easy on the eyes.

Who else is watching?