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| This year's power couple |
Yes, that's right folks, everyone's favourite historical drama is back!
Outlander Season 2 premiered on Saturday night (09/04) on STARZ, and was available for all us UK folks on Amazon Instant Video on Sunday.
But what did Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) get up to in this season's premiere?
When we last left the dynamic duo, Claire had just told Jamie she was pregnant and they hugged, and kissed, and all of us viewers swooned, and it was very cute.
Of course, that shit couldn't last, because as the new episode opens, Claire is somehow back in dreary 'present day' (1948, for her), and Jamie's gone, and she's crying and I'm screaming to the heavens - WHYYYY.
Claire leaves the mystic ruins and wanders along some random road and is discovered by a wee old Scottish man who somehow doesn't have the urge to run away from her (even after she grabs him by his coat screaming WHAT YEAR IS IT), and just like that, she's in a hospital waiting for her darling
Frank comes into her room, clearly dumbstruck that his wife that left him two years ago is suddenly back, and safe. He is thrilled, although I can't help but feel he would have moved on in the space of TWO YEARS. But clearly Claire's the gal for him, it doesn't even matter that she shagged some other dude and is now pregnant - we all make mistakes, amirite?
Okay, Frank's not the best thrilled when Claire eventually admits the truth to him, although he seemingly doesn't think she's bat-shit crazy - even though most of us, when confronted with the absolutely absurd tale of magical stones and hot Scottish guys in kilts would think she was. So, er, I guess that's something?
But let's get real. Who actually thinks Claire and Frank make the best pairing? Seriously. They're chemistry is now non-existent and I'm sure the fact that he bares a really fucking striking resemblance to renowned torturer and rapist Captain Jack Randall is really going to help along their relationship.
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| And the award for most boring man in the world goes to... |
C'mon Outlander, take us back to the land of thrilling fights, stunning scenery and buckets of alcohol, please. Anyway, Frank and Claire eventually decide to raise the growing baba as their own, albeit with a few conditions. Frank must never mention the word 'flog' in Claire's presence (I agree), and Claire must agree to let go of her ghost-husband and stop trying to find out if he did really die (and to that I say to you, thanks, but no thanks).
Frank reveals he has an offer from Harvard and they all move to Boston. Oh boy (zzzzz).
And with a change of scene we are back in past-day and Claire and Jamie have just landed in France. What we've all been waiting for!!! Even though there's only like 20 minutes of the programme left - DAMMIT.
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| What everyone actually wants to see |
Claire and Jamie find somewhere to chill and after some lengthy conversation (Jamie admits he still has flashbacks of Randall, Claire comforts) they agree to try and stop the Jacobite uprising to try and prevent a monumental loss of life. Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) is angry the dynamic duo won't tell him why they are doing all this random shit and Jamie reassures Murtagh he will tell him the truth 'when it's time' and Murtagh seems to accept this...with literally zero complaints. Er, Okay, great then, I guess?
Jamie and Claire meet with Jared Fraser (first step of their plan) who is skeptical of Jamie's sudden interest in politics, to which Jamie strips off (yes, everyone, this is the moment you have been waiting for) and that appears to be all the answer Jared needs. Jamie wants to meet the Jacobite leaders, Jamie and Jared barter for a bit, and they agree that Jamie will take over Jared's wine business whilst he is in the West Indies because he's got a 'really good head for figures'... er, if you say so Jared. JC also get the run of Jared's Paris home whilst he's away and a share of the profits. Super duper!
Later, Claire is walking along the docks and comes across some sickly fellas with apparent smallpox. After Claire's expert medical assessment (yup, it's smallpox), our new baddie le Comte St. Germain (Stanley Weber) is pissed because now his ship and all its cargo has to be burnt to prevent the spread of infection, as the sickly fellas were from his crew (erm, soz dude).
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| hint: I am the villain |
And that's it.
Summary of the episode: Too much Frank, not enough Jamie (but when is there ever enough Jamie?)
All joking aside, although it was nice to revisit present-day Claire and see how she would adjust back into her old life, it could have taken up slightly less of the episode, to make more room for what we all came for: thrilling adventures from team JC.
Next week we expect to see:
1. More unnecessary shirtless Jamie
2. More pantomime villains
3. More sassy Claire
4. More characters who are inexplicably fluent in French
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