Warning: Full spoilers for Season 1 of Outlander follow.
Starz's Outlander had some preconceptions to overcome before the first episode aired. Some groups wrote the time-traveling, historical fiction tale off as romance and nothing more, while others were concerned about a plot centering on a woman torn between two marriages. I can't say whether the 16 episodes of Season 1 changed any minds, but I can say the series successfully wove together various arcs, tones, and development to address those concerns and to show Outlander has a wide range.
Romance is definitely present. It wasn't really introduced in a big way until the seventh episode, "The Wedding", though and then the bond between Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) was at the heart of the story. While their love for each other dictated where the plot went, it didn't crowd everything else out if that makes sense. And while we're on the subject of romance, Outlander took a different and welcome approach to sex and the female gaze.
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Starz's Outlander had some preconceptions to overcome before the first episode aired. Some groups wrote the time-traveling, historical fiction tale off as romance and nothing more, while others were concerned about a plot centering on a woman torn between two marriages. I can't say whether the 16 episodes of Season 1 changed any minds, but I can say the series successfully wove together various arcs, tones, and development to address those concerns and to show Outlander has a wide range.
Romance is definitely present. It wasn't really introduced in a big way until the seventh episode, "The Wedding", though and then the bond between Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) was at the heart of the story. While their love for each other dictated where the plot went, it didn't crowd everything else out if that makes sense. And while we're on the subject of romance, Outlander took a different and welcome approach to sex and the female gaze.
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