The Missus is a devotee of the "Outlander" book series. She has read each and every one and reveled in the kilt and heaving bosom plot lines. When Starz started showing the video version of the books, she turned up her nose at it when she viewed a preview. "That is no Jamie" she sniffed about the leading kilt-man.
The other day I realized that the first episode is available on the On-Demand app on our cable system and best of all, it is free so we watched it.
I thought it was all right and the Missus enjoyed it but no Starz channel for us. Los Angeles County library to the rescue! They have both season 1 and season 2 on DVD so we now have the first 6 episodes waiting to be watched.
(None of this is going to make any sense to those who don't have a passing familiarity with the story line)
In the show, the husband of Claire in 1945 (Frank) seems to be a decent chap: loving, drives a cute MG convertible, adores his wife, served in the Army during the war (as did Claire). His failings? Well he is a history professor so he loves to research the past and explore old ruins. If he isn't careful, he'll become an old ruin himself someday. Claire seems to be hoping for something more exciting in a man.
And, when visiting Scotland what do you know but she is transported through time to 1743 Scotland! Where she meets men in kilts! Brawny men with muscles! And claymores! And have Scots accents! And, she is rescued by a young brawny man with muscles who is wearing a kilt and wielding a claymore in her defense.
Pretty much everything husband Frank up in 1947 isn't. I saw once again that the cut goes between exciting and dependable. Women say they want dependable but they desire exciting.
It can be tough being the dependable one. Hang in there Frank, she'll come back to you eventually.
The other day I realized that the first episode is available on the On-Demand app on our cable system and best of all, it is free so we watched it.
I thought it was all right and the Missus enjoyed it but no Starz channel for us. Los Angeles County library to the rescue! They have both season 1 and season 2 on DVD so we now have the first 6 episodes waiting to be watched.
(None of this is going to make any sense to those who don't have a passing familiarity with the story line)
In the show, the husband of Claire in 1945 (Frank) seems to be a decent chap: loving, drives a cute MG convertible, adores his wife, served in the Army during the war (as did Claire). His failings? Well he is a history professor so he loves to research the past and explore old ruins. If he isn't careful, he'll become an old ruin himself someday. Claire seems to be hoping for something more exciting in a man.
And, when visiting Scotland what do you know but she is transported through time to 1743 Scotland! Where she meets men in kilts! Brawny men with muscles! And claymores! And have Scots accents! And, she is rescued by a young brawny man with muscles who is wearing a kilt and wielding a claymore in her defense.
Pretty much everything husband Frank up in 1947 isn't. I saw once again that the cut goes between exciting and dependable. Women say they want dependable but they desire exciting.
It can be tough being the dependable one. Hang in there Frank, she'll come back to you eventually.
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