As requested, I’ve gone back
to the beginning of
Outlander to recap the first episode.
For those who missed the
8-part series on Starz, it will probably be repeated in a marathon showing just before the second
half of season 1 begins in April and is also going to be
rerun on Christmas.
Outlander is based on Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling historical fiction series.
As I have told many people, as I left Bantam Doubleday Dell in May of
1991, I helped myself to two advance reading copies (arcs) from a pile on the
22nd floor that looked appealing.
One
was
The Firm by John Grisham and the other was Outlander.
I often think about how BDD (now Random
House) launched two incredible franchise authors that year.
Episode 1 begins with a
voiceover from Claire, the heroine of the series, describing how people
disappear every day. Most such
disappearance can be explained, but not all.
(If you need an explanation for time travel, this is the wrong
show/series for you.)
