Starz‘s massive hit Outlander officially came to an end this past summer, but Outlander will never die.
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Outlander → come → end
The second season of Outlander’s very first spin-off, Blood of My Blood, is here to keep Starz subscribers dreaming of being sexy in old timey Scotland.
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subscribers → keep → Scotland
We hear buzzing and grunting.
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We → hear → buzzing
Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) wakes up to find himself trapped in a straight-jacket and strapped to a padded chair.
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himself → wake → chair
“Where am I?” Henry asks.
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Henry → ask → ?
A bearded man, in front of a chalkboard, says, “The Inverness Lunatic Asylum.”
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man → say → Asylum
The Gist: Blood of My Blood Season 2 picks up where Season 1 left off.
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Season → pick → Blood
Claire’s parents, Julia (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine) find themselves separated once again.
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themselves → find → ?
Henry made it through the stones and back to the 1920s, where he was promptly institutionalized for insisting his wife and infant son were trapped in the past.
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wife → make → past
Then, the “kindly” doctors attending to him decide his issues are all World War I PTSD-related and give him a brutal jolt of shock therapy that only serves to erase all memories of little Claire.
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that → attend → Claire
Stuck in the past, Julia has to once more return to be the “wife” of the disgusting Lord Lovat (Tony Curran).
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Julia → stick → Lovat
Meanwhile, the Jacobite Uprising has just started, meaning everyone is about to fight for Scottish independence.
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everyone → start → independence
Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) tells her love, Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), that it makes the most sense for her to return to her brothers at Castle Leoch, while he goes to war with his father.
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he → tell → father
Both get gnarly homecomings since they both ran away and, uh, killed Ellen’s rich fiancé Malcolm Grant (Jhon Lumsden) in the process.
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they → get → process
Fans of the original Outlander will get a couple of sweet Easter eggs later on in the episode, when the younger versions of two beloved characters — Reverend Wakefield (Tom Ashley) and Mrs. Graham (Emma Hartley-Miller) — arrive to help comfort Henry at the asylum.
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versions → get → asylum
What Shows Will It Remind You Of?
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It → remind → You
The first season of Blood of My Blood swept us off our feet by focusing on our favorite parts of the original Outlander series: swoon-worthy romance, Scottish vistas, and time-traveling.
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Blood → sweep → series
The Season 2 premiere unfortunately dabbles in one of our least favorite Outlander tropes: the consistent need to separate the core lovers on dubious grounds.
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premiere → dabble → grounds
Between the Jacobite Uprising, the repercussions of Malcolm’s death, Lord Lovat’s obsession with Julia’s baby son, the business with sex worker Seema (Lauren McQueen), and the family drama of Clan MacKenzie, we think there’s enough fodder there for juicy TV.
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we → think → TV
But no, Outlander’s got to Outlander and separate its lovers to leave us hanging in anticipation for when they eventually reunite.
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they → get → anticipation
Let the couples be together!
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couples → let → ?
Sing us that song of that lass that is gone!
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that → sing → lass
We will never get enough of Outlander‘s sumptuous romance, over-the-top melodrama, and gorgeous scenery.
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So we can forgive some narrative indulgences.
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we → forgive → indulgences
Jeremy Irvine is put through it in the Season 2 premiere, forced to convulse as he’s receiving electric shock therapy and deal with the crushing grief of losing his Julia (and his mind??).
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he → put → Julia
The fact that he keeps it so grounded is a huge testament to his commitment as an actor.
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he → keep → actor
Ellen and Brian have desperate sex in the bothy before returning to their respective clans and Henry imagines he’s in bed with Julia once more, but it’s a fake out.
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it → have → Julia
Oh, and Lord Lovat makes gross comments about Julia’s “delicate pink petals.”
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Lovat → make → petals
Mrs. Graham whispers to Henry, “I believe you.
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I → whisper → you
I believe you came through time.”
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you → believe → time
Music swells and Henry asks, “So you’ll help me?”
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you → swell → me
Okay, yes, the new season opens with a bit of a slow start, but there are hints that the drama will accelerate as soon as the Uprising begins and Henry gets his butt out of that asylum.
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Henry → open → asylum
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