BLACK MIRROR, 4.3 – ‘Crocodile’
[usr 3.0] I spend every episode of Black Mirror hunting for signs of a technology the story will revolve around, but “Crocodile” kept its...
OUTLANDER, 3.1 – ‘The Battle Joined’
[usr 3.5] It’s been a long wait for the third season of Outlander. It was well over 12 months ago that second 2 concluded...
OUTLANDER, 2.12 – ‘The Hail Mary’
[usr 4.0] As expected “The Hail Mary”, by its very title, returns us to the undetermined fate of Mary Hawkins (Rosie Day). Last seen...
OUTLANDER, 2.11 – ‘Vengeance is Mine’
[usr 4.0] History tells us that it was an English spy, Dudley Bradstreet, who forced the hand of Charles Stuart in his decisive war...
OUTLANDER, 2.10 – ‘Prestonpans’
[usr 4.5] If there was any lingering doubt about how effectively Outlander would depict the battles of the Jacobite rebellion, then that doubt was...
OUTLANDER, 2.5-6 – ‘Untimely Resurrection’ & ‘Best Laid Schemes…’
After a week’s break, Frank Collins returns with a double-bill of Outlander season 2 reviews, covering the fifth and sixth episodes “Untimely Resurrection” and...
OUTLANDER, 2.4 – ‘La Dame Blanche’
[usr 4.0] Dinner parties. They don’t always go according to plan, and some of your guests never quite hit it off. Was it such...
OUTLANDER, 2.3 – ‘Useful Occupations and Deceptions’
[usr 3.0] If an episode title could some up the contrary nature of Outlander—jumping from time travel romance to 18th-century espionage thriller—then “Useful Occupations...
OUTLANDER, 2.2 – ‘Not in Scotland Anymore’
[usr 4.0] And so, rather like The Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy, Outlander’s Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) find themselves over the...