In the slog of perpetual isolation in the pandemic, The Crown Season 4 premiere date of November 15 stretched on into the horizon as a beacon of hope in a sea of absent entertainment content. And so, like a child on Christmas morning, I awoke early on a Sunday to tear open …
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I have a confession. I watched the show before reading the book. I had never even heard of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood before the show hit Hulu a few years back. So years later I decided it was time to read it and compare it to the show. …
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**SPOILER ALERT** If you have not seen the most recent episode of Outlander, stop reading now. Spoilers are ahead. **SPOILER ALERT** **SPOILER ALERT** As the episode opens Claire is feeding the bread that she hopes to grow Penicillin. Marasli wants to know how she knows what to look for. Why can’t …
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**SPOILER ALERT** SPOILERS LIE AHEAD! IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN EPISODE 2, DO NOT CONTINUE. **SPOILER ALERT** The episode opens with the regulator group pulling some of the prominent men of the local town outside to tar and feather them. Murtagh is leading the group. I just assumed that when Jamie told Murtagh to …
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This episode opens with a quick recap of what happened last season. Bree and Roger are handfasted and sleep together, Bree was raped by Captain Bonnet, Bree finds out that she is pregnant. Murtagh is leading a band of rebels and Jamie is not happy about it at all and …
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**SPOILER ALERT** **SPOILER ALERT** If you have not watched the current episode of Outlander or those before it, turn back now. Spoilers lie ahead. You have been warned. **SPOILER ALERT** Photo Credit: STARZ Once again, I am three episodes behind. The holiday season with my kids not being in school …
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**SPOILER ALERT** **SPOILER ALERT** If you have not seen the most recent episode of Outlander, turn back now. Spoilers lie ahead! You have been warned! Source: STARZ ****SPOILER ALERT**** YEEEEAH! Ducan Lacroix (Murtagh) has been added to the opening sequence. The episode opens with Jamie cutting wood. The camera pans …
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**SPOILER ALERT** If you have not watched the newest episode of Outlander, turn back now. Spoilers lie ahead. You have been warned. We’ll give you a moment. **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS** **SPOILERS** ****SPOILER ALERT**** Episode opens in 1768. Claire is picking herbs with the Native healer, the one who told her about …
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****SPOILER ALERT**** If you have not watched the most recent episodes of Outlander, turn back now. Spoilers lie ahead. You have been warned. Photo Credit: Starz ****SPOILER ALERT**** Well, life got busy with Thanksgiving and before I knew it another episode of Outlander aired before I wrote up the recap …
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SPOILER ALERT: If you have not watched the season four premiere of Outlander that aired November 5th, turn back now!!!! Spoilers lie ahead!!! You have been warned. Photo Credit: STARZ **** SPOILERS AHEAD**** The wait is over! We finally (FINALLY!!) have new episodes of Outlander. True to form, after a …
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