"Ghosts and ghouls."
Hello everyone!
Sam and Graham take us through various aspects of Scotland (and then some!) not to mention the callbacks to Outlander are by far incredibly numerous. And on top of that, the guys are just hysterical most of the time.
By this point we've rolled up to what Claire experienced upon her second honeymoon with Frank back in the day, which is that the people of Scotland are as superstitious as they come.
Probably more so.
Given the fact that three quarters of their lives are spent in the bog and fog, or were at least, I'd say it's a fairly accurate description.
Without further ado, let's have a look at Witchcraft & Superstition in Scotland - and don't worry, we aren't getting burned at the stake.
As the episode also comes with a bushel of flashbacks about the time when Claire and Geillis Duncan were locked up as witches back in season one of Outlander, ye be warned: these scenes might not be for the faint of heart, just like they weren't back in 2014 either. Some stuff is legitimately scary.
But enough of this nonsense!
Time to go lock the boys in a crypt. Mausoleum. Whatever.
See here's the thing, and it's something I can actually relate to, somewhat: you can't really go far in Scotland without tripping over some sort of ancient ruin, cemetery, or a castle, which is basically the same in my country, only switch it up for churches and castles instead.
But the Scots are one superstitious lot, which means Graham politely asks Sam not to give him a heart attack this episode, which of course isn't going to happen ... we hope. Sam's diabolical twinkle in the eye says otherwise, so I hope the insurance policy Graham signed when he took up this job covers this kind of thing.
In Edinburgh, they meet up with a 'historian of death', which is basically a very simple name for the lady who will tell them everything about the kirkyard they're in, including its most haunted spots, where some sort of evil was released into the world, and where conveniently unsuspecting travellers can get locked up just for funsies.
Obviously continuing on with the theme as they move to Wormiston House, they discuss witches and witchcraft, which made a comeback on television recently with A Discovery of Witches, and actually has a pretty prominent role since Scotland is zealously persecuting said witches at the time of the show's current season.
Of course things are a bit different nowadays in which Sam has apparently ensured someone will take food from Graham in a supposedly empty cell, thus trying once more to elicit some sort of response from his co-star, after they've viewed all the possible torture implements you can think of.
LUCKILY we then move on to the Isle of Lewis and a standing circle, where Graham has to break it to Sam that he isn't travelling back in time by touching the stones, since Jamie never had that power.
Sorry Sam.
And because not everything is doom and gloom, we get to see a recreation of Beltane, during which time the walls between this world and the next are supposedly even thinner, but for the guys this is mostly a chance to party again wearing elaborate, funky headdresses, douse themselves with water (the alcohol is for drinking after all) and dance around a roaring fire to unleash their inner barbarians.
I'd call it another successful episode, wouldn't you?
Until next week!
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