WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Time-travelers from the 20th century, Brianna Randall Fraser (Sophie Skelton) and Roger Wakefield (Richard Rankin), have been reunited and are about to get married, although "Bree" _ still traumatized after she was raped by Stephen Bonnet (Ed Speleers) _ is about to become more traumatized. Meanwhile, Lord William Tryon (Tim Downie), Governor of the Province of North Carolina, is now demanding that Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) bring Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix) to him dead or alive _ the same Murtagh who swore an oath to Jamie's deceased mother that he would take care of her son forever. Claire Fraser (Caitriona Balfe) knows she and Jamie are about to be separated again.
The year is 1770, the revolution looms, while this 5th season is based on 2001's "The Fiery Cross," the fifth novel in Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series about the nurse (Balfe) who time-travels back to 18th-century Scotland. This review is based on the first four episodes.
MY SAY: When Claire and Jamie washed up on American shores (literally) at the end of the 3rd season, one pressing question arrived with them: What would Team Fraser do about slavery? The Battle of Culloden was one thing, this atrocity a whole other order of magnitude. Well?
