Beyond Outlander

I dunno about you, but season five was one of my faves. Let’s relive it up ‘til Starz confirms they’re filming season SIX!! 

Episodes: {{ @takemeawaytocamelot‘s Episode Links S51-12 }}

Screencaps: {{ @outlander-online‘s HQ Caps by Episode: 5x01, 5x02, 5x03, 5x04, 5x05, 5x06, 5x07, 5x08, 5x09, 5x10, 5x11, 5x12 }}

Me: Cait, remind me approximately how long you’ve been with and worked with Sam? (January 2020 ET interview for Outlander Season 5).

They hyped the heck out of this one, folks… and an intern got a lil edit happy with some moving text. But, hey, ITS SEASON FOUR!

Teasers/Trailers: First Look / Official Trailer / S4 Opening Credits / New World Trailer / Fight Trailer / This Season

w/ Cast Commentary: Home & Family (Sam, Cait, John, Maria, Sophie, & Rik) / Brave the New World (SamCait)/ Fraser’s Cabin w/ John Bell / Ed Speleers Intro / Stephen Bonnet (Ed) / Powerful Aunt Jocasta (Maria & Sam) / Love American Style (Rik & Sophie) / Father - Daughter Bonding (Sam & Sophie) / The Reunion (Sam, Cait, & Sophie) / The Frasers BTS (Sam, Cait, & Sophie) / Its a Wrap! (SamCait) / Watch the Finale (Cait, Sam, Lauren, César, & John) / Welcoming Caitlin O’Ryan (John & Caitlin) / John Bell on 4x09 / 4x9 Promo Twitter (Sam & Cait)

Character Promos: Bree’s Journey / Young Ian’s Journey / Roger’s Journey / Jamie’s Journey / Claire’s Journey /  Fiery Aunt Jocasta / Murtagh / Lord John Grey / Stephen Bonnet // Why We Love Claire / Why We Love Jamie

From the Intern Who Had a Lot of Fun with Moving Text: Claire & Bree / Bree & Roger / Ian & Rollo / Women of Outlander /  Ultimate Power Couple / Relationship Goals / My Soul Is Yours / OMG Moments / The Villains / Best Reunions 

EW Shoot

Greetings: Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Valentines Day

PaleyFest 2018 (Apr): Full Panel

Golden Globes 2018 (Jan): Cait: E! / MTV / ExtraTV / GlamBot

IFTA 2018 (Feb): Cait: Award / RTC (w/ Portuguese Subs) / GossTV / AidanPower

BAFTA 2018 (May): Sam & Cait:  Presenting / LondonLive / Arrivals / Xposé 

Jibland 2018 (June): Sam: New Villian / Having Fun / Spaghetti w/a SPOON / LJG & Willie / Brianna 

LandCon2 (June, Paris): Thanks & Goodbyes + Cait Speaking French (Rik, John, Cait, Sophie, Lauren, & Sam)

Outlander Con 2018 (Aug, New Jersey USA): Rik & Sophie, Two, Three, Four, Five / Rik’s Panel, Two, Three / Sophie / Sam (skype) / Cait (skype) / David / Andrew Gower (BPC) / Gary & Graham / Graham / Lotte & Graham / NYC Accents / Stephen Walter’s (Angus) Sings: “Sam Heughan’s Handsom, Bastard Blues”, “Don’t Let Me Down” w/ Andrew, “Blackbird” & “Imagine”, “Graham McTavish Song”, “Rupert Rock”

NYCC 2018 (Oct): Sam, Cait, Rik, & Sophie: Full Panel / TVInsider / MTV, Two / IMDB / SyFiWire / E!, Two 

Savannah Film Festival 2018 (Oct, Georgia USA): Sam, Cait, Sophie, Rik, John, Maril, & Ron: Red Carpet, Full Panel / EW (SamCait) / WSAV, MoreIceCream

SasnakCity 2018 (Dec): Rik & David Sing  / Graham Dances / WrapUp (Interviews Start @ 3:11)

Golden Globes 2019 (Apr): ExtraTV / Access / InStyle / ETalk / ET / TNT (w/Portuguese Subs) / IMDb 

FYC Event 2019 (Jun): Full Panel / Red Carpet

Sam & Cait: IGN Talk S4E1 / Ch4 / E! / JoBlo / SyFyWire: React to Season Premiere, S4E2 / ETCanada /

Sam: ET / ETCanada, Two / LiveKelly&Ryan, Two / CultureTrip / JimmyFallon / RadioTimes, Two, Three / MG / MTV / GoldDerby / Omaze / AfterHours / ThisMorning

Cait: ET / MG / SEG / ETCanada, Two / CultureTrip / JRN / MindFood / JimmyKimmel, Two / CinemaMag / LateLateShow / Tatler / MorningBlend / GoldDerby / Toronto (w/ItalianSubs) / TheList

Sophie & Rik: JoBlo / AOL Build (w/ Sam) / SyFyWire, Breakdown 4x3 / FacebookLive Q&A (w/Sam) / TVInsider / ETCanada / AM2DM, Two (w/ Sam) / TVGuide (w/Italian Subs) / Chemistry Test (w/Portuguese Subs) / TheAVClub 

Sophie: ET / E!

Rik: ET, Two /SyFyWire Breakdown: 4x7,4x8, 4x9, 4x11, 4x12, 4x13 / E!

Others: John Bell / Maria Doyle Kennedy / Lauren Lyle / Graham McTavish

Games: Can’t Live W/Out (Sam, Cait, Sophie, Rik, César, Lauren, John, & Ed) / Hidden Talents (Sam, Cait, Sophie, Rik, César, Lauren, John, & Ed) / In 4 Words (Cait, Sam, Sophie, Rik, Maria, John, & Ed) / Fill in the Blank (Sam, Cait, Sophie, Rik, & John) / First Acting Role (EVERYONE) / In 30 Seconds (SamCait) / Outlander Dance (Rik) / Ne’er Have I E’er (SamCait)/ Sam Answers Fan Questions / Top 5 Moments (SamCait) / In My Mind / Sam & Cait Read Fan Tweets / Sophie & Rik Read Fan Tweets 

Men in kilts

23rd December 1761 saw the death of Alastair Ruadh MacDonnell, the government spy in the Jacobite camp known as “Pickle”.

Born in around 1725, the eldest son of John Macdonell, chief of Glengarry. He was brought up as a Catholic and sent to France while still a boy, where he later became a captain in Lord John Drummond’s Scots Royals regiment in 1743, when the French were planning to invade England under pretext of restoring the Stuarts, of which Jacobite clans like the Glengarry Macdonells were of course in favour. 

While in France, he met Charles Edward Stuart (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’), who had arrived from Rome to join the expedition, and stayed with him in Paris after the French abandoned the idea of an invasion. He visited Scotland early in 1745, in order to sound out political feeling there, but returned to France to warn that clan chiefs would support a rising only if backed by French money and arms. Unfortunately, by the time he reached France, Charles had sailed for Scotland to begin the 1745 Jacobite rising.

That autumn, Glengarry sailed with the Scots Royals to join the Jacobite army, but his ship was captured by the British navy off Deal and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. On his release in 1747 he returned to Paris, where he lived in severe poverty, unable to obtain any financial help from either Charles Stuart or his father James (‘the Old Pretender’). On the death of Donald Cameron of Lochiel, who had become Colonel of the Scots-French Albany regiment in France after his escape from Scotland, Glengarry applied to succeed him in the command, but was turned down.

By the end of 1749 he was living in London, still extremely poor, and secretly trying to obtain permission to settle in Britain. A few months later, however, he reappeared, plainly now in possession of ample funds, and it is generally believed that he had somehow managed to steal some of the Loch Arkaig Treasure, gold sent from Spain to support the Jacobite rising in 1746, which had arrived too late to be of any use and had been concealed for the use of Jacobite supporters. Glengarry was accused of forging James Stuart’s signature to obtain this money.

In the 19th century, Scottish historian Andrew Lang was able to show that Glengarry was in fact a British agent, operating under the code name ‘Pickle’, and that he had been largely responsible for the betrayal of the Jacobite Elibank plot in 1752 and the subsequent capture and execution of Dr Archibald Cameron, Lochiel’s brother, in 1753. 

The British government seems to have had Cameron executed on an old warrant instead of bringing him to trial in order to avoid exposing Glengarry. He continued to act as a spy until 1754, when his paymaster, Prime Minister Henry Pelham, died, and he succeeded as Glengarry chief on his father’s death in September of the same year. He never married, and on his death in Glengarry in 1761 was succeeded as chief by his nephew Donald.

CLANLANDS by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish

5/5 stars🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🥃🏞🚗

When people hear ‘Outlander,’ I think their first thought strays, more often than not, to sexy Scottish men in kilts. (Which is ironic - the film version of the adventures documented in Clanlands is literally called Men in Kilts😂)

But the true magic of the books (and the show) is not the practically-perfect-in-every way glory that is Jamie Fraser - though he of course has a lot to do with it and I would obviously be remiss not to mention I distinctly recall texting my teammate in 2013, “Is it bad I’m only on pg. 87 [of 850] and already in love with Jamie?” (She said no.) Jamie has reigned supreme as my Ideal Book Boyfriend™️ since then, rivaled only by the likes of Rhys in ACOTAR.

My point is that the main reason I return to the books and show again and again is because they bring history to life in a way that is vivid and lurid and intriguing and violent and sensual, without sensationalizing it or compromising any more accuracy than strictly necessary.

Diana Gabaldon, who wrote the Clanlands forward, has an uncanny ability to pinpoint those aspects of history that illuminate the emotional complexity of of human existence, and spin them into magic. The behind-closed-doors honeyed whispers of the politician do battle with the brutality of the broadsword-bearing Highland warlord and, as Graham says in Clanlands, “the reality of a deeply practical race of people who made decisions out of hard-nosed self-interest and loyalty to their kith and kin.”

Sam and Graham understand what makes the series so one-of-a-kind, and bring this awareness to the screen. And now they’ve brought it to their book. I’ve heard incredible things about the audio version, but I think the written one is perfection. Sam and Graham are hilarious and informative, and their antics reveal a deep bond shared between two friends who love their country and, at the end of the day, each other. I learned so much about Scotland, from the history of the clans to the roots of their battle songs to their (apparently) God-awful beer but delightful whisky.

On Christmas Day 1745 the Jacobite army reached Glasgow.

credit to the gif makers