‘Outlander’ Season 7, Part 1 Review: Comic Relief Adds Breath of Fresh Air After Drama’s Recent Dark Turn
16.06.2023 - 06:41
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“Outlander” Season 7 feels like a breath of fresh air.The season premiere begins where we’ve been before: a determined Jamie (Sam Heughan) with Ian (John Bell) at his side, out to save his beloved Claire (Caitríona Balfe) from being tried for the death of Malva Christie (Jessica Reynolds). Claire, meanwhile, does what she can to survive — and she has truly perfected the art of keeping her wits about her while facing impending doom.But unlike other seasons that bludgeoned and violated our heroine in unnecessarily graphic ways, we’re given a respite here.
Instead, Claire’s looming trial and potential execution are delayed in part thanks to her skills as a doctor and because of the era’s political unrest, with Jamie always one step behind.As things progress, we’re met with a number of surprises, including some of the best scenes we’ve gotten out of Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones), the late Malva’s pious father who spent time in Ardsmuir with Jamie back in Scotland. In fact, for anyone who tired quickly over Tom’s storyline, the first part of Season 7 is when it all starts to pay off.What does end up being a bit frustrating, however, is the way in which the writers almost gloss over the backstory of Tom’s children, Malva and Allan Christie (Alexander Vlahos), at the start of the second episode.Seemingly vital exposition is explored too quickly, in flashbacks that don’t take up more than a few minutes.
But given the nature of the revelations here, it’s possible this was done as a response to the backlash against gratuitous violence in past seasons. Still, you almost wonder what these characters’ purpose was on the whole, other than to try and fabricate mistrust between Claire and Jamie.
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