Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am moved beyond words at the choreography of this haunting dance of loss. Every gesture, every nuance between Frank and Claire is painful on a visceral level. Tobias Menzies and Caitriona Balfe are absolutely brilliant without ever putting a toe into "over the top" territory. Sam Heughan as Jamie in the lost, half dead world of ghosts, snow and ashes, is a thing of beauty and tragedy as there is a hollowness to him so foreign to the Jamie we knew for two seasons that it is a toss up which segments are more difficult to watch. They have succeeded in weaving this incredibly complex fabric without taking anything away from the book, making the show its own with its own vision, but never betraying the essence of those lost years and the brutal journey back to each other. Outlander is period perfect and painstakingly beautiful but never holds back from stark, bone-deep truths - no matter how painful - and never hides from the harshness inherent in that beauty. Never before has such agony been painted with a more subtle and stunning cinematic brush. It will be hard to wait between episodes to watch this work of art expand and deepen and to discover which way the show will choose to bring a new angle and dimension of life to this narrative which has moved so many millions to such a profound degree. I know enough to trust it in the hands of the showrunners, as they have more than proven their worth to finally put breath into it after living so many years in our own hearts and in our one collective heart.