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Turtle Soup in all its Scripted (and Unscripted!) Goodness
Annotation from writer Karen Campbell:
Turtle soup! This is such a great scene —in the book and in our adaptation (if I do say so myself). While we deliver a fair share of intimate scenes between Jamie and Claire, this one is a favorite. It’s playful and fun. And no surprise that Claire is randy after imbibing so much sherry-spiked soup. But it’s more than her drunkenness; Claire nearly lost Jamie again, so making the most of their first time alone in a long time makes sense as well. It’s a well-earned exhale after all of the tough times our characters have faced in the previous episodes. Caitriona and Sam really committed to the scene and did a tremendous job. Gary is wonderful as well
And I feel like this last scene might be the beginning of 3x12, The Bakra, with this added at the beginning…
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Most notable, however, is the way she regains a physical symbiosis with Jamie beyond their sexual connection. These are the moments that Sam Heughan’s and Caitriona Balfe’s choreography is remarkable not only because it looks natural and effortless but also how they bring a bittersweet poignancy to their rare moments of peace out in nature (kudos to the script by Shannon Goss and director David Moore). One night, Claire finds Jamie on the deserted deck, staring up at the large, bright moon. When she approaches him from behind and gives him a sweet kiss on the cheek, I realized I couldn’t remember when that had last happened. “Is it really just you and me,” she asks, to which he replies, “You and me and the man in the moon.” Then, he turns and envelops her in an embrace as they kiss again and she leans against his form, the two of them looking up at the sky together. There are about six consecutive actions in one fluid movement, almost as if they were dancing in place, and epitomizes the connection that comes with time, effort, and emotional need.
Later on, they speak of this connection and how they still can’t explain it, but that night under the moon, it is explained for us. Claire tells Jamie of how men had just landed on the moon in 1968 and describes what it looked like: barren but beautiful, a new world of firsts for man to discover. She then recites a portion of the children’s book Goodnight Moon which Brianna had loved to be read and later recite, and the parents share their collective loss and individual heartache: Claire because she remembered what it was like to be in the presence of their child; Jamie because he can only imagine and believe.
Their relationship is structured in the same way, unencumbered by the limitations of time and space. It is almost hyperreal, as if they could see or sense inside the matrix of how things connect - in society, in nature, between two people - and that makes each moment together more viscerally felt. Now that Claire has crossed time and space to return to Jamie, the moon in all its ancient cosmic permanence represents this metaphysical connection they share that cannot yet be explained but must be believed. As Captain Raines (Richard Dillane) quotes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “There are more things of Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy,” so Jamie and Claire are one step closer to the cosmos than other humans, so their paradigm of the world is substantially deeper and richer.
All The Stars In The Sky In Outlander 03x09, The Doldrums - Brooke Corso - PopWrapped
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Anonymous asked:
I think Shannon Goss is my favorite writer of the season. The ep ran smoothly, lines were well thought out and not used from the book, it just felt more like J & C lines rather lines from DG that seemed too much for t.v. / fiction. I'm loving the new cast and well--S&C are just amazing!! I truly love these 2 goofs. Both of them deserve an award for this season. C's face and all she does w it when she's acting can only be compared to all the great actresses now and from the past.
Hiya Anon! Hope your Monday is going well.
Yes, I completely agree, Shannon Goss did an amazing job with The Doldrums, especially considering this is her first Outlander episode! The passages she chose to keep from the book fit very well and were even improved upon (The Man in the Moon and Yi Tien Cho’s story, especially). There were times, even in episodes like A. Malcolm, where it did feel like lines from the book were just copy and pasted into the script without really being molded to “fit” in a particular moment. For me, there were no such lines or moments in this ep. Hopefully we’ll get to see more of Shannon’s work in Season 4!
I think if Caitriona + Sam don’t get recognized for their amazing season of work, it will be a catastrophic injustice to them both and to the show as a whole. They have upped their game so much this season, both during scenes together and scenes apart. “C’s face and all she does w it” – absolutely YES to this, Anon. Caitriona can honestly convey 20 different emotions with one single look – she is m a s t e r f u l when it comes to storytelling without having to say a single word. I think she even said it herself, she’d have made it big in the silent film era xD
And when you put her in a scene with dialogue, she delivers them with basically all the passion, energy, and emotion any human is capable of mustering in a lifetime, and then some. If you didn’t know this was acting, you’d believe she was Claire living through all of her ordeals without a moment’s break as Caitriona. That’s how completely she immerses herself and the viewer into a moment.
In equal terms, Sam has been incredible this season. I was blown away the very first seconds of the Season 3 promo when he gasped while lying on the battlefield in the aftermath of Culloden. It honestly made me gasp I was so stunned. And in that flashback to Jamie at the stones, which probably lasted no longer than what? 10 seconds? Less? You could feel every ounce of hurt Jamie was feeling. Like Caitriona, he is great even without any dialogue to bolster a scene. I’d go so far as to even say that those are his best acting moments.
They both play the gambit of emotions so incredibly well. Anger, vulnerability, passion, fear, insecurity, love, happiness, sadness, hopelessness, hopefulness, nervousness… I could go on for ages. Then you put them together with that OFF-THE-CHARTS 🔥🔥🔥 chemistry of theirs? It’s absolutely insane to think neither of them have won any of the major, mainstream awards yet.
How about we fix that this year? Whaddya say, Academy People??🏆🏆🏆
Great post @themusicsweetly !
Enjoyed reading your insights and your take on Shannon. I agree with you that Sam and Cait are just phenomenal this new Season and I’m hopeful the recognition they deserve comes their way .
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Congratulations to the Outlander cast and crew for their 4 nominations at the Woman’s Image Awards !
Film / Show Written by a Woman Film Ø Tara Armstrong, Tassie Camerone Mary Kills People “Morning Glory” Ø Anne Kenney – Outlander “Surrender” Ø Maria Melnik American Gods “A Prayer For Mad Sweeney” Ø Maggie Betts Novitiate Ø Shannon Goss Outlander “The Doldrums” Ø Jennie Snyder Urman Jane The Virgin “Chapter Fifty-Four”
Drama Series Ø Queen of the South “El Camino De La Muerte” (USA Network) Ø American Gods “The Man You Are” (Starz) Ø Outlander “Heaven & Earth” (Starz) Ø Mary Kills People “Morning Glory” (Lifetime) Ø Imposters “My So-Called Wife” (Bravo Media) Ø Halt and Catch Fire “NeXT” (AMC Studios)
Actress Drama Series Ø Inbar Lavi Imposters “My So-Called Wife” Ø Caitriona Balfe Outlander “All Debts Paid” Ø Ruth Negga Preacher “KLAUS” Ø Emily Browning American Gods “Git Gone” Ø Portia Doubleday Mr. Robot "Power-Saver Mode H” Ø Kerry Bishé Halt and Catch Fire “NeXT”
Film / Show Produced by a Woman Ø Carole J. Peterman, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler Novitiate Ø Sarah Dunn American Housewife “The Nap” Ø Natalie Chaidez Queen of the South "El Camino De La Muerte” Ø Erica Messer Criminal Minds “Spencer” Ø Anne Kenney, Toni Graphia, Maril Davis, Marigo Kehoe, Elicia Bessette, Shannon Goss, Joy Blake, Karen Campbell Outlander “The Battle Joined”