Views of the lush Scottish Highlands. A close-up of two lovers’ hands reaching for each other. A lingering shot of the stones at Craigh na Dun. These are just some of the options available to be the opening image of an Outlander prequel series. But what does Outlander: Blood of My Blood choose instead? A nice, long look at a dead body being scrubbed down. Then, when we pan out, a woman is weeping next to it. And you know what? That feels exactly right. Because if there is one thing that those of us who have been traversing around the Outlander -verse for the past decade (or longer if you started with Diana Gabaldon’s book series in the 1990s) know, it’s that there will be trauma. Yes, of course, there will be romance and kilts and steamy sex scenes in unhygienic locations, but you

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