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Season 2 opens with Claire returning to her own time and reconciling her future with the life she left behind. Shifting back to the 18th century, Jamie, Claire and Murtagh arrive in France, but learn that Paris presents its own challenges.
Moving "Heaven and Earth" for the one you love is certainly a romantic gesture, but not always the wisest one -- a lesson learned multiple times over in this week's episode of Outlander.
Claire's maternal bond with Elias unfolds hastily... It's a cheap way to give Claire a personal stake in the typhoid outbreak, but it doesn't completely fail, mostly thanks to a killer performance from Caitriona Balfe.
Caitriona Balfe has to carry this episode, and she does it with aplomb, from handling a ton of medical stage business to Claire's struggle to keep herself together as things start falling apart.
Since Claire can't contract typhoid and Jamie is safely on the Artemis, the show is at a bit of a loss as to how to make the epidemic seem real and emotionally significant.
I'm pretty sure it's in the show bible that the lovers have to be ripped about at least twice each season, and Outlander Season 3 Episode 10 fulfilled that requirement. Luckily we didn't have to watch them fall into despondent depression this time.
As entertaining as "Heaven and Earth" was, it felt like storytelling we've seen before on this show, and makes me worry that Outlander won't be able to sustain its narrative ingenuity and freshness.
The more space Outlander can create for these supporting character relationships, the more chance the show will have to endure beyond the Claire and Jamie of it all.