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Listen/Watch/Read: Episode audio · Episode video · Transcript Introduction: Beyond the Romance For many, Outlander is a sweeping epic of destiny—a story of fated lovers pulled together across time, their romance the fixed point in a turning world. But to see the story as one of predestination is to miss the intricate, visual argument the show makes in almost every frame. Beneath the romance and time-traveling adventure, the series uses a subtle but persistent visual language to tell a dee...

Where fandom meets footnotes. About. The Sassenach Studies is a tiny seminar on the visual grammar and ethics of Outlander—how costumes argue, plants carry risk, language draws power lines, and time travel tests vows. Each episode offers a short thesis, and close readings. Listen/Subscribe: Apple Podcasts · Spotify · RSS Contact: sassenachstudies@proton.me Season 1 — Bloodlines & Timelines A six-part arc reading the show’s motifs of spiral (connection) and red thread (commitment). S01...