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Outlander – Season 3, Episode 9 The Doldrums

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Outlander – Season 3, Episode 9

The Doldrums

Aired Nov 12, 2017

Drama

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Claire and Jamie sail to the West Indies on an urgent quest; when the ship's superstitious crew looks for someone to blame following a string of bad luck, rescue comes from an unlikely source.

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A trip across the sea finds our time-traveling lovers parting again in "The Doldrums," proving nothing comes easily in Outlander.

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Ronald D. Moore

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Caitriona Balfe

Claire Randall

Sam Heughan

Jamie Fraser

Tobias Menzies

Frank Randall

Gary Lewis

Colum MacKenzie

Graham McTavish

Dougal MacKenzie

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Anne Cohen

Refinery29

11/13/2017

The good news? They're also going to Jamaica. Looks like our happy couple will have to get used to being apart again.

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Amy Wilkinson

Entertainment Weekly

11/13/2017

B+

We're more than halfway through the third season of Outlander and, in some ways, it feels like we're only just getting to the main event - the long-teased sea voyage to Jamaica.

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

AV Club

11/13/2017

B

Jamie and Claire's rescue mission to save Young Ian from his Jamaica-bound kidnappers injects Outlander with some much needed adventure.

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Jonita Davis

Black Girl Nerds

01/17/2019

And then, a little voice in my head goes "You know what Claire's problem is, don't you? White privilege."

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Roxane Gay

Glamour

03/08/2018

This is one of those episodes where there are several small intrigues that seem designed mostly to kill time, and then there is one big intrigue that kills common sense.

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Brooke Corso

PopWrapped

11/17/2017

This stands in contrast to the ninth episode's title of "The Doldrums," which often means a period of stagnation. Fortunately, it also brings a grateful bit of stillness by which Jamie and Claire can reconnect without distraction.

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Synopsis

Claire and Jamie sail to the West Indies on an urgent quest; when the ship's superstitious crew looks for someone to blame following a string of bad luck, rescue comes from an unlikely source.

Creator: Ronald D. Moore
Executive Producer: Ronald D. Moore
Network: STARZ
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 12, 2017

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