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Outlander – Season 4, Episode 1 America the Beautiful

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Outlander – Season 4, Episode 1

America the Beautiful

Aired Nov 4, 2018

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Claire and Jamie cross paths with Stephen Bonnet, a pirate and smuggler who enlists their help; Claire illuminates Jamie on some of America's history, leading him to wonder if it's possible for them to lay down roots.

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"America the Beautiful" shines, showcasing both burden-lifting love between trauma survivors and the horrific violence of the show's new colonial landscape.

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Young Ian Murray

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

11/05/2018

Outlander hasn't been squeamish in its devotion to depicting the ugly painful sides of life, and history, through its characters.

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Liz Shannon Miller

IndieWire

11/05/2018

B

To its credit, Outlander doesn't shy away from dealing with these issues, but flounders a bit in trying to ensure that yes, the white people of this era may be filled with racism and prejudice, but Jamie and Claire are different...

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Nicole Cliffe

New York Magazine/Vulture

11/05/2018

Men! Processing their emotions while coping with physical and sexual trauma! Sharing words of comfort and solidarity and advice! I was extremely moved!

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Jonita Davis

Black Girl Nerds

01/14/2019

The first episode does NOT skimp on the steaminess between Claire and Jamie.

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Jennifer Still

Decider

11/07/2018

There's an ominous feeling that's settled over Outlander's fourth season already... I suppose at least we'll get some steamy "let's make love now while we have a single moment of peace" scenes to soften the blow.

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Alicia Gilstorf

Tell-Tale TV

11/05/2018

3/5

Although not as ambitious as the start of Season 1 or as action packed as the start to Season 3, "America the Beautiful," tries and for the most part, succeeds to reinvent the show's premise of what it means to be an outlander.

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Synopsis

Claire and Jamie cross paths with Stephen Bonnet, a pirate and smuggler who enlists their help; Claire illuminates Jamie on some of America's history, leading him to wonder if it's possible for them to lay down roots.

Director: Julian Holmes
Creator: Ronald D. Moore
Screenwriter: Matthew B. Roberts, Toni Graphia
Network: STARZ
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Nov 4, 2018

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