Outlander- Starz
The Trial
Witches, yayaya!
I dig the occult, and I super dig witches. This one didn’t make me sad so much as moved me. Lotte Verbeek’s performance as Geillis sends shivers down my spine even just thinking about it. Seeing it in action, in what was one of the major plot points of Book 1/ Season 1, was my nerdy-girl fanstasy come true.
Geillis killed her husband, right? Because she was “in love with” Dougal, and secretly helping the Jacobite cause. After poisoning him, she’s outed as an actual witchy witch by that BOO YOU WHORE Laoghaire, and since Leg-hair also hates Claire for marrying Jamie, she makes sure that the timing is just right so that Claire is deemed a witch, also.
She escapes being burned when Geillis takes all the credit and causes a scene in the courtroom. Jamie bursts in (even though he was supposed to have been going somewhere with Dougal- far away…) and delivers an EPIC monologue about protecting his bride with body, heart, and soul. Let’s just say the entire thing was extremely exciting and moving, and it made me a bit teary.
Next: The Prison