Jamie (Sam Heughan) makes a devil’s bargain with the sadistic redcoat captain Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies): In exchange for his wife Claire’s safety and the dignity of a clean death, Jamie will allow Randall to have sex with him. A few films, here and there, have surpassed the horror of “To Ransom A Man’s Soul” - but it’s significant, I think, that the few I recall are all about genocide, such as “The Killing Fields” and the Canadian film “A Sunday In Kigali.” “To Ransom A Man’s Soul,” the first season finale, tells the same story as the books. Last night, “Outlander” aired the most upsetting scenes I’ve ever seen on television. Content warning: This post discusses an episode depicting violent rape and other forms of mutilation, assault, and torture.
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