After revealing on YouTube that a sneak peek of the show can be expected along with "Black Sails" returning for its second season, "Outlander" is geared towards a Jamie-centric return and a major scene involving domestic violence.
According to IB Times, an opening scene for the second half of the first season was scheduled for a January 24 release, made available just before "Black Sails" started its second season. The preview has been met by applause from fans from have been waiting for information about the show since it went on a break. Sites laud the network for "knowing just what fans want to see from the show, and also making sure that they are not forgotten."
When the extended preview finally dropped, Carter Matt mentioned that the entire first episode will be from Jamie's perspective. "This clip is a scenic story about how he has always felt he was different," the site describes.
Christian Post even says that the entire second half of the series will be from Jamie's perspective.
Executive producer Ron Moore looks at the shift in point of view as a way to restart the audience. "It was interesting to tell those events in that first hour from Jamie's point of view." Moore said that including Jamie's perspective is pivotal considering that the first half of the season has been about "Jamie and Claire together."
"That gave us permission moving forward to then do scenes that Jamie was in, that Claire wasn't in, so now the show became about both of them as we move forward," Moore explained.
Moore also promised that no changes from the books will be made unless necessary.
In line with this, an upcoming spanking scene is to be expected from Jamie and Claire, and actors Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe talks about approaching it "respectfully."
Talking to Yahoo, Heughan said that the upcoming episodes "will make up for Droughtlander." Meanwhile, Balfe hinted at the domestic violence scene, which is a major scene from the books.
"You have to look at it in the mind frame of 1743. It is very hard as a modern person to see this as OK under any circumstance. But in 1743, this was a very justified form of punishment that a husband would mete out," Balfe explains.
Based off Diana Gabaldon's novels, "Outlander" has taken British-American TV by storm with its wide following.
"Outlander" had its last episode "Both Sides Now" aired back in September before it went in a long hiatus. The show returns April 4, 2015.
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