In today's episode we're talking about Outlander season 3 episode 5 - freedom and whisky - and the potential
reunion of Claire and Jaime, but before we get into that I want to take you guys on a tour of the locations the filming
Locations for that episode right here in my home city of Edinburgh.
Hello folks, how is it going?
Welcome to Edinburgh welcome to my vlog and today
We're talking about Outlander because of course today is the print shop scene the big scene everybody has been waiting for the moment
Claire and Jamie
Hopefully reunited - that is what a lot of people who are book readers were already know
But we've been waiting for the episode on the TV series and very
atmospherically
there's actually bagpipes playing behind me and wait to start off here in Edinburgh in the closes of the Royal Mile because this is where
the print shop scene was filmed and in fact - right behind me
This is where one of two or three scenes filmed around about the print shop scene were filmed here. I'm shooting right now
Touring around Edinburgh... few days before this episode released
So I can't tell you exactly where things are
But I know the two locations where it was filmed and obviously after we watched the episode we will be able to know exactly
What's what with this Close setting behind me right
This is where it was filmed right here behind me is one of the more scenic
Old-looking closes and all of Edinburgh and that's probably why they chose it for the print shop scene - it's beautiful
The door right here behind me for example it has been graffiti'd, but it was taken from Elphinstone house in
1927 and placed here, that's a very old door
After I do this tour around the city
We're gonna talk about the new episode right now because I don't know I've not seen episode like all you guys beforehand
So I don't know exactly. I'm just gonna take it roughly where they were filming they were filming here
I think it would have been short and one of these doorways here
We know they were filming a lot here around this door as well, so roughly in this area
This is actually the Close / alleyway, if you like, and someone playing the bagpipes here
Dark and spooky Wow - another filming location for Outlander
You can see that
This actually does look like it might have looked all those years ago in Edinburgh
Because a lot of these buildings are original these have all been here for hundreds and hundreds of years
and of course there's more than touches on some of them, right I
Don't know how they would have covered that up and around our bar. I love Edinburgh
I'm very proud to call this my home say we've got so much awesome history
still living right here in the foundations in the ground where we walk and
It's pretty awesome to be here the print shop scene in Outlander right here, anyway the next part of this video
You will see is me reviewing our and our having watched the print scene episode
We're doing about a time transformation thing here in today's episode. It's just how we're gonna have to roll - back to the studio
That's right. Here is a the bottle of whisky
That my mum recently bought from me very kindly
from the Isle of Mull it has not been opened yet, but I think this occasion today today's episode freedom and whisky
Outlander season 3 episode 5 having just watched the episode guys I need this
My emotions today in this episode have been through hell and back before I get into this
I want to take a wee dram
But I want to warn people if you've not seen this episode it will contain spoilers
So as of this moment you have been warned - shlàinte for the reunification of Jamie and Claire
Guys that was some episode that last hour from me watching that episode was just something else first of all
It seems like I got the location the filming location in Edinburgh pretty much bang on
Thanks to the help of all you guys on
Internet because I was pointed in the right direction for where this episode might have been filmed
Having just watched the episode it was clear that
Bakehouse close and Edinburgh was the place Alexander Malcolm
Printshop and Edinburgh where Jamie works and where his businesses when I went to explore that close
That the filming up the steps and stuff that was exactly where this episode
Was filmed as clear came through the tunnel at the beginning of the course
that was of course the tunnel leading to the Royal Mile and
The print shop was on the left-hand side where I was walking up the steps pretty incredible
It was awesome to have been there, and I'm gonna call this guy's I think that is probably know
one of the most iconic locations of all of Atlanta because that was
The build up scene I love this show so much because they kept us on our toes
They have been keeping us on our toes a lot of people online bloggers podcasters
outlander superfans had come to the conclusion that the print shop scene would not happen until next week they thought very
Most it would be a cliffhanger of clear arriving back in Edinburgh
And that would be it over and done with but no they gave us a bit more than that
They gave us Claire and Jamie catch an eye of each other clear saying it's her and Jamie
Fainting I thought overall the episode was actually pretty slow before that point it was a lot of
Necessarily details that had to come out Roger gone back to America to give them the information that that led for Claire to come back
to Scotland obviously meeting up with Brianna and
Hooking up with her, but yeah, it was just so emotionally tense
I think
It was obviously a big big decision for Claire to decide to leave Brianna and go to Scotland and do what to do and knowing
That she might never come back again
It looks exactly how it did all those years back like we've got such a historical City here perfect location for this episode
I'm not the type of person who gets emotional about things like this that episode was just so
Pulling on the heartstrings as I say we did not know where they're clear and Jamie would actually meet up in this episode
We were waiting and every moment towards the end of the episode when Claire was walking forward into the print shop
I thought it's gonna end no it's gonna end know. She's gonna touch the door. It's gonna end
We're not gonna see any more than that that's it, but she kept taking steps forward
And it kept continuing and thinking is
It gonna continue like that is she gonna keep going is she gonna see Jamie my heart was going like the clappers
Like I thought I was gonna faint
Nevermind bloody Sam heughan fainting what I seen so powerful so moving and I'm really excited about the next episode
No, but that was just absolutely
sensational
Storyline that act and the costume was just like spot-on all the details obviously Jamie has moved on from the last time we saw quite
Significantly the last thing we saw me at left. Helwater, so he's come to Edinburgh, and he's starting a business
He's now a printer. I wonder having not read the books
This is where I gets a little bit interesting for me because I wonder did he put those words in that
Document that he published from the poem that was from the few sure that only he could have known because of Claire
Did he publish that as a kind of way to attract her attention in the future was that a deliberate?
Attempt by him to get Claire's attention like I'm sure that as a detail that comes out in the book am I wrong
Just absolutely breathtaking stunning obviously now having watched the episode I can look back retrospectively
And think exactly where it was filmed and I could probably point things out better to you
But no way it was kind of nice to visit. They are having not watched episode
Diana Gabaldon like I've started reading the books now as you guys know
And it's just it's just so impactful one thing. I thought was genius at the start of the episode was when the teacher
Briana's teacher and history teacher was talking to the students about history and that how
fictional pieces of work writings fictional writings tend to have an impact on
People's perception of history, and I think that's so clever because what then has written
And this series of books is a fictional story based around real-life events the Jacobites Bonnie Prince Charlie
But Diana's version of it and almost wonder if she put that in there is a kind of
Reminder to all of us not to kind of distort the real history with her version of history
and I actually came up again an episode when Brianna was talking about stories and
History in general and the fact that everybody's version of history is different, and I'd again
I think that was just a message from Dan or the writer
I just thought that was just so clever and really interesting as well as I said to you guys
I have been watched now under I've been taking part in Scottish history. Thanks to her writing and Outlander
I did not know about any of that time period of scotch history and it was a very important time period
Because of Outlander I've been inspired to can't go back into my own research and just incredible anyway
That's a diversion right because the big fact of this episode was clear and Jamie
Reuniting that was just so impactful
What a scene and we now have two weeks to wait until the next episode that is another many drought lander if you ask me
Thank you, Outlander the whole team Thank You Outlander fans for joining in these conversations with me here on YouTube
I really appreciate it as always I'm launching a podcast very very soon to discuss Outlander and more I will be telling you about that
Very very shortly, hope you enjoyed the mini tour of Edinburgh. I want to know your thoughts on this episode
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And we can debate this like this was so impactful and so meaningful for a lot of us
So let's get talking about it anyway guys. I'm gonna end this video right here
I hope you have a great night, and let's talk about it. Let's open up that debate.
Thank you so much for all you've given me. I really appreciate it. Have a great night after watching that episode
Take care, and I'll speech again really really soon