Now that Game of Thrones is over, I am looking for my next binge obsession. Of shows that are currently running, I have three that could possibly be contenders.
The first choice is Outlander, a story that begins in post World War II Scotland and goes, well, many places in the ensuing four seasons. Based on the novels of Diana Gabaldon, the story involves a nurse, Claire, who visits Craigh na Dun, a stone circle, with her history professor husband. There they witness an autumnal ritual of local women dancing to honor the stones. Claire returns to the stones the next day to retrieve an item she dropped. She hears a buzzing or humming among the stones, and touching one obelisk, is transported back to the same location in 1743. There she is taken in by the MacKenzie clan and marries a young heir to the clan, Jamie Fraser. Over the show's four seasons, Claire and Jamie's love faces many challenges, most notably from a twisted English army officer, an ancestor and a dead image of Claire's 20th-century husband. Time travel takes Jamie and Claire to different places and times throughout the four seasons. When season four concluded, the Frasers were pioneers in colonial North Carolina.
This series is a time-travel fantasy and includes many political intrigues, but it is not the same level of fantasy and politics as Game of Thrones. The events of Outlander parallel the histories of Scotland, England, and the United States, while the political intrigues of GOT are an amalgamation of many historical incidents and the producers', writers' and author's imagination. While Game of Thrones has been called out for gratuitous nudity and sex, the numerous sex scenes in Outlander is not without context, But, to be honest, by season four, the Claire and Jamie's romantic encounters did feel a lot like any Nora Roberts novel.
There are clearly main characters in Outlander, whereas in Game of Thrones many could have contended for main character status. Also, in Outlander, the characters are fairly placed in good guy-bad guy camps. There is no nuance.
That being said, I can recommend Outlander as a GOT light, with a heavy lean toward chick flick. I am looking forward to the season five premiere on February 16, 2020, on Starz Network.
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