WE’RE GOING TO
NEED MORE WINE
byGabrielle UnionSo fans see up to
the point in episode
5 where Claire sees
Jamie. It was all
about her feelings of
getting to the print
shop. And then
we start the episode
from Jamie’s [per-
spective]. He doesn’t
expect it at all. We
thought it would
be kind of special
not only for the
audience but for us
in telling them.How did Caitriona
Balfe and Sam
Heughan do?I think they definitely
found the small
moments in the real-
ity of being apart for
20 years. That’s
what made it so spe-
cial; no matter how
many different takes
we did, each take
was pretty special.
That’s a tough thing
when you get into
editing. Which take
do we want to use?
Sometimes you only
get one choice. But
in this case, we had
a few choices. We
shot episodes 5 and
6 at the same time.Are those actual
printing presses in
Jamie’s shop?Yeah, they are! We
have two working
printing presses
that we built specifi-
cally for the show.
The typeset really
works. Sam Heughan
is really doing them
on camera.Is episode 6 longer
than usual?It is. The running time
is 74 minutes. We
wanted to let this epi-
sode breathe, to be
special. And we also
felt it was important
they reconnect. Look
at all that has hap-
pened to our charac-
ters in the first five
episodes. It’s been an
emotional battle.
We needed them to
get back together
and take a really
deep breath, find out
a little bit about each
other again before
we throw ’em back
into the rush of
what’s coming in the
second half. A little
bit of extra episode
doesn’t hurt.BEST
TRACK“Learning to Lose”
The stripped-down
song channels
ennui and hardship—
with a world-weary
assist from country
hero Willie Nelson.Price takes the
vivid storytelling
and rootsy twang
of last year’s debut,
Midwest Farmer’s
Daughter, to new
heights on her
second LP, a lush
collection of tunes
tackling subjects
from the rural work-
ing class (“Heart
of America”) to
gender discrimina-
tion (“Pay Gap”).ALL
AMERICAN
MADE,
MARGO
PRICEA year after the
Being Mary Jane
star wrote an explo-
sive, powerful
Los Angeles Times
op-ed discussing
the trauma of sexual
assault, Union has
returned to the page
with this stunning
essay collection. It’s
an affirmation of
her uncanny insight
and profound capac-
ity for empathy.OUTLANDER
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