How are you feeling about the OUTLANDER TV show coming to an end?
With OUTLANDER's series finale coming up on May 15th, I have a question: How are you feeling about the show coming to an end? Anxious, relieved, indifferent, sad to see it ending, eager to see how they'll wrap it up, or somewhere in between?
If you're feeling a bit anxious or apprehensive about the finale, perhaps this will help. I posted the following thoughts on TheLitForum a few days ago, and I just thought I'd share them here as well, in case others are feeling the same way.
I think it's natural to feel some anxiety, as the show prepares to come to an end at long last. For those of us who have been watching since the beginning, it's been part of our lives for such a long time that it will be hard to say goodbye. And now that the show has diverged from the books in many ways, we can no longer be sure what they're going to do in the last two episodes, other than Kings Mountain, of course.
I find myself feeling some of that "Don't screw it up! Please, don't screw it up!" anxiety that I had before the show premiered in 2014, when my expectations were still pretty low (but cautiously optimistic) and I really had no idea if I was going to be happy with what they produced. What I was hoping for back then (praying hard for it, in fact) was that they woudn't butcher the plot, alter the characters beyond recognition, or cut some of my favorite scenes. And in Season 1, they managed that, for the most part, and exceeded my expectations in many ways.
I'm feeling the same way now. "Don't screw up the ending!" Please, leave us in a good place, let us come away from the final episode smiling -- even if it's smiling through tears -- and thankful for the amazing roller-coaster ride we've been on for the past 12 years.
That's what I mean when I say that I hope they can "stick the landing" (like an Olympic gymnast), and the worry that they will not is causing me some low-level anxiety. As always, all we can do is wait and see.
What about the rest of you? Feel free to post a comment here or on my Outlandish Observations Facebook page.





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