Totally agree that we're desensitized at this point in a climate of shock TV. If Outlander had come out even 5 years ago this conversation would be very different.

I have to say I'm really conflicted about the rape scenes in Outlander, more so than I am with any other tv show actually. And that has everything to do with sex. In just about every other tv show out there (Looking at you GoT) 100% of the time the excuse for introducing rape into a plot line is some half-assed mumble…

Shush silly no one's put that together just yet! Not entirely unrelated to that I'm kind of looking forward to seeing Black Jack and Alex interact. It always read really weirdly in the books so it'll be interesting to see it on the screen.