Pardon me if I seem to be out of breath.

Trust: I am panting.

That said, I had to expend some of this pent up excited energy somehow.

In the immortal words of Bart Simpson, ay caramba.

Sounds pretty compelling, right?

But it isnt coming until the middle of the summer and I cannot wait.

It isnt just the characterization that makes the story appealing.

you’re free to expect lush, vivid landscapes, epic controls, and some royally bloody battles.

Also, did I mention singing ancient stones that enable a body to travel through time?

Starz has spared no expense, investing a significant amount of change on the project.

The latest trailerthe web connection has dropped has only served to up the ante.

Seriously, they need to stop taunting me with its goodness.

Scottish star Sam Heughan will be playing Jamie Fraser on the show and this is epic.

Which is too bad really, because he is mine.

I called dibs, and dibs is, as we know, sacred.

That could go either way.

Also present helping on this quest todestroy the Cylonstell this epic love story is veteran TV director Richard Clarke.

If you put those shows together youve essentially gotOutlander, so clearly the dude knows what hes about.

Clarke may have two episodes, but so does visual effects master Anna Foerster.

Men in kilts fighting the English for the win.

I get the sense already that the folks involve recognize that, which is incredibly heartening.

Can a story of this scope and size ever be served by television?

One movie, or two, or even three, would not serve, oh no.

When I said Gabaldon may as well have been writing a TV bible, I was only half joking.

The woman knows plot like no one else.

However it turns out, it will be something worth watching.

Gabaldons eighth bookWritten in my Own HeartsBlood, dropped on June 10th!

…Can you say dropped about a book?

Or is that just like, for albums?

I stand by it.

MC GABALDON FOR THE WIN.

Keep up with all ourOutlandercoverageright here.

Correction notice:An earlier version of this story mentioned that Diana Gabaldon is also writing for the show.

She is consulting in an unofficial capacity, though.

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