★★★ (3 out of 4)
Sing me a song of a lass that is gone,
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye.
All I need is a few bars of that swoony “Outlander” theme, known as “The Skye Boat Song,” and I‘m transported back to the time in 2014 when “Outlander,” a historical fantasy series based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon, premiered on Starz on August 9 . Now it's finale time for this epic tale of time-traveling love, war, kinky sex and bloated storytelling as Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan leave their hearts in the highlands, and the eight-season series ends as it began—essential viewing for incurable romantics