Outlander is going for old style drama and tension! By this I mean, the almost unbearable drama and tension we endured during "Outlander's" first 3 seasons. Not that the rest of the seasons were milder, but they were a bit of a rest compared to the overall story. Seeing Lord John is always fun, as he is a genuine friend of Jamie Frasier, despite the lord being a closet gay nobleman.
And no matter what they do to Catriona Balfe make up wise, it will always be hard to make her look ugly: we're looking at an almost PERFCT woman in every sense of the word: beautiful, feisty, intelligent, brave, resourceful, etc. Basically the woman every man SHOULD have if one would appreciate her character.
Outlander might not be "Game Of Thrones", but it still is the CLOSEST thing we have on TV right now! "The Witcher"??? Come on! Yeah, it's got great action and season 2 corrected many things, but it still not a GOT! "Wheel Of Fortune"? Great series, but again, no "Game Of Thrones".... Quite far from it in fact.
If you haven't seen "Outlander", you're missing some of streamIng TVs best written and best produced series to date!