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The beauty of Scotland is undeniable, a breathtaking backdrop for a show that is superficial and childish... when it's good. When it's bad, you have two (allegedly) grown men playing with torture implements that were wielded against their female ancestors by an oppressive patriarchal establishment. Those were real women -- tortured, brutalized and murdered. Sam and Graham desecrate their memory shamelessly. Sam calls Graham "a witch" repeatedly, gets him to try on torture devices. Graham obliges without hesitation. They both make a mockery of this most sinister and harrowing episode in their own history. I wonder if they will go to Auschwitz next and perform a similar pantomime. Probably not because in Auschwitz there were men among the victims. I was a fan of Sam Heughan's before this, I took his reserve and reticence in interviews as a sign of depth. Now I realize that it's just, like we say in Spain, "a donkey's poised demeanor". Or you can use the word that start's with an a instead.