Based on a wildly popular series of novels, “Outlander” (8 p.m. Sunday, Starz, TV-MA) returns for a fourth season. A period piece in every sense of the word, it stars Caitriona Balfe as Claire Fraser, a nurse who survived World War II only to be magically transported to 1743 Scotland.
Not to give too much away, but Claire and her 18th-century Highlander husband, Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan), have since relocated to the backwoods of colonial North Carolina, where they have to deal with the arbitrary laws of the powers-that-be. It’s particularly tough on Claire, who is alone in knowing that the American Revolution is around the corner. And a tad tough for the viewer not otherwise besotted with the costumes, cheekbones, bodices and bodies.
