I think I watched the first 5 or so Outlanders the first season thinking the wife would like them, and she didn't seem interested for some reason so I gave up. It did seem like something she would like, but oddly, it wasn't.
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Outlander is awesome, well the first season. I have been meaning to watch season 2
Ah, yes, looking it up now it is confirmed. I figured that to be the case but was waiting for a real reveal, figuring Esmail was going to draw it out and not just give us the direct confirmation by way of the wardrobe.
I don't think it has anything to do with being afraid of outing himself as a cross-dresser. Rather, it's all about ensuring people are not aware of his multiple roles: he's the minister of state security, and he's also a massive organizer/head of a hacking outfit. His crossdressing is presumably the only way he felt comfortable being able to play both roles, because if he was outed as being both, I'm sure he'd be in a world of shit. He couldn't just say, "oh, they are my dresses because I do something else when not acting as a Chinese official."
For the longest time though, I just thought Whiterose was an incredibly ugly woman. But after seeing the wardrobe scene with the minister, I was almost certain he was crossdressing, but couldn't guarantee it. But as BD Wong is credited as Whiterose (never thought to look it up before!), that confirms suspicions.
However, a wiki on the show claims Whiterose is actually transgender, and delineates male and female behavior between his dual roles. I don't know if that has been explicitly confirmed or is just a hunch... he's definitely crossdressing, good enough to make me think it's just an ugly woman, but I don't know if that's to separate the roles or is how he'd prefer to dress and behave if not for his role in the government (of which you are correct, being a crossdresser or transgender would never fly for a Chinese official).
i don't think it has anything to do with being afraid of outing himself as a cross-dresser. Rather, it's all about ensuring people are not aware of his multiple roles: he's the minister of state security, and he's also a massive organizer/head of a hacking outfit. His crossdressing is presumably the only way he felt comfortable being able to play both roles, because if he was outed as being both, I'm sure he'd be in a world of shit. He couldn't just say, "oh, they are my dresses because I do something else when not acting as a Chinese official."
For the longest time though, I just thought Whiterose was an incredibly ugly woman. But after seeing the wardrobe scene with the minister, I was almost certain he was crossdressing, but couldn't guarantee it. But as BD Wong is credited as Whiterose (never thought to look it up before!), that confirms suspicions.
However, a wiki on the show claims Whiterose is actually transgender, and delineates male and female behavior between his dual roles. I don't know if that has been explicitly confirmed or is just a hunch... he's definitely crossdressing, good enough to make me think it's just an ugly woman, but I don't know if that's to separate the roles or is how he'd prefer to dress and behave if not for his role in the government (of which you are correct, being a crossdresser or transgender would never fly for a Chinese official).
Whiterose does squat to pee on that former E-Corp CEO's grave in a recent scene, FWIW.
So, that was the finale. If something happened, I don't what it was.
Unfortunately, I expected nothing less. Guess we'll have to wait for Season 3, which begins with Elliot waking up unharmed not knowing what happened the past 3 days... again.
Sadly, pretty much this.Having started this thread long ago, season 2 made me give up on it entirely. It was that bad.
Season two was strange to me. The fact they went back to the well of him not being straight with the audience just wasn't done well. There really wasn't any way toEven then, it felt forced and pointless. The only thing worse was the strange attempts at character building. The scene with the FBI lady talking to her Amazon echo "Alexa, do you love me?" was one of the worst product placement demos I've ever sat through. It just kept going and going..know he was in prison until the reveal.