- In the podcast for this show, neither Ron Moore nor Anne Kenney remembered where it was in the book that Jamie first told Claire about what happened in Randall's office right after he saw his father, but I remembered it happened when they were walking and talking about 3 miles before they reached Bargrennan, as they were making their way back to Castle Leoch. This was after Jamie punished Claire (the spanking) for leaving the copse while he went to meet with Horrocks.
- This was an amazing episode! It was nice to see Jamie and Claire relatively happy and settling into life at Lallybroch as the Laird and his Lady. Just wish their happiness could have lasted a while longer. In the book they had several weeks, not several days.
- There were lots of flashbacks in this episode, including back to when Jamie and Jenny first met Captain Randall at Lallybroch (explaining Jamie's apprehension as they approached), Jamie's last meeting with his father (who was wearing the same coat that Jamie wore at Quarter Day), Randall's indecent proposal, and Jamie's brutal second flogging, when his father had a stroke and died thinking Randall had killed his son. All of them were very emotional, even though we'd seen most of them before.
- This episode really made me appreciate Tobias Menzies acting skills and dedication to the role. I'm so glad that he has the Frank role too to counterbalance how despicable and perverted Jack is. As awful as Black Jack is, when he put his bloody finger in Jenny's mouth, just daring her to bite it, my skin literally crawled! And then when she was laughing at him, mocking him as he was frantically trying to "get it up," the look on his face, how her mockery disarmed him! If she'd screamed, he would have succeeded in his goal. I'd read that scene in the book several times, but seeing it really added a huge emotional punch that words alone couldn't deliver. It was shocking on so many levels.
- One of the scenes I liked the most was when Jamie came back to bed drunk after teaching Ronald MacNab a lesson on the difference between abuse and discipline. "... he'll have to answer to Laird Broch Turach—That's me" (grin, smack); Claire's smile of contentment; the talk about elephants, and the hangover the next morning when she gives him "Hair of the dog" and him saying, "I think I might need the whole hound." Priceless!
- This show gets very dark and gruesome at times (I almost stopped reading it near the end of the first book because of that). But they balance that with love, humor, and extreme beauty. I'm so glad I kept on reading! Maybe it's the dark side that makes the light side so brilliant in contrast!
- I LOVED all of the quotes from the book, especially Jenny's statement in the graveyard, where she said, "And if your life is a suitable exchange for my honor, tell me why my honor isna a suitable exchange for your life. Are you telling me that I may not love you as much as you love me. Because if you are, Jamie Fraser, I'm telling you right now that it isna true." I loved how he rolled his eyes when he got the drift of what she was saying. The great acting adds SOOOOO MUCH to the already wonderful words! Thanks Ron et.al.
- Truly brilliant writing (book & script), and spectacular acting all around. Really everyone involved in making this show should all get the highest possible honors!
- If you would like to know more about the location where this episode was filmed, CLICK HERE.
- I know I'm bringing up lots of differences between the TV version and the book version. Don't take any of what I say as criticism! I love the books, and appreciate seeing dialogue from them in the TV episodes, but the TV show has to stand on it's own, and it DOES. The producers are walking a tight line between pleasing the people who love the books already AND those who will never read them. The show has to satisfy both audiences and give them what they want. I understand that, and am EXTREMELY happy that the story I love is being told so brilliantly and beautifully and visually by people who are at the top of their game! However, I want people to know that there is much more content in book(s) that couldn't possibly be included in the TV show (for time at least), so if you WANT more content, it's THERE, and you can read the books AND watch the show, and thoroughly enjoy both, like I AM! Like many others, I was inspired to read the books by watching the first few episodes of the TV show. I'm sure Diana Gabaldon is selling LOTS of Outlander books these days as I see them everywhere! This website is dedicated to promoting the Outlander story in both mediums. Why? Because I want Diana to keep writing, and Ron to keep the show alive until she's done telling her story and he's filmed ALL of it. And I want everyone to love it as much as I do! Honestly, I do it mostly because it's FUN and it gives me an excuse to read and watch and research. The more I do that, the more details of the story sink in and become a part of me.
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