I read somewhere (can't remember where) that talked about if they do get renewed for more seasons, they would do book three over two years. That would definitely make me happy, because I love that book and I want to see as much of it dramatized as possible.

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Later on in the series, she does get Penicillin working. Gabaldon has a PhD in a branch of biology (if I remember correctly), and she used to teach anatomy. You can really tell in parts of the books where Claire is treating people that the author knows her science.

Yes. I think that is one of the things I really love about the books. I love book Jamie a lot, but he does things that I would not appreciate in a more modern man, however is totally understandable for a man of his time.

Roger and Young Ian!

Me too. I think book 3 and book 4 are my favorites. There are characters we haven't met yet who I really like a lot.

Um, I think you might be confused here. The 1968 Geillis is the Geillis who had not yet been to the 1740s, so she would not know Claire until she meets her in the past.

My father loved the Chad Mitchell Trio. This was the 1960s. They were funny, and I liked their Lizzie Borden song. I was an adult before I realized what was so funny about their John Birch Society Song ("… take the first door on the right, we're taking down the names of everybody turning left…")

This song always reminds me of a Bill Nye skit on his show about magnetism. They did a list of things, asking if they were magnetic, and one was an iron butterfly. I think they were playing something that sounded like the song when they did it. My husband and I started laughing, and our son couldn't figure out why.…

Oh my goodness. I lived in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario for a while in the 80s and 90s, and that is such a funny take on local polka television. Kitchener-Waterloo has a large German population (and the largest Oktoberfest outside of Germany), and just thinking of those characters brings back fond memories.

I agree about the Christmas stuff. My family has always loved the Canadian TV adaptation of A Child's Christmas in Wales. We watch it every year. No one in the US has heard of it. Denholm Elliot is wonderful in it.

We love that movie! I didn't realize it was a thing to hate, I just thought it was kind of obscure. We are always quoting it. "Disco is not dead. Disco is life!"

I don't think you have read a romance novel in a long time. The only "rule" is a happily ever after, but other than that, there are lots of romance novels that include every other genre of writing, including historical, science fiction, military, etc. There are all kinds of stories and characters (and no, the…

I think they are trying to show that Jamie sees in Claire's actions a feeling that wherever she comes from, things are not as they are in the highlands, that she comes from a safer place. Wasn't this alluded to earlier, in the scenes with the boy having his ear nailed to the post as punishment? I think Geillis…

Thanks for the correction. I guess in my memory, it did happen right after. It has been a while since I have read the book, but I remember there being more of a sexual impression of the event. Guess I should re-read that part.

I too like the fact that Jamie behaves as an 18th century man. But I think that the scene from the book is more controversial, as the spanking becomes foreplay. There is no sex on the TV show immediately following the spanking, and I think that makes it easier to understand and sympathize with Jamie, and the 18th…

Book reader here. I think they partly switched to Jamie's POV for this episode because of the spanking scene. It has been controversial since the book was published, and while the book version is more problematic for some because it can be interpreted as foreplay, here I think they were trying very carefully to show…

The sentence "… including co-writing a musical version of Anne Of Green Gables …" is not really strong enough. He co-wrote THE musical version of Anne of Green Gables. It is performed every year in Charlottetown, PEI, and was the highlight of my childhood visit almost 40 years ago. It was a wonderful production. …

I didn't like the Frank beating up people either, although I must admit I never really liked Frank in the books, and I really like him in the show. Most of my dislikes are probably because I know the book so well. I wasn't thrilled the first time I watched the wedding episode, mostly because it differed so much from…

I agree. The first season is only half over. (Boy I really hate them splitting it into two). I think what they have done in 8 episodes is really remarkable, however. I haven't loved every choice they made in adapting it, but it is definitely quality TV.

It is actually on a few Best of Lists, mostly for its depiction of sex. I think it made #8 on Time magazine's Best Episode list for the wedding night, and on BuzzFeed it appeared twice (including #1 spot) for best sex on TV.