Well.. It's historical fantasy with a central romance. But it does not fit squarely in the romance genre.

Yeah, I'm kind of with you. We've been watching this at my house and it's just moving so painfully slow. I need less voiceover, more interesting acting.

Oh, god, I know, right?

This. This kind of video drives me nuts—"Watch Some Dudes Eat Korean Food for the First Time!" So, unless you live under a rock, you've probably eaten Korean food (and perhaps heard that childbirth is messy), and unless you lack an atom of sophistication, you probably have the decency to avoid screeching, "GROSS!!" in…

Oh, honey, I pooped on the table too. I asked my husband if it was a little one, like a hamster, and he said no. It's okay.

Heads up for those who didn't know: Ron Moore does a podcast that's basically audio commentary for each episode.

My point is that he'd be, like, 30 and look like Jamie and yet somehow mysteriously still second-in-command of the clan. But he'd occupy Dougal's positon, and Dougal is performing a lot of romance-y stunts (that aren't resolving into a romance plot). And I think it's an interesting subversion of historical romance…

I have not read the novels, but from what I've seen so far and what I know of them (and also fairly extensive romance reading) the book does diverge in some important ways from the conventions of romance novels.

Lordy! He looks like he's ready to do her right then and there! And she's "oh yeah, this bitch is mine."

Also, Dougal is threatened by Jamie's Scrabble expertise. (I just found this :DDDD http://instagram.com/outlander_star… )

My goodness, this man.

Oh my god, you poor thing. I have a few crunchy granola birth books with chapters dedicated to "having your toddler in the birthing room." I don't know how these chapters aren't just a single page with the word "DON'T" written in large, bold font.

I was wondering what the point was of having Claire's two bodyguards draw straws for the girl, only for the girl to later be seen canoodling with the loser, not the winner. And then I remembered: this is a show that actually believes in female agency! The soup lady actually gets to decide who she wants to snog,…

The last time I saw chumminess like this, (at least on his part) it was "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"... Just saying.

We had to watch a birth video at the hospital and the woman in the video was wearing a t-shirt saying "I heart tacos" during labor. I confess I was mesmerized. Why that t-shirt? Where would you buy that? Was it free or does she heart tacos that much? Was she not aware it was going to be taped? I focused on that and…

The guy who said "It was mostly gross, but also kind of beautiful" summed the whole thing up perfectly.

You know what sucks? Trying to have some sexy time a month after your partner saw all of that mess. I was physically up for it about four weeks later, but my husband still wasn't mentally ready, and I can't really blame him. With every push, I was shitting all over the place. It was like soft serve. And then there was…

What I love about the portrayal (and the original character from the books too) of Claire here is that she's not your typical female protagonist. I'm getting SO TIRED of the whole "I'm an immature girl with low self-esteem who is like, sooooo shy you guys, but I know it's because I'm like, soooo different from…

Kelly, seriously, I love and respect my country and admire you trying to defend us Scots from the stereotype, but we do, as a general rule, tend to get irresponsibly drunk at any given opportunity.

I found this week to be completely boring except for Geillis being weird per usual. When are Claire and Jamie going to make out or fondle each other or something? Is this going to be another West Wing where I have to wait seven seasons for the sexual tension to resolve itself and in the mean time watch a bunch of…