I'm sorry, it's the Highlands of Scotland , not Paris or London. If I was going on a trip there, I'd be packing mostly jeans (or slacks) and sturdy boots or shoes, not dresses, hose, and hair curlers. And lots of hairspray and makeup. Claire was too nicely dressed for walks in a muddy countryside.

The gray streaks. Obviously the Jackie O was a style of the times. I don't know where in the the highlands of Scotland she could have gotten the huge rollers for her hair then in 1968. I remember my mom walking around with giant rollers. The pajamas were right on though.

That was the Jackie Onassis haircut she had. It was obvious they put the gray streaks in her hair to make her look older. Not really culturally appropriate for the 1960s but I understand why they did it. I wonder how they are going to age Sam. And now they need to find an adult Fergus and Ian and Lord John Grey.

I agree with you. I prefer to see mostly unknown actors. I don't know yet how Sophie Skelton will turn out in this role; she has a very tough road ahead to make Brianna intelligent, sexy, pretty, fiery, strong, and almost perfect (a typical Mary Sue), and yet not have everyone hate her.

For me it is hard to judge because the book Brianna is such an irritating Mary Sue character. I almost feel sorry for any actress who would have to play her role. Kind of like playing Laoghaire.

I guess they left out the Battle of Culloden for next season. Catriona did a wonderful acting job, but her "aging" make up and hairstyle were terrible. The eye makeup was very distracting (to me). I do want a pair of those glasses though.

I wouldn't call it totally"chic-flic", but it is told mostly from the POV of the nurse Claire. Catriona Balfe (who plays Claire) was a Victoria Secret model at one time (not that that should make a difference). I would actually consider it a combination GOT and Downton Abbey because it has both explicit violent…

Obviously it depends on what you think is "good". It's about a British nurse in post WWII who "accidentally" ends up in mid-1700s Scotland and is found by a group of Scottish clansmen (falls in love with one in particular). Knowing the real history (that they are all going to die) she and her new husband try to…

You're right, he very briefly had a temper flare up. It' was a very short scene - almost cut off. Later, she walked in to see BJR alone in the inn. I'm surprised Murtagh didn't come inside with her, knowing how dangerous he was. But I'm probably nitpicking too much.

I was a bit surprised at Jaime's reaction (or lack of reaction) to the fact that BJR is in the area. I would have expected him to be rather agitated by that fact. I guess he's very busy getting his soldiers prepared for the upcoming battle, but still, after all he's been through with BJR. Other than that, I thought…

I saw this years ago when it first came out. It was a French-Czechoslovakian production filmed during the Cold War days. I always thought it was a metaphor for life in Czechoslovakia under the old Soviet Union occupation.

I thought this was an entertaining episode but the storyline was very contrived. In the beginning part Jamie is the only leader who supports the Bonnie Prince, but then gets sent away to Inverness. Why did the Prince suddenly disappear and allow his main supporter to be sent away? Strange. Then on the way to…

I believe they were filming this last winter in Scotland. The weather was awful most of the time and I remember reading that they had to cancel some of the outside filming, and move it indoors.

If you hate the show so much, why keep watching it?

Usually the best way to deal with a troll is to ignore them. They just want attention.

Claire is originally from the 1930s-40s. Did the British use "fuck yourself" as a profanity back in the 1930s-40s? Sounds more like 1990s-2000s to me.

Dougal is from the 18th century. The profanity "Fuck yourself" is late 20th century. I doubt Claire herself (from the 1940s) should have ever said anything like that.

Great pre-war episode. Jamie's "soldiers" don't know what they are in for. I really liked the music in this episode also.

I like the show, but the 3rd and 4th books are very mixed bag - some parts very good, some really awful. I had to stop reading somewhere in book 5. The TV writers will really need to do some rewriting. Prepare for some more rapes (Diana Gabaldon seems to love having all her main characters raped and tortured). …

So…what they did with Laoghaire was a big hint that they are prepping for Season 3? Will there be a Season 3 then?