I’m thinking they might skip ahead to books 7 and 8 and use some of what happens with John Gray in Season 6. I haven’t read the books after 5 but I’ve read the synopsis of each (and picked up things here and there).  

I just read an interview with him (perhaps the one you’re referring to) where the actor said this was his last scene in Season 5 and the author asked him if he meant in the series and he said, “life is long....” and you never know. I took that to mean he doesn’t want to speculate on Season 6, not that he wouldn’t be…

Jamie and Claire’s bedroom is on the first floor (we saw that in the episode in which Jamie is ill from the snake bite. When Claire can’t find him, she glances into their bedroom on the first floor). The guest rooms are upstairs. In this episode Jamie says to Lord John that the guest rooms upstairs have been…

I think she was having some fun with him. He’s only thought of her microscope things as germs so she thought she would surprise him with....something else. I liked the playfulness of it.

That may be. But Jocasta is admired and trusted. She would vouch for Ulysses and confirm that she was being smothered to death. I don’t think the authorities would accuse her lying. If a slave saves his master’s life, it can be grounds for his freedom to be granted.

Well, he could be given his freedom for performing a meritorious service for Jocasta. She was being assaulted as she would attest to, and Ulysses saved her life. 

I agree (about the lack of breathing room and random plots). The episodes this season that are Jamie and Claire centered are treasures. Like “Free Will,” (which I love) and Episodes 7 and 9. Whenever the two are given a lot of time to interact, either with each other or with secondary characters, it energizes the…

I agree about Seasons 1 and 2, though I also liked Season 3. I was thinking the other day how much I missed Jamie and Claire in Scotland.

I agree about the scenes with Bonnet and his characterization. I felt Sophie Skelton isn’t believable in these scenes (which went on way too long). She doesn’t have a depth or presence to make me believe the situation was truly dangerous. The script had weaknesses which kept me from being invested in this episode.…

I reread that part of the book a couple of days ago. Claire says she reaches for his buttocks and squeezes them in essence because it felt natural to do and she didn’t linger in thoughts on why (other than that is what they do, be as close as intimately possible). In the book I think Jamie is semi-conscious and aware…

No, he didn’t have an orgasm. Jamie suddenly drew in a deep breath as he came back from nearly dying.

I agree about Claire’s effort to save him and that it was clear later when they talked about why he came back. It was not, as the reviewer thought, because she was horny. Good lord! Ridiculous. She was trying to save his life through touching him and getting as close to him as possible. It was very specific to their…

PS: After reading the rest of the review: Jamie did in fact start to slide into death in this scene. He took a breath again and came back because he felt Claire’s body so close to his, not because of a sexual act! I think you’re mistaken in interpreting it this way. 

I didn’t think Claire was giving him a hand job. He asked her to touch him so he could come back from the brink. She was touching and rubbing his body, being as close to him as possible. That was the most powerful scene of the whole episode. 

I agree. Sam Heughan was heartbreaking in those scenes. Loved he and Claire in the tent. All around, it was so well done. I loved seeing Graham McTavish! He was so well hidden under all that hair. Jamie prayed to Dougal in the stream and then he appears (sort of).

I also disliked seeing Morton again and that storyline. Especially when Morton says, “tell (Alicia?) that I love her.” Gag. I think the Browns were brought back specifically so Claire would lose her syringe when Brown steps on it.

In an interview this morning (Collider), Matt Roberts said he was inspired to have Jamie kill Lt. Knox by the scene in the novel where Claire kills a young soldier in cold blood to save Jamie from Wentworth Prison. Instead, Roberts wanted to give that scene to Jamie, which does makes more sense to me then the book…

I had to watch this episode twice to get a clearer picture of how I feel about it because I don’t like exposition in voiceovers. I prefer things shown, not told. But the second time, I listened more carefully to what Claire said and understood her surgery triggered her memories which led to what she says in the…

At best Brie and Roger have the chemistry of siblings and ones that don’t understand one another very well. They can’t create romantic chemistry that doesn’t exist. I hope they keep Jamie and Claire front and center as they have so far this season. Sophie Skelton and Catriona Balfe lack chemistry as well. Their scenes…

“Morton and Ally are steeped in cliche and surface-level writing.”