Yeah I definitely cringed at Diana's line. But then thought, or maybe just hoped, that people who weren't looking out for her cameo might not have really noticed.

Yeah, I can definitely see that- although we probably differ about where in the story that starts to become an issue *SPOILERS* Even the fourth book has a pretty strong major through line with Brianna's search, Roger following and then the search for Roger that I can see being easy enough to adapt without major…

In the book Dougal is still pretty assault-y. He kisses her after chasing away the other men and generally makes Claire uncomfortable, but he backs off on his own and she doesn't need to smash him with a stool.

I think one of my main frustrations with this episode was that it just felt like a long series of things that happened, but a lot of it wasn't really propulsive enough or tied together. To paraphrase a lovely lesson ( http://popwatch.ew.com/2011… ) it felt like a lot of "and then" and not enough "but/therefore". If…

I really wanted this episode to be better. It seemed like a lot of poor adaptation. Too much voiceover? Definitely. Every time it started it just made me wonder how else they could have gotten the point across. Like Kayla mentions, we didn't need her to tell us she was planning her escape, we could see it. We didn't…

Yeah, at one point while she is trying to convince him not to unduly punish the boy she says "Had our own union been blessed" referring to the fact that they're married, but don't have a child.

Bear McCreary usually does a pretty thorough discussion of the music for each episode on his blog. It doesn't look like he's put up information on yesterday's yet but here is his post from last week (http://www.bearmccreary.com…

Regarding all the "knit bits" on the show, Terry Dresbach (Ron Moore's wife and the costumer) has a pretty detailed blog: http://terrydresbach.com/ . I'm not sure if they're mentioned on there specifically, but there is quite a bit of information on all the costumes, and she'll probably discuss them at some point if…

She's not blonde in the books...one of Jamie's main endearments for her besides Sassenach is to call her mo duinne/mo nighean donn - "my brown haired lass"

That would definitely make sense. The majority of the actors are actually Scottish. Lotte Verbeek (who plays Geillis) is Dutch.

That would definitely make sense. The majority of the actors are actually Scottish. Lotte Verbeek (who plays Geillis) is Dutch.

So excited these first few seasons are finally getting reviewed. I'm off to start rewatching right now. That is all.

I thought it was pretty clear that she was fucking with her, my point was that it seemed so obvious how cutting she was being as to be unrealistic- the sort of thing you wish you could say in that situation but can't. I'm not saying Coral wouldn't fuck with her, she clearly was doing so in front of Libby's friends…

Yes, and it was a rousing speech and all, but just because he said it to Masters to inspire him to bring more patients over doesn't necessarily mean he's actually (privately) supportive of the study being at his hospital.

I felt the exact same way about Coral's response to Libby's "concern" about her boyfriend. While it was certainly the sort of thing you wish you could say to someone in that sort of patronizing situation, none of Coral's interactions with Libby up to this point really indicated that she would be likely to start…

That idea is fairly significant to the plot line in the books, but not until the second one (at least to the extent that killing Jack Randall might prevent Frank's existence)

Agreed. There are instances coming up where I think voice over may be totally necessary to explain certain decisions Claire makes in the moment. She's such an intelligent character and makes certain logical connections based on things she learned from former patients, from what Frank has told her about his MI6…

Book 5 is absolutely my least favorite of the series. It seemed like the most aimless and least absorbing of all of them. However I really loved books 6 and 8, so if you ever decide to get back into them, it might be worth it?

From what Ron Moore said at Comic Con it sounds like there will be a fair amount of Gaelic going forward in the show, and none of it will be subtitled, to reinforce the idea that the viewer is watching through Claire's perspective. No idea if they'll eventually start subtitling it as she begins to understand it,…

Without spoiling too much, in the books time travel eventually gets explored very well - including a lot of interesting ideas about changing the past and moral implications tied to doing so (along with a Presbyterian character's ideas about predestination) but it will be a very, very long time before they get to it…